Thursday, August 20, 2009

Photos: Inside the Equinix Sydney2 data centr

a very nice series of pictures of the new Sydney (Australia) data center, and some info about it:

>>Equinix has taken the wraps off its $32 million Sydney2 facility in Sydney's south, boasting a more efficient design and double the standard rack density of Sydney1.

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The new centre increases the standard density from 1.9 kilowatts up to 3.5 kilowatts per rack, although higher configurations in both facilities are possible.

"Even though 3.5 kilowatts is the standard [in Sydney2], we can obviously cater for customers that need six or eight kilowatts in certain racks, using the base cooling," Mann said.

"We have one customer in Sydney1 with 27 racks capable of 12 kilowatts each. In that case, we worked with the customer to design and procure a supplementary cooling system to achieve an outcome that was right for their business and ours."

Sensor lights illuminate the path to customer cages.
Sensor lights illuminate the path to customer cages. Another view of the chiller plant room. All plant is N+1 for redundancy.
Another view of the chiller plant room. All plant is N+1 for redundancy. Photo: Ry Crozier

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