Iconic Polaris Data Centre to be replicated in Melbourne
Melbourne will soon be home to one of world’s most secure high tech buildings with Springfield Land Corporation today announcing work is scheduled to begin on the $200 million Polaris Victoria Data Centre in July.
Springfield Land Corporation Managing Director Bob Sharpless said the facility would be built on a 1.2 hectare greenfields site in Derimut, near Sunshine in Western Melbourne.
“This major project is a boost for Western Melbourne and one which the Brimbank City Council is well behind. It will help to create a host of employment opportunities for that area,” Mr Sharpless said.
“In addition, it will also attract a great deal of interest throughout the Asia Pacific Rim. The Polaris Victoria Data Centre will be one of the most advanced purpose-built facilities of its type in the world.
“It will have the highest level of security including biometric fingerprint scanners, bullet-proof glass, man traps and critically, it will be the greenest data centre in Australia.
“Polaris Victoria has been designed as a primary and secondary facility and will act as a disaster recovery site, internet data centre and carrier interconnect exchange.
“It will not only protect Melbourne’s key IT infrastructure services, it will also host mission-critical ICT systems for corporate enterprises and Government departments.”
Mr Sharpless said the first Polaris building, in Springfield Queensland, was nearing capacity after securing high-profile tenants such as the National Broadband Network (NBN Co) and AAPT in recent months. He said the Melbourne project received interest from overseas investors and is in the advanced stages of negotiations with anchor tenants.
“We will be announcing these tenants in the coming weeks but similar to the first Polaris Data Centre in Springfield, Queensland, this new Melbourne version will play host to some of the world’s biggest organisations,” he said.
Springfield’s Data Centre Executive Chris Schroor said Springfield Land Corporation, in conjunction with its development partner John Fewster’s One Zero Australia would deliver the project.
“Polaris Victoria will be a five-storey information hub contained within a 14,000 square metre building, delivering 7000 square metres of raised floor technical area,” Mr Schroor said.
“The data centre will be built to accommodate IT loads of up to 10 megawatts and provide point solutions for racks up to 60 kilowatts.
“The very nature of business service delivery and continuity is increasingly reliant on electronically-stored information and this centre provides just that.”
Mr Sharpless said the biggest drawcard for a building like Polaris was reliability and its location.
“The Polaris Data Centre in Queensland remained operational and accessible by road throughout the Brisbane floods because of Springfield’s ideal geographical location and we are taking a similarly long-term approach in Victoria,” he said.
“Polaris is perfectly positioned close to one of Australia’s major financial hubs but far enough away so that should disaster strike in the Melbourne CBD it will remain online.
“Redundancy at Polaris is at such a high level, every component within the building is backed up three times.”
Some of the tenants at the Polaris Data Centre in Springfield currently include Suncorp, NEC Citec, Ipswich City Council, Queensland and Australian Government departments.
Media enquiries:
Karin Wong, Sequel Communications, 07 3251 8144 or 0418 278 029
Fiona Evans, Sequel Communications, 07 3251 8122 or 0403 090 911
Springfield Land Corporation Managing Director Bob Sharpless said the facility would be built on a 1.2 hectare greenfields site in Derimut, near Sunshine in Western Melbourne.
“This major project is a boost for Western Melbourne and one which the Brimbank City Council is well behind. It will help to create a host of employment opportunities for that area,” Mr Sharpless said.
“In addition, it will also attract a great deal of interest throughout the Asia Pacific Rim. The Polaris Victoria Data Centre will be one of the most advanced purpose-built facilities of its type in the world.
“It will have the highest level of security including biometric fingerprint scanners, bullet-proof glass, man traps and critically, it will be the greenest data centre in Australia.
“Polaris Victoria has been designed as a primary and secondary facility and will act as a disaster recovery site, internet data centre and carrier interconnect exchange.
“It will not only protect Melbourne’s key IT infrastructure services, it will also host mission-critical ICT systems for corporate enterprises and Government departments.”
Mr Sharpless said the first Polaris building, in Springfield Queensland, was nearing capacity after securing high-profile tenants such as the National Broadband Network (NBN Co) and AAPT in recent months. He said the Melbourne project received interest from overseas investors and is in the advanced stages of negotiations with anchor tenants.
“We will be announcing these tenants in the coming weeks but similar to the first Polaris Data Centre in Springfield, Queensland, this new Melbourne version will play host to some of the world’s biggest organisations,” he said.
Springfield’s Data Centre Executive Chris Schroor said Springfield Land Corporation, in conjunction with its development partner John Fewster’s One Zero Australia would deliver the project.
“Polaris Victoria will be a five-storey information hub contained within a 14,000 square metre building, delivering 7000 square metres of raised floor technical area,” Mr Schroor said.
“The data centre will be built to accommodate IT loads of up to 10 megawatts and provide point solutions for racks up to 60 kilowatts.
“The very nature of business service delivery and continuity is increasingly reliant on electronically-stored information and this centre provides just that.”
Mr Sharpless said the biggest drawcard for a building like Polaris was reliability and its location.
“The Polaris Data Centre in Queensland remained operational and accessible by road throughout the Brisbane floods because of Springfield’s ideal geographical location and we are taking a similarly long-term approach in Victoria,” he said.
“Polaris is perfectly positioned close to one of Australia’s major financial hubs but far enough away so that should disaster strike in the Melbourne CBD it will remain online.
“Redundancy at Polaris is at such a high level, every component within the building is backed up three times.”
Some of the tenants at the Polaris Data Centre in Springfield currently include Suncorp, NEC Citec, Ipswich City Council, Queensland and Australian Government departments.
Media enquiries:
Karin Wong, Sequel Communications, 07 3251 8144 or 0418 278 029
Fiona Evans, Sequel Communications, 07 3251 8122 or 0403 090 911