Samrand
Welcome to South Africa’s largest modular data centre facility!
Our headquarters. DPA Samrand, one of South Africa’s most resilient, carrier-neutral hyperscale data centres, targets colocation, enterprise and hyperscale customers. The facility offers over 2,000m² dedicated whitespace with plans to expand to over 9,000m² exclusive whitespace. We provide world-class data centre services with unrestricted interconnection between customers, thus, offering better value, lower latency, and higher resilience data centre solutions.
The Digital Parks Africa facility is conveniently located in Samrand, Midrand, close to major highways, airports, fibre routes and power connections. This industry-leading facility lets you focus on your core business while we care for your comprehensive data centre infrastructure requirements.
Expand your dedicated Data Centre environment easily with scalable solutions within our Uptime Tier III Design Certified Data Centre with all the ISO design certifications.
SITE BENEFITS
- Power per Rack agility and flexibility
- Power protected and uptime guaranteed
- Professional and reliable 24/7 support
- Freedom to select any hardware and equipment for servers
- Provision of industry-leading Data Centre infrastructure
- Scalable architecture and design; upgrade on demand
FACILITY OVERVIEW
- Location: Samrand, Gauteng, South Africa
- Uptime Tier III Design Certified
- Designed around a Tier IV with a crossover between the two triple change overs
- Dust free environment
- Heavy duty raised floor
- 4,500 Rack Capacity
- White Space: 1,540m²
- Generator Building: 960m²
- Energy Centre: 960m²
- Resilient modular Data Centre design
POWER
BACKUP POWER
- Uptime Tier III Design Certified: 99.982% Uptime
- Flexible power density ranging from 3 - 15kW per rack
- Fault tolerance 2(N+1) resilience
- Protection against power surges, outages, and voltage instability
- UPS & Battery backup time for at least 15 minutes at full load
- Generators to carry the Data Centre
- At least 72 hours fuel capacity
(Current 45,000l diesel onsite, expanding to 100,000l)
UTILITY POWER
- 24MW Utility Capacity
- Tshwane Municipal Power (reduced rates)
- Essential Supply – Medium Voltage
COOLING
- Direct Expansion (DX) and Chilled water
- PUE of at least 1.5 guaranteed
- Around-the-clock temperature & humidity monitoring
- 11 x 140kw with N+1 redundancy cooling units per floor
- Hot aisle containment
- Temperature control conforming to the ASHRAE Standards
FIRE CONTROL
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) early warning, detection, and suppression
- IG- 541 Fire Suppression System
- Adherence to strict fire prevention and protection procedures
CONNECTIVITY
- Carrier Neutral & Open Access Network
- Variety of connection options
- JINX Internet Exchange points
- Meet Me room / Carrier Hotel facility
- Fibre & copper structured cabling offerings
- Redundant connections
- Open market for partner networking
- LIT Services: Multiple managed Carrier services
- Numerous Dark Fibre and NLD options
- Transit: High quality international breakout options
- Peering: Data Centre supported interconnection and open peering policy
- Wireless Colocation: Premium WISP backhaul options
GOVERNANCE, RISK & COMPLIANCE
- ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 Certified
- BEE Level 2
- Uptime Tier III Design Certified
- PCI-DSS Ready (Optional per customer Data Halls)
SECURITY
- 24/7 Substantial onsite security and guarded facility
- Backup offsite guarded facility
- On-and offsite NOC managed
- Electric perimeter fencing
- 24/7 Full CCTV coverage, monitoring & management
- Vehicle trap and secure area for tenant deliveries
- Pre-authorization required for access to the Data Centre
- Biometric access control as per customer requirements
SUPPORT
- Optimised serviceability & highly trained technicians
- Remote hands/ technicians are available 24/7
- Routine maintenance and checks in place
- Comprehensive remote monitoring & remote management support
- Integrated remote monitoring and management systems for the performance and management of backup power and cooling