Harbour MSP announces new Melbourne data centre
Announcement posted by Harbour MSP 21 May 2010
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 21 May, 2010 – Harbour MSP, a Frontline Systems company, is announcing the development of a new tier three data centre in Melbourne to meet the demand from its current customers, and bridge the gap in commercial data centre offerings in Victoria.
Situated in the Port Melbourne area, Harbour MSP will be the exclusive tenant within the new state-of-the-art facility. The location will not only allow Harbour MSP to provide better geographic coverage in addition to its Sydney and Singapore data centres; it will also offer a full suite of services including co-location, 24/7 infrastructure monitoring, management, security, networking, private cloud deployment and disaster recovery.
“There is a distinct lack of high-quality, commercially available data centre space in Victoria, particularly those that have been designed to suit the needs of the mid-market sector, which we define as businesses with 100 to 500 seats,” said Andrew Hardy, commercial director at Harbour MSP. “We are very pleased to extend our footprint in Victoria to help customers who are looking for high-end data centre and IT managed services capabilities, but who have been limited by the lack of providers locally.”
The new Melbourne offering will occupy 1,000 square metres and provide approximately 500 racks of space. These range from standard 3kw racks up to high density, 30kw racks that feature in-row cooling. The data centre is being built in conjunction with E3 networks and Frontline Systems.
“This is an exciting focus for us in the second half of 2010,” Hardy added. “We are working closely with E3 and Frontline Systems to bring the Melbourne offering online. Frontline has been operating in Victoria in the past 15 years, so there’s no doubt their customers will be following our progress with keen interest. Current and new customers can be safe in the knowledge they are outsourcing their IT needs to one of the very best tier three date centres available in Victoria.”
More information on Harbour MSP can be found at http://www.harbourmsp.com.