Location
- The data centre is located close to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange hosting facility and Hong Kong’s Central Business Districts
- The local railway station (MTR, Mass Transit Railway) Lohas Park is located within a short walk, with taxi and bus access
- Chek Lap Kok International Airport is 50 minutes away by car
Building Overview
- Global Switch has a long term lease with renewal rights over the land
- Purpose built
- Exceeds Tier III operational performance
- 71,000 sq m of gross space
- 5 buildings
- Flexible IT space with ability to create bespoke environments as required
Main Structural Features
- Concrete structure with metal faced cladding and glazing
- 6m slab to slab height
- Raised floor height of 900mm
- Minimum from raised floor: 4.3m clear height to underside of deepest beam
- Floor loading of 12kN/m²
- 2 goods lift (5 tonnes), 7 passenger lifts
Data Centre Services
Power
- Initial 11kV utility supply with ultimate load supported by 132kV utility supply with N+1 redundancy
- Utility power supply capacity of 100MVA (current and planned)
- Technical (IT) power and mechanical systems supplied by on-site diesel rotary UPS with N+2 redundancy
- Fully diverse power distribution to technical areas
- On-site fuel storage to support 24 hours at full capacity with 24x7x365 fuel delivery
- Offering 1,750 W/m2 as standard, with higher power density solutions fully supported
Cooling
- 71.5MW of installed and planned cooling provision
- Minimum N+1 resilience on all systems
- CRAH units control temperature and humidity in technical space within the recommended range of ASHRAE TC9.9
- Diverse distribution pipework throughout
- Chilled water cooling system
Security
- Operations Centre manned 24x7x365
- Security guard patrols 24x7x365
- Continuous CCTV surveillance of external and internal areas
- CCTV records kept for 31 days
- Comprehensive intruder detection and alarms to all areas
- Perimeter Intrusion Detection system (PIDs)
- Strict access control procedures to ISO 27001
- Access control using proximity card readers and biometric systems
- Physical access via mantrap
- Secure managed delivery and loading area available 24x7x365
Connectivity
- Carrier Neutral
- Network dense with access to multiple global and regional carriers and Internet service providers offering Dark Fibre, Wavelength, Ethernet, MPLS, VPLS, IP Transit, Peering, CDN, Storage, Virtualised Services (SDN), Voice and Mobile Services
- Access to multiple cloud services through leading public, private and hybrid cloud solution providers
- 2 dedicated Meet Me Rooms
- 2 diverse building entry points
- Diverse cable routes and pathways
- Roof space availability for satellite and antennae equipment
Fire Detection and Suppression
- Digital addressable fire detection system in all areas
- Aspirated early warning smoke detection system (monitored 24x7x365)
- Inergen gas suppression system in technical areas with dry pipe pre-action sprinkler system for additional resiliency
Critical Environments Management
- Experienced 24x7x365 facilities management team
- Environment (thermal conditions) monitored 24x7x365
- All Building Management Systems (BMS) monitored 24x7x365
- Comprehensive energy metering systems
- Internationally recognised critical environments programme
Other Services
- Cloud services
- Colocation
- Cross connects
- Customer reports
- Data storage
- Deliveries and storage
- Design and build
- Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) Service
- Fit-out
- Managed connectivity
- Network security
- Remote hands
- Technical cleaning and waste disposal
Certifications
- ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, 45001, 50001
Technical specification, which is subject to change, relates to the completion of all stages of Global Switch Hong Kong.
