New Data Centre in Queensland to open in 3 months

Queensland's new A$220 million high-tech data centre will host it's first tenants within three months.
The tier 3 data centre, code named Polaris 1, is a joint venture between insurer Suncorp and the Springfield Land Corporation. The 14,000m², three-story building will colocate enterprises including Suncorp, NEC and Fujitsu with Queensland government departments and councils, including its service provider CITEC. Polaris 1 uses non-potable water for cooling, saving a potential 650,000 litres a day,trigeneration power feeds, and rotary UPS avoiding the use of lead-acid batteries. Two further Polaris data centres (one in north Brisbane) are planned targetting South East Asia as an overseas disaster recovery centre, once Pipe's Guam fibre link is completed.The data centre will be connected to the Springfield to Brisbane dark fibre networ owned by the Springfield Land Corporation and managed by Pipe Networks. Security is enhanced by Biometric devices installed throughout the complex, including deep-palm and fingerprint readers, while large vehicle and man traps measure the weight of people and machinery and can isolate unauthorised access attempts to the complex. NEC's Smartcatch video monitors use behavioral analysis and facial recognition to identify malicious activity. Power for Polaris 1 can be upgraded from 800 to 1500 watts per square metre, and support 60 kilowatt racks.