Specifications

The first phase of construction has been completed, which created the space for the first 20 racks. In the next two phases we will expand our infrastructure and increase the number of racks to 60. An overview of the construction phases can be find here: construction planning.

A schematic view of our datacenter:

Datafloor

The datacenter consists of approximately 1,290 square foot for a total of 60 racks. The datacenter has a raised floor for optimal cooling and cable management. Cold air is blown under the floor and comes through ventilations panels to the surface. The racks are placed in a hot and cold dorridor for optimal cooling.

The racks on the raised floor

Security

The datacenter is secured by multiple HD camera's. These camera's record everyting in 720p format. The camera's have motion sensors and a build in lamp wich give them the posibility to detect possible intrusions in the dark. The security plan have been developed by the guidelines of the ISO 27001 certificate.

Camera surveillance

(Emergency) Power

We have multiple UPS systems running from the company APC. If a power failure occurs the UPS systems can power all the servers for 10 minutes. In the next construction phase, of our datacenter, we are going to add a power generator. The power generator will automaticly start when a power failure occurs and takes over the power feeds within 1 minute.
Every rack comes with one 16 ampere feed, a second feed is optional.

UPS system from APC

Cooling

InterDC uses renewable energy consisting of 22% wind, 64% water and 14% biomass. The datacenter uses free air cooling for most of the year, which means using outside air to cool the servers. This is possible because the temperature in the Netherlands is for 80% of the year beneath 20 degrees celsius. The remaining 20%, of cooling, uses traditional cooling systems from Uniflair.

The average temperature in the datacenter is 22 degrees celsius.

Chillers on the roof

Firedetection

In the first phase we will be using co2 fire extinguishers only. In the second and third phase we will install an automatic fire detection system with automatic extinguishing system. This systems shall work by filling the datacenter with argon gas in case of a fire. With argon the oxygen will be suppresed, thus extinguishing the fire. The lowered oxygen level is not deadly for humans, but we do suggest to leave the room as soon as possible when the installation is active.

CO2 fire extinguishers