World first Uptime Institute awardsTier IV to Brisbane Data Centre
The world’s first certification to Tier IV of an IP-Bus system has been awarded to colocation provider NEXTDC in Australia employing Piller UPS technology.
Australian colocation provider NEXTDC’s B2 data centre in Brisbane has become the first in the country - and the first Asia Pacific colocation data centre - to receive Tier IV constructed facility certification from the Uptime Institute, the world’s leading independent data centre advisory and certification organisation. The accreditation is unique in that it is the first in the world to achieve this certification by use of an N+1 IP-bus system, thereby eliminating the need for inefficient N+N ups systems.
The B2 power solution employs unique IP-bus technology from Piller which affords a combination of fault tolerance and concurrent maintainability without the need for N+N redundant UPS. This is accomplished by a patented ‘Delta-droop’ control of Piller UNIBLOCK™ UPS and gensets paralleled at the UPS output. Such a solution cannot be equalled by any other current IP-Bus UPS technology.
Piller Group’s Managing Director, Global Business, Andrew Dyke:
“This is fantastic news for NEXTDC; I and the Piller team would like to wholeheartedly congratulate them on this achievement which represents the highest level of operational excellence, technical innovation and thought leadership. We are delighted that this is the world’s first Tier IV certification of an isolated-parallel (IP Bus) system and with our world leading technology. Piller’s IP-Bus solution combines the advantages of isolated redundant and parallel redundant UPS configurations resulting in outstanding maintainability and fault tolerance characteristics; an excellent way to optimise redundancy, resilience and total ownership costs. This is Tier IV functionality without the capital and operating expense of system redundant UPS.”
A world first for NEXTDC and Piller - the first certification to Tier IV of an IP-Bus system
NEXTDC’s Head of Engineering and Design, Jeff Van Zetten, said:
“Achieving Uptime Institute’s Tier IV Certification is partly about keeping the design elegantly simple, and keeping the paths separated to make it fault tolerant. The data centres that we build and operate are infrastructure for the future, and they have to meet the highest reliability standards.
Although some data centre companies try to achieve a Tier IV facility and gain preliminary design documents certification, they often don’t build it according to the Tier IV-certified design or have the facility tested and certified by Uptime Institute. Our team put in an exceptional effort to have B2 ready for Uptime Institute to perform the most rigorous site inspections and fault tolerance testing to prove that NEXTDC is the first data centre operator in Australia to actually deliver on the promise of Tier IV reliability.”
Piller is the world leader in IP Bus solutions which are employed all over the world and also at NEXTDC’s Sydney, Melbourne and Perth data centres.
About NEXTDC
NEXTDC is an ASX200-listed technology company enabling business transformation through innovative data centre outsourcing solutions, connectivity services and infrastructure management software.
As Australia’s leading independent data centre operator with a nationwide network of Tier III and Tier IV facilities, NEXTDC provides enterprise-class colocation services to local and international organisations. With a focus on sustainability and renewable energy NEXTDC is leading the industry with award-winning engineering solutions for energy efficiency and NABERS 4.5 star certification. To learn more, visit www.nextdc.com
About Piller
Piller is a world leader in power protection technology. The company builds electrical systems for mission-critical applications worldwide. Clients include many of the world's central and commercial banks, stock exchanges and other financial institutions, as well as broadcasters, airports, telecommunications networks, government departments and co-location operators.
Founded by the German engineer Anton Piller in 1909, more than a century on Piller is still headquartered and produces in Osterode and nearby Bilshausen, although today the company has subsidiaries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia and today employs approaching 1000 people worldwide. In November 2016, Piller Power Systems Inc, the US subsidiary of Piller Group GmbH, acquired the assets and business of Active Power Inc, the US kinetic energy storage specialist.
Piller group is a division of the UK engineering and industrial group, Langley Holdings plc.