Secure data centre solutions

Each of our locations meets international structural and operational requirements. Our customers are assured of our best-in-class data centre solutions.

Our data centres undergo rigorous independent review to ensure they meet the highest global standards for power usage, security, operational and management processes. Our sites have achieved a number of certifications, so you can be assured our sites are run to world-class standards.

Our New Zealand sites achieve the following major standards and certifications:

• The Uptime Institute Management and Operations Stamp of Approval.
• PCI DSS
• ISO27001 standard for security management
• ISAE NZ 3000

Datacom's halls at Australian sites achieve the following major standards and certifications:

• ISO27001
• PCI DSS
• SOC2 (Type 2)

• ISO27001: An international standard for how to manage information security.

• ISAE3000: An international standard for risk management.

• SOC2 (Type 2) provides assurance on the design of an organisation's controls at a specific point in time, focusing on security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy.

• PCI-DSS: The payment card industry data security standard (PCI-DSS) is an information security standard for organisations that handle branded credit cards from the major card schemes.

• Uptime Management and Operations stamp of approval: Assessment of staffing, organisation and training practices, preventive maintenance programme, operating conditions, and planning, management, and co-ordination practices and resources.

• Toitū carbonreduce: this signifies that our commitment to sustainability. It involves measuring and reducing carbon emissions, implementing energy-efficient practices, and minimising waste. This certification demonstrates our dedication to environmental responsibility and independently verifies how we contribute to a more sustainable future.

Our data centres provide the full range of data centre services, including:

• Inwards goods receipting and secure storage
• Build rooms to set up and prepare for equipment installations
• Customer offices with kitchens, meeting rooms, bathrooms, and first-aid room
• Guest wi-fi
• Dedicated customer parking
• On-site technicians available 24/7
• Customer and vendor access available 24/7
• Guaranteed telco and service provider neutrality
• We offer tours of our facilities, please contact the team for availability
• Disposal and recycling (wherever possible) of all waste
• Arranging of secure asset disposal

• We supply 48RU (New Zealand) and 52RU (Australia) racks with various widths available including 600mm (all locations), 750mm (New Zealand), and 800mm (Australia) racks
• Smaller services, such as our bespoke 21RU half racks and 10RU quarter racks are also available
• All our rental racks have seismic bracing, dedicated A+B power rails and overhead outlets, electronically locked doors, and discrete data cabling entry to each full rack or rack compartment as standard
• You also have the option to bring your own rack — our data floors are designed to accommodate bespoke rack deployments
• Single- or three-phase power is available to all racks, and multiple pairs of overhead outlets can be provided to any rack, enabling higher-density deployments
• Our flexible contract approach allows you to increase or decrease your rack requirements as your business needs change

We’re able to cater to all your installation requirements — no request is too big or small. Our skilled data centre technicians are available to undertake installations of customer-supplied racks and IT equipment and cabling. This includes patching, intra-rack, and telco cross-connect cabling.

We also provide the cabling infrastructure to connect your racks. Engage one of our skilled project managers to handle large and complex cabling requirements on your behalf.

• Our contracts are flexible and designed to enable you to gain maximum value from our sites and services
• We include all of our standard services into a single monthly cost, with no hidden charges
• Variable charges are all based on your actual consumption
• We bill on a monthly basis to ensure you have the flexibility to scale up or down quickly
• We have no ongoing cross-connect charges
• All our data centres are telco and service provider neutral and guaranteed to remain so for the lifetime of the facility. You have full control and choice over who you work with.
   

Data centers are critical infrastructure for organisations as they serve as the backbone for storing, processing and managing vast amounts of data, including critical and proprietary assets. These facilities ensure the availability, reliability and security of digital information, playing a pivotal role in supporting various business operations.

By centralising computing resources, data centres enhance efficiency, enable seamless access to information, and contribute to the overall agility of modern enterprises. Moreover, their robust security measures safeguard proprietary data, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of valuable assets, making data centers indispensable for businesses.

Cloud data centres operate by leveraging virtualisation and distributed computing technologies to deliver scalable and on-demand computing resources over the internet. These centres house a vast network of servers and storage systems that collectively form the infrastructure for cloud services. Users access these resources remotely, and the cloud infrastructure dynamically allocates computing power, storage and other services based on the user's needs.

This scalable and flexible model allows businesses to efficiently manage their IT infrastructure without the need for extensive physical hardware investments. Cloud data centres offer high levels of redundancy and reliability, with data distributed across multiple servers and locations. Additionally, they employ robust security measures to protect data, making cloud data centers a foundational element of the modern digital landscape, supporting diverse applications, services and business operations.

Data centre networks comprise a diverse array of network devices designed to ensure efficient and reliable data transmission within the facility. Common network devices in a data centre include routers, which manage data traffic between different networks; switches, responsible for directing data within a network; and firewalls, essential for securing the network by monitoring and controlling incoming and outgoing traffic.

Load balancers distribute network traffic evenly across servers, optimising performance and preventing overloads. Additionally, data centres employ various networking equipment such as gateways, which facilitate communication between different networks, and network security appliances to protect against cyber threats. Collectively, these network devices create a robust infrastructure that supports seamless and secure data communication within the data centre environment.

Colocation is like renting an apartment for your servers in a building designed for data storage. You provide your own IT equipment (servers, storage) and software, and the colocation provider takes care of the physical facility, including:

• Power and cooling

• Security (physical access)

• Network connectivity options

Think of Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) as a fully furnished apartment with utilities included.  In addition to the physical space and security provided by colocation, DCaaS offers:

• Hardware: the DCaaS provider rents you servers, storage and networking equipment.

• Software: the DCaaS provider may offer pre-installed operating systems, virtualisation software, or managed services for your applications.

• Management: DCaaS providers handle most of the ongoing maintenance and management of your IT infrastructure.

DCaaS is an extension of colocation data centres, but provides the hardware, maintenance and energy as well as the physical space.