Canberra Data Centres' Facilities
CDC's hosting centre in Canberra ,was officially opened by Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, on the 27th may 2008, and is currently providing facilities and services for many Australian Government clients.
The centre is modular and flexible, with floor space and high density racks from 7.5 to 30 kilowatts per rack.
CDC has on call at least 12 megawatts of power to handle expansion.
The facility is fully automated and - never before available - provides readable, real-time data on power usage, heat and humidity.
Facility security is ASIO T4 certified as a ‘Secure Area’ in accordance with the requirements of the Protective Security Manual (PSM) and accordance with the requirements of ACSI33 and meets requirements of the Australian intelligence community and ICON connectivity.
Importantly, the Hume centre is a Tier 3 facility, with an Uptime Institute rating incorporating full failsafes and concurrent maintenance.
CDC is Power Grid Independant with an onsite diesel generator farm, onsite bulk fuel storage, onsite ‘live’ tanker refuelling station and emergency diesel supply contracts. This means that CDC’s Hume site can run indefinitely in ‘Island’ mode independent from mains power supply from the single power grid in the ACT.
Entrance to CDC Building
Canberra Data Centres (CDC) have been able to shift the Data Centre paradigm to the next generation today. The Data Centre can address power and cooling densities of up to 30kW per rack by using the APC by Schneider Electric Closed Coupled Cooling and Hot Aisle Containment methodology. This methodology, combined with the dynamic allocation of power & cooling in a just in time manner, achieves energy efficiency savings of up to 65% when compared to traditional facilities Click here to view.
