Our national footprint delivers over 700MW of power, and when S4 Sydney comes out the ground, it will be 1GW.
Power isn’t an issue in our business, our platform is built to scale easily, without friction.
Chat with your Account Manager or email us at sales@nextdc.com if we can help you match a solutions to your customer requirements.
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Our rack ready solutions are designed to support high density computing, standard racks support up to 6kW, however higher power allocations can be accommodated through our non-standard design process.
Speak with your Account Manager and they will work with you, and NEXTDC’s presales team to customise an environment that suits your specific needs. Alternatively, if you have a power allocation already and it exceeds 6KW, your Account Manager will proactively work with you on a power upgrade path.
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NEXTDC are the only data centre provider in the industry with data centres that are engineered (and independently certified by Uptime Institute) to deliver 100% uptime. That means when it comes to the redundancy and resilience of our data centres, we ensure there’s no single point of failure for the critical electrical or mechanical paths. When we say we deliver 100% uptime and complete fault tolerance, we have the independent verification and 11 years of history to demonstrate that’s exactly what we do.
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NEXTDC is passionate (well, very, very serious) about operating an infrastructure platform that is more reliable, secure and energy efficient. We build and operate a footprint of the most energy efficient data centres in the country.
Sustainability is embedded in our corporate DNA, with our in-house team of engineers dedicated to building and continuously looking for ways to fine tune our fleet and consistently maintain the most operationally sustainable data centres in the market. With the transformational pressures experienced in the current environment NEXTDC is devoted to driving continuous improvement in energy efficiency and sustainability. Our facilities are designed, engineered and operated at a level of energy efficiency that is superior to competitors in the market. It’s an achievement that also allows us to support our customers in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint and impact on the environment.
Our industry-leading Power Utilisation Effectiveness (PUE) ratios, National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) 5-Star rated facilities and carbon neutral corporate operations are key outcomes from our commitment to environmental sustainability. PUE is a metric that matches total energy consumption by a data centre in comparison to the load required to run the computer equipment in the facility. In FY20, we achieved a national average PUE of 1.3 compared to the industry average of approximately 1.7. The difference is very significant indeed and a testament to the focus we apply to energy efficiency.
NEXTDC is the only data centre operator in the country to achieve a NABERS 5-Star rating for energy efficient buildings with that level of certification applying to the M1 and S1 data centre facilities. The M1, S1, C1, B2 and P1 data centres are all certified being under the ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management Systems. Our second-generation data centres B2, M2 and S2 have all been designed to meet, if not exceed, the current energy efficiency standards and ISO 14001 certification. So yes, we’d say our data centres are energy efficient.
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We’re committed to protecting our planet and creating a more sustainable future. Our mission (not impossible) is to help our customers harness the power of the digital age to drive outcomes that are more sustainable for business and the environment. We’ve combined our sustainable engineering practices with our passion for preserving our planet. In partnership with Climate-Active and Qantas Future Planet, we fund a portfolio of carbon offset projects that are making a real impact on people, society and the planet.
Ready for some good news? We’ve removed the time and complexity involved in calculating the amount of carbon you produce and how you counteract that carbon with carbon offsets. Our carbon neutral colocation solution, NEXTneutral, pre-calculates the carbon emissions produced in a standard data centre rack for you, and we take care of the procurement of the carbon offsets on your behalf. So, you can quickly and easily achieve net-zero emissions in your NEXTDC data centre.
Our company and NEXTneutral are Climate Active certified. Under our NEXTneutral program we’re extending our Climate Active-accredited partnerships to our ecosystem, enabling our customers and partners to leverage the carbon offset capability we have built through our own corporate program. Opting in to NEXTneutral is as easy as one click in ONEDC, and costs less than a cup of coffee per kW.
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Our data centre solutions are engineered to scale. If your power needs change, where you are consistently using above and beyond 100% of your contracted power, our team proactively work with you to help re-level you to a power allocation that suits your current requirements.
When it comes to your physical footprint needs, every space is customised. We work closely with you to plan for your current and future-state requirements to ensure your short- and medium-term requirements are factored into your data centre space. We also offer first right of refusal for surrounding racks to your contracted footprint, should you wish to reserve the right to take up additional physical space at any stage (how cool is that?). We go above and beyond to help you capacity plan and build an environment that suits your specific needs, all of which is seamlessly interconnected via dark fibre and NEXTDC’s Data Centre Interconnect infrastructure.
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Now this catches a lot of people out, so be on the lookout! So you’re in the know – some solutions are sold as kVa and others kW. But you can’t compare kilovolt-ampere (kVA) with kilowatts (kW). (Make sure you ask the question because the difference matters!).
kW is the globally standardised unit measurement for real power, while kVA is a unit measurement of apparent power. kVA can be as much as 20% LESS than a kW (yes, you read that right). For example, when you contract a power utilisation of 2KW at NEXTDC you have access to 100% of that power. If you contract power utilisation of 2KvA, given that it’s apparent power which is 20% less than a KW you are left with 1.6kVa of available power. Oops.
Another sticking point is power availability. Many assume that if you buy 2kW or 2KvA of power, 100% of that power is available. Sadly, this is an incorrect assumption as some data centres automatically shift you to the next level of billable power when you hit 80% usage. If your data centre provider enforces power upgrades at 80% usage, or if they sell KvA then do your sums. You’re probably not getting maximum value for money.
The good news is that all NEXTDC solutions are provided in kW and we make 100% of the power contracted available.
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