The first stage of Pacnet's new data centre was handed over to the company by building contractors FDC today.
A row of Emerson Liebert computer room air conditioning units (CRACs) on the data centre floor.
Half-rack configurations waiting for customer equipment. Pacnet is still in the process of migrating customer kit out of its older Bond Street facility.
Row showing half and full-rack configurations for space in stage one of Pacnet's new data centre. The floor is 600mm raised with power also in the sub-floor plenum.
Stage one already has a caged area that is now starting to be populated.
Peering through the cage, at plant on the other side. We were allowed into the cage next.
Nice, neat overhead cabling.
The low-down on underfloor cooling in the Pacnet Sydney data centre.
There are two carrier rooms off the caged part of the floor. We weren't allowed into this part.
The centre has a small staging area located off the first man cage.
It is equipped with a VESDA smoke detection system.
And an Argonite gas suppression system, shown here on one of the unfinished upper floors of the new facility.
A wide expanse of space that will become stage two of the Pacnet Sydney data centre.
Another wide-angle view of the Pacnet stage two data centre space.
The first stage of Pacnet's new data centre was handed over to the company by building contractors FDC today.