The Data Centre at the Core of an Interconnected Precinct

Marty Gauvin

Tonsley - Origins• Opened in 1964• 61 hectares• Main Assembly Building 11 hectares• 10km from CBD• Largest area of industrial land in Adelaide

Master Plan

• Tonsley will deliver an exemplar interconnected and intelligent mixed use precinct that integrates industry, education, training, research, residential living and community amenities.

• Objectives• Economic Growth and Development: 6,300 FTE jobs, growth of

advanced manufacturing industries, strong linkages to research and training, layered economy, industry clustering. $1B of private investment. $250M of this committed.

• Liveable Communities: integrated mixed use precinct, distinctive and desirable place, 1,500 new residents.

• Sustainability: resource efficiency through technology, adaptive reuse, design excellence.

• Place making: unique character and identity, sense of place, encourages interaction and collaboration, high quality.

• Governance and corporate responsibility: delivered through best practice business processes and inclusive governance.

Value Proposition

• So why would businesses, residents, students and researchers come here?• Amenity - provides an attractive environment for the knowledge based worker and attracts high

value investors • Transport - easy connections for employees, businesses and key markets • Proximity - to major markets, research institutions, employment precincts and the CBD • Hard infrastructure - ICT, smart grid, Main Assembly Building and Innovation Centre • Soft infrastructure - supportive business programs, networking, mentoring, precinct governance,

business to research relationships • Education, training and research - TAFE, Flinders University and Mining Centre of Excellence • Other tenants - Siemens, Tier 5, TAFE, Flinders and associated institutions, e.g. New Venture

Institute, Medical Device Research Institute and Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology - will grow over time

Telecommunications Strategy

• The Strategy and Master Plan is based on 5 Key Principles:

• Baseline of Capabilities • Aim to exceed the baseline telecommunications and ICT capabilities available in other Innovation Campuses

• Education and Research • Support delivery of cost effective telecommunications solutions and collaboration services for education and

research purposes

• Innovate to Differentiate • Seek, test and deploy innovative solutions to create market differentiation

• Single Owner • Take advantage of the unique ownership, tenant and investment models during the early development stages

• Partner • Partner where possible - innovative solutions multiply with more ideas on the table

The Data Centre is at the core of thisCore Capabilities

• Dark Fibre Backbone

• Data Centre Capacity (designed, operated and secured 24x7) to deliver efficient ICT capabilities, and enable higher NABERS ratings in commercial office buildings

• Focus on energy efficient IT and telecommunications services

• High-availability service models incorporating redundant fibre paths between Tonsley and Adelaide, and between Tenancies in Tonsley

• WiFi coverage across the site to facilitate 'connected collaboration'

• Enable Carrier and Internet Service Provider choice for tenants

• NBN compliant infrastructure

• Deploy shared services across Building Management Systems (BMS), Security (CCTV), and utility metering / reporting

Diverse Meet-Me rooms provided within data centre

Significant scale using modular design to allow for growth in precinct and in region

PUE 1.18

Tier III base design, Tier IV capable

6 providers in or building. 12 by end of 2014.

Many of these as well as storage, HPC, etc provided on-demand by our clients

Fibre Entry

Fibre to all tenancies

• All owned by controlling entity• Rings outside of

MAB• Eastern and

Western trunks in MAB• Service Cores as

key splice points

What we are building