Leighton Contractors announces distribution partnership with BladeRoom energy efficient data centres in Australia and New Zealand
Source: Leighton - www.leightoncontractors.com.au
15 June 2010
Leighton Contractors
owned data centre specialist, Metronode has entered into an agreement
with BladeRoom Group Limited to distribute the BladeRoom™ data centre
system in Australia and New Zealand. The agreement provides for the
supply, maintenance and local manufacture of energy efficient data
centre technology.
The General Manager of
Metronode, Malcolm Roe, said the new partnership was reflective of the
common objective shared by both companies to establish world-class,
sustainable data centres.
“Leighton Contractors
and its data centre business, Metronode are industry leaders in
understanding what key users require having been building and operating
data centres for many years,” he said.
“BladeRoom
data centres offer one of the lowest operating costs of any data centre
available today, with leading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) in any
climate and at any load. With a PUE below 1.15 in south eastern
Australia, the BladeRoom system reduces data centre energy usage by up
to 50 per cent compared to standard data centres currently.”
Mr Roe said the new
system will also help solve a number of challenges for the company.
“BladeRoom’s
innovative system will also assist in planning a new data centre.
Capital investment can now better track planned growth and allow for the
provision of ‘just in time’ data centre capacity.
“Site requirements for
Metronode will also be dramatically simplified with the new system.
BladeRoom’s flexibility suits the smaller distributed node and
metropolitan data exchange needs of our content and telecommunications
customers. It also scales easily to support the very largest data centre
requirements of IT system integrators and major corporations.
“The Australian and New
Zealand markets are suffering from an under-supply of new generation
data centre capacity and we’re proud to be working in partnership with
BladeRoom to meet this demand.”
The Managing Director
of BladeRoom, Paul Rogers, said the company was pleased to be working
with Metronode across Australia and New Zealand.
“Metronode
really impressed us during the negotiations leading up to this
Agreement,” he said.
“Their passion for the
'greening' of data-centres is apparent and Leighton Contractors can-do
capability makes them stand-out partners for us in the Asia-Pacific
region.”
BladeRoom Group
companies have over 20 years experience in designing and producing
mission critical facilities for blue chip and government clients around
the world, and are one of the world’s leading supplier of technically
complex, rapidly delivered, factory built modular facilities.
With over 9,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand, Leighton Contractors is a member of the Greenhouse Challenge Plus program. An initiative of the Federal Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, the Greenhouse Challenge Plus program enables Leighton Contractors to form working partnerships with the Australian Government to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.