Datacom has relaunched its Gloucester datacentre in Christchurch to mark the completion of a $52 million expansion and upgrade of its four New Zealand data centres. The Gloucester expansion cost $9.7 million and has more than doubled the server rack space, as well as significantly upgrading infrastructure and resiliency. “The expansion of Gloucester means that it operates on a level with our other world class datacentres in New Zealand (Orbit in Auckland, Kapua in Hamilton and Abel in Wellington),” says Tom Jacob, Datacom datacentres director. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Datacom was founded in Christchurch in 1965. “It feels fitting to mark the completion of our New Zealand wide datacentre expansion in Christchurch as our Gloucester data centre opened a few weeks before the first Christchurch earthquake, and continued to run all the way through the Christchurch rebuild,” he says. No caption “We are delivering a modern fit-for-purpose data centre, and our investment in Gloucester is an expression of our confidence in the South Island economy.” He says Datacom is serving over 40 customers from the site, and they are a mix of corporates, local businesses, IT resellers, cloud providers and commercial customers. He says Datacom sees significant business opportunity for Datacom in the South Island, and Gloucester is well positioned to support local businesses who want to expand around New Zealand. The Gloucester data centre has been expanded from 52 server racks originally, adding 84 racks taking the total to 136 racks. There is also capacity to add 60 more racks as needed, says Jacob. The infrastructure has been upgraded, including new generators, new switchboards and a new UPS for uninterruptible power supply system. “All of these aspects make sure that the datacentre can continue to operate if there are issues with the power supply ensuring data services even through natural disaster. The building has also had further earthquake strengthening,” says Jacob. No caption Sign up for CIO newsletters for regular updates on CIO news, career tips, views and events. Follow CIO New Zealand on Twitter:@cio_nz Related content brandpost Fireside Chat between Tata Communications and Tata Realty: 5 ways how Technology bridges the CX perception gap By Tata Communications Sep 24, 2023 9 mins Emerging Technology feature Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat A cryptographically relevant quantum computer will put everyday online transactions at risk. Mastercard is preparing for such an eventuality — today. By Poornima Apte Sep 22, 2023 6 mins CIO 100 Quantum Computing Data and Information Security feature 9 famous analytics and AI disasters Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be invaluable, but mistakes can cost you reputation, revenue, or even lives. These high-profile analytics and AI blunders illustrate what can go wrong. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 22, 2023 13 mins Technology Industry Generative AI Machine Learning feature Top 15 data management platforms available today Data management platforms (DMPs) help organizations collect and manage data from a wide array of sources — and are becoming increasingly important for customer-centric sales and marketing campaigns. By Peter Wayner Sep 22, 2023 10 mins Marketing Software Data Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe