Global Switch received green light for new Sydney data centre
november 24, 2010
Global Switch, the leading data centre provider in Europe and
Asia Pacific, is to build a world class, A$200 million base build
(A$300 million fully-fitted) data centre in Sydney having received
Part 3A Major Projects approval from the NSW Department of
Planning. The 365,000 sq ft (34,000 sq m) new data centre -
Sydney 2 - will be adjacent to Global Switch's existing
data centre in Sydney which is already the largest facility of its
kind in the Southern Hemisphere with 450,000 sq ft (42,000 sq m) of
space
incorporating innovative design initiatives aimed at achieving
long-term energy efficiency.
The data centre will have a cutting edge on-site tri-generation
system powered by a natural gas-fired energy plant and will provide
an average of 1,500 watts per sq m as well as power for cooling and
ancillary systems. In terms of water recycling, the new
building will have facilities to harvest rainwater and to recycle
water for use in the cooling systems, leading to a potential saving
of 220,000 megalitres of water per annum.
The data centre will be one of only a handful of buildings in
the world to target a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Platinum rating which measures a building's environmental
efficiency.
Development of the new centre has been driven by the success of
Global Switch's existing centre at Harris Street in Ultimo which is
now operating at near full capacity. Construction of Sydney
2 is planned to commence in Q2 2011 with completion 18 months
afterwards and will create 400 construction jobs with around 50
full time permanent jobs.
Commenting on the new development, Global Switch
Executive Chairman, John Corcoran, said: "As owners and
operators of our data centres, we are in a unique position to
consolidate our market leading position in Europe and Asia-Pacific
and grow the business as markets develop. We saw Sydney as a
logical choice to expand our presence in the region both because of
the forward thinking and collaborative approach the government is
taking and because of the rise in the demand for data centre space.
We had a record last quarter in Sydney, including new contracts
with the Department of Defence and NBN Co. Sydney 2
will provide a vital new data centre resource in Sydney, attracting
new customers and providing a growth path for existing customers in
Sydney 1. There are a significant number of new data centre
requirements in the market place, including from the NSW
Government."
"As part of our commitment to energy efficiency and reducing our
carbon emissions, Sydney 2 will be one of the most
environmentally efficient data centres to be built. By using
a trigeneration system we expect to achieve around a 45 per cent
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to using
conventional power from the electricity grid. This feature,
together with the overall scale and size of the building will
result in the data centre being 3-4 times more efficient than
multiple computer rooms built within other facilities".
Premier of New South Wales Kristina Keneally
said "This project will generate millions of
dollars of new investment, increase data centre infrastructure
capability, and reinforce Sydney's role as a global financial and
IT hub. Global Switch is the leading wholesale data centre provider
in Asia Pacific and Europe, and I welcome their decision to expand
their Sydney facility."
Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional
Development Eric Roozendaal said "The data centre will
accommodate the latest IT technologies in terms of power and
cooling and will meet the highest environmental rating for any data
centre in the world setting a new international benchmark".
Global Switch currently operates eight data centres across
Asia-Pacific and Europe which total around 280,000 sq m of space
and are occupied by internationally-renowned corporate tenants
drawn primarily from the financial services, telecoms and data
services sectors. Again in response to strong growth in
demand over the last few years, Global Switch is currently
undertaking construction of a second data centre in Paris which
will launch in Q3 2011 and create the city's leading data centre
campus of 540,000 sq ft (50,000 sq m), and has just completed a
50,000 sq ft (4,700 sq m) extension to its Singapore centre with
4MW of power.
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