
The new centre’s technology shopping list includes supplemental cooling, power provision and protection, and rack enclosures from Emerson Network Power; 48-port gigabit switches and 10 gigabit core switches from Netgear and Force10 respectively; high-performance blade servers from Sun Microsystems; Internet firewall technology from Check Point; internal virtual security solutions from Reflex Security; security cameras from Bosch; and biometric palm scanners from Fujitsu.
“We’ve also relied on local firm Arnold Electrical & Data Installations for fitting the site since day one,” said Daniel Ngo, a co-director of Digital Sense.
Like the Fujitsu centre in Sydney, the complex is pursuing a high degree of energy efficiency in its operations.
“For example, unlike other data centres, it does not use water for its cooling systems,” said the firm’s other co-director, Michael Tran.
“The Kenmore site will potentially save more than 50 million litres of water annually, with the larger south Brisbane site potentially saving a further 750 million litres annually.”
The centre is being designed to cater to extreme high-density computing loads of up to 25kw per rack across the entire floor space, the company said.