Overview
NEC’s Data Centre at Polaris in Queensland represents Australia’s most advanced data centre. It is one of two NEC Data Centres operating in Australia.
Operating with N+ 2 redundancies, this highly secure Tier 3+ facility has been purpose designed and built to support state, federal government organisations, enterprise and SMB customers.
Polaris meets the availability and performance demands of any international or locally based company and delivers data centre services to blue chip standards. In addition, Polaris has been specifically designed to help conserve energy and protect our planet.
At a glance:
Secure
- 24x7 staff on premise
- dual power & utility backup
- biometric entry with people & vehicle traps
- firewall protection.
Reliable
- high speed resilient internet
- 100 Mb/s interconnection
- SLAs for all customers
- full hosting or collocation.
Affordable
- racks from $1000 per month
- fixed OPEX not CAPEX
- scalable PAYG model.
Polaris meets the availability and performance demands of any international or locally based company.
Features
Polaris meets the availability and performance demands of any international or locally based company and delivers data centre services to blue chip standards. In addition, Polaris has been specifically designed to help conserve energy and protect our planet.
Purpose designed and built Tier 3+ facility. NEC at Polaris offers you:
- NEC Enterprise-grade Internet infrastructure
- GiGe Dual Core National MPLS network
- high-speed Internet backbone connectivity
- scalable, redundant power and cooling capacity
- designed in consideration of new generation blade server and data storage technologies
- 500kg/m2 raised floor loading capacity across all Data Centre floors
- 24x7x365 manned security and facilities management
- full security camera monitoring
- biometric man-traps
- secure loading dock with vehicle trap
- safe location over 25km outside Brisbane CBD mitigating any power grid over-subscription.
The Polaris facility Polaris offers a best of breed service in a world class Tier 3+ Data Centre, including:
- 14,000m2 building over five stories
- scalable, redundant power and cooling
- 24/7 manned security and facilities management
- biometric mantraps on each Data Centre floor
- secure loading dock with vehicle trap
- full security camera monitoring
- linked through diverse fibre links
- high-speed Internet backbone connectivit.
Green Credentials
Polaris meets the availability and performance demands of any international or locally based company and delivers data centre services to blue chip standards. In addition, Polaris has been specifically designed to help conserve energy and protect our planet.
NEC Australia is a contributing member of The Green Grid Consortium The green, energy efficient focus within NEC Australian Data Centres is a key part of NEC’s global commitment to preserving the environment and contributing towards building a sustainable society. Polaris features:
- Rotary UPS systems which do not require batteries
- recycled water as the main supply of water to support the cooling tower infrastructure
- high efficiency water-cooling is used in lieu of air-cooling systems
- all external walls and ceilings are insulated to minimise external temperature impact on the data floors
- efficient lighting control zones automatically control lights.
ISO14001 certification since 1996.