Inside Hetzner’s data centre

[Kevin Lancaster]

Inside Hetzner’s new data centre

The following photos show how Hetzner’s new data centre was built – from an empty piece of land to an ultra-secure facility hosting thousands of servers

 

[Nerfherder]

I must say.... those cables give me a bit of a boner

 

[rpm]

I must say.... those cables give me a bit of a boner

I had four computers in my old computer room at home, and there were wires all over the place. No surprise Hetzner is German - "No loose or untidy wires, Herr Landers"

 

[ToxicBunny]

Very impressive setup from them...

Would not really call it massively secure, but then I have different standards when it comes to DC's

 

[MrR]

Nice. Would love to do a site visit and see how it compares with MTN, Vodacom, MWeb and RSAWeb's; was pretty impressed with those.

 

[Skerminkel]

I assume the technicians are not allowed to play a quick cricket game in those nice long isles over lunch?

 

[dabbler]

UPS capacity? Our UPS's just love failing on power dips

 

[saor]

Cool article. How much goes into keeping those rooms cool?

 

[damian24]

Very impressive setup from them...

Would not really call it massively secure, but then I have different standards when it comes to DC's

and if you gooi a klip pretty hard from the Hetzner DC, you hit the R1.6 billion ultra secure Standard Bank white elephant.... eeeerm, Data Centre.

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[scud]

If Hetzner would bring Local dedicated hosting pricing in line with their DE offerings, i would take a rack or 2

 

[R13...]

Looks nice, l wonder if they user interconnect for the wiring looks like the sort of quality they put out.

 

[pboy]

nothing new here. We've been having world class for years now with internet solutions.

 

[Thor]

Porn !!!!
That OP is NSFW

 

[ponder]

Would not really call it massively secure, but then I have different standards when it comes to DC's

The actual building construction is pretty flimsy if you ask me. I would prefer 50cm thick steel reinforced concreted structures for starters.

 

[Peon]

The actual building construction is pretty flimsy if you ask me. I would prefer 50cm thick steel reinforced concreted structures for starters.

Good point but I wouldnt mind working there.

 

[MickeyD]

The actual building construction is pretty flimsy if you ask me. I would prefer 50cm thick steel reinforced concreted structures for starters.

Last (new) DC I toured was worse than Fort Knox. Even had to leave cellphones at security kiosk.

 

[Peon]

... leave cellphones at security kiosk.

Wouldn't that be par for the course?

 

[MickeyD]

Wouldn't that be par for the course?

No. Never happened at others.

 

[The_Other]

Not sure if a actually may say this... But i have been in there. Not that cold due to the "free cooling" like the MTN Data Centers I have been in. And very quite...

 

[kianm]

So before this where was their old local data center btw?