{"id":116642,"date":"2015-01-14T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=116642"},"modified":"2015-01-14T15:36:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T13:36:48","slug":"inside-hetzners-new-data-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/116642-inside-hetzners-new-data-centre.html","title":{"rendered":"Inside Hetzner’s new data centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data centres are one of the core building blocks of the Internet. This is where most websites are hosted, where banking systems reside, and where some telecoms operators have their core networks.<\/p>\n

Data centres are among the best-built and most secure facilities in any country. These facilities typically have fully redundant subsystems like cooling, power, and network links, and compartmentalized security zones with biometric access controls.<\/p>\n

South Africa has the best data centres on the continent, with some facilities holding their own against the top hosting facilities globally.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos of how a data centre is built, and what it looks like after completion.<\/p>\n

Hetzner\u2019s data centre in Midrand<\/h3>\n

In 2013 Hetzner<\/strong><\/a> constructed its first data centre in Samrand, Gauteng. The design is based on Hetzner\u2019s German-engineered data centre structure and technology.<\/p>\n

The facility is 2,000 square meters in size, with a hosting capacity of 1,200 square meters. The facility makes use of free cooling, reducing Hetzner\u2019s energy consumption and carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

The Hetzner DC is served by dual “A & B” power feeds with redundant backup power. It is also connected via multiple tier-1 upstream network providers, allowing it to failover to an alternative network in the event of a serious network outage.<\/p>\n

Hetzner\u2019s Samrand Data Centre Park has the capacity to house five standalone data centres, which will exceed R500-million in value once all phases are complete.<\/p>\n

The following photos show how Hetzner\u2019s first data centre grew from a drawing to one of South Africa\u2019s top hosting facilities.<\/p>\n

Artist\u2019s impression before construction started<\/h3>\n
\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC artist impression<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC park artist’s impression<\/p><\/div>\n

Construction of the Hetzner data centre<\/h3>\n
\"Land<\/a>

Land selection for Hetzner DC<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Construction<\/a>

Construction starts<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Construction<\/a>

Construction well on its way<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC construction going well<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Finishing<\/a>

Finishing the Hetzner DC building<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Inside<\/a>

Inside Hetzner’s new data centre in Midrand during construction<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Inside<\/a>

Hetzner’s new data centre getting racks<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Putting<\/a>

Putting in racks and other equipment<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC outside work<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner's<\/a>

Hetzner’s new data centre in Midrand finishing touches<\/p><\/div>\n

The completed Hetzner data centre<\/h3>\n
\"New<\/a>

New Hetzner DC<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC welcome<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC meeting room<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Inside<\/a>

Inside the new Hetzner DC<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Racks<\/a>

Racks inside the Hetzner DC<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Servers<\/a>

Servers inside the Hetzner DC<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC cabinets<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hetzner<\/a>

Hetzner DC rack<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Techie<\/a>

Techie working in the Hetzner DC<\/p><\/div>\n

More on the Hetzner data centre<\/h3>\n

Hetzner\u2019s new data centre taking shape: photos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Data usage price cuts, new data centre for Hetzner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following photos show how Hetzner\u2019s new data centre was built \u2013 from an empty piece of land to an ultra-secure facility hosting thousands of servers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":95165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[447,35,1065],"class_list":["post-116642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-hosting","tag-data-centre","tag-headline","tag-hetzner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116642"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116686,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116642\/revisions\/116686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}