Solutions for every requirement.
Pier DC is a world-class datacentre located 20km from the Perth CBD. Open to a range of flexible options, we’ll happily customise a solution to fit your business, Customised Racks,Standard Racks (600 or 800 wide),Caged Solutions and Private Suites.
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Location
- Non-descript warehouse 20km from the Perth CBD
- Low risk environmental or security issues
- No recorded natural disasters for 5 years
Certifications & Standards
- Uptime Institute Tier III certification of Design Documents
- Uptime Institute Tier III certification of Constructed Facility
Customer Services
- Simple all-inclusive with ‘no hidden clauses or costs’ contract
- Access to managed services and cloud service providers
- Business continuity area for 48 personnel, fitted with workstations, telephony and kitchen facility
- Web portal to monitoring your equipment
- Secured customer parking
Building Overview
- Single storey, non-descript building of 3,000m² on 9,600m² land
- Total ICT white space of 2,500m²
- 10 segregated data halls up to 248m² per hall
- Office and common areas total 500m²
- Secure data halls with concrete wall & security mesh wire inlay
Power
- Site load capacity to 8 MW
- 4x separate 22kV high voltage (HV) feeds from 2 grids
- Racks with two power distribution units (PDUs), supplied via two independent
- Distribution paths
- Advance UPS flywheel coupled with fast switching Automatic Transfer Switch
(ATS) for bumpless switching between 2 power feeds (utility and diesel
engine-generator)
- Continuous rated diesel engine-generators to support each 2MVA power island
in N+1 configuration
Continuous Power System
- UPS based on Flywheel Technology
- No batteries on site
Cooling Methodology
- Cooling system designed for WA’s harsh climate
- Emerson’s chillers with energy saving Adiabatic option deployed in
- N+1 configuration
- Target cold aisle temperature of 25ºC ± 2ºC as per ASHRAE recommendation
- Target moisture limits is 7-14ºC DP as per ASHRAE recommendation
Telecommunications
- Multiple telco connections with diverse underground cable pathways
- Abundant bandwidth including dark fibre
- Secure communication room for interconnect cable connections
- Carrier and vendor neutral
- Planned satellite link
Fire System
- Early warning VESDA smoke detector system installed throughout facility
- Fire prevention using hypoxic air which is breathable air and safe for people and the environment
- Proactive fire prevention system using revolutionary technology
Security
- 100 points credential checks for all personnel and for access authorisation
- Manned 24/7 on site Network Operations Centre (NOC)
- Biometric authentication system based on palm vein pattern recognition technology. Features industry-leading accuracy with extremely low false rates.
- Non-intrusive and contactless reader device provides ease of use with virtually no physiological restriction for all users
- 4 level of security zones with 3 authentication methods: palm scan, pin
- Identification number (PIN) and RFID access cards
- Contiguous coverage (internal and external) with high resolution CCTV cameras
- Remote monitoring access available via VPN
- Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Zone 4ready, upgradable to Zone 5 security
Local Content
- Facility designed by WA’s only two Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designers
- Facility management and maintenance by team who designed and constructed the facility