New Zealand's largest commercially available data center is a flagship for smart building technology and energy efficiency.
IBM, a provider of IT infrastructure services, today announced the official launch of its new NZ$80 million data center at Highbrook Business Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
The company claims that the new data center enables it to deliver a range of cloud services to the NZ market including Virtual Server Services and hosted private cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure services. Meeting the highest company data center design, smart building technology and energy efficiency standards, the 5,200 sq.mt. scalable facility is rated an IBM Reliability Level 3+ data center. It boasts the highest levels of data center reliability, according to the company's globally recognized data center rating system. Its high level resiliency, security and sustainability standards have been applied across all aspects of the new facility, including office and delivery areas.
It articulates that with 400+ data centers located across the globe, the company drew on its extensive experience when developing the New Zealand new data center. The result is an innovative building design and new energy-saving technologies that are 'firsts' for the company and for data centers worldwide. These include a centralized humidification and dehumidification system, cost-efficient rain water harvesting system and advanced monitoring and metering that ensures optimal building performance. The company adds that the new data center will provide both mid-sized and large organizations with a range of services, from strategic outsourcing and managed hosted services through to virtual server services.
"The launch of the IBM data center in New Zealand marks a major step forward in the development of the country's technology infrastructure," said Jennifer Moxon, Managing Director, IBM New Zealand. "As New Zealand's economy continues to grow, IBM's data center will provide a platform for businesses to drive increased efficiencies, improved productivity and greater innovation."
"Ready access to renewable energy from a variety of natural resources presents significant opportunities to New Zealand data center and data storage market," said NZICT CEO Brett O'Riley. "The IBM data center reinforces the importance of green ICT for New Zealand in seeking to host data nationally, and for major international players. Coupled with planned new international connectivity, New Zealand will now have an extremely compelling proposition."
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