Pulse DC tech puts region in spotlight $40m fortress state-of-the-art

TOOWOOMBA’S Pulse Data Centre is among the most advanced in the world with a state-of-the-art design structure and technology fit-out.

Ahead of its official opening today, Schneider Electric - the global expert in developing secure data centres - revealed what the $40 million centre offers to the Darling Downs and Australia.

Schneider Electric’s IT division and strategic segments vice president Joe Craparotta said the Pulse DC was a first for the company which was engaged from conception to its opening, and helped accelerate its construction timeframe.

Mr Craparotta commended FKG for that approach.

“The entire project is built on our EcoStruxure platform for data centre structure,” he said.

“It’s an architecture that is built on defined building blocks (which) enabled the project to be able to be built in a much faster way.

“It is absolutely state-of-theart. It’s one of the quickest data centres to come out of this country.”

Pulse DC is fitted with Schneider’s Galaxy V series uninterrupted power supply and lithium ion battery technology which has extended the life of the centre but also reduced its physical footprint at Wellcamp.

It means the high-tech digital fortress, which is part of a $1 billion or more industry, and its hosted data, is secure.

It also used some of the most energy efficient cooling systems in the world, Mr Craparotta said.

“There’s something special about this (centre),” he said.

“It’s such a good news story for Australia and Toowoomba, but has broken the mould where there has been a school of thought that data centres need to be in major centres.

“What’s quite unusual is our relationship with FKG. It’s really a first in the country and that’s been a really powerful proposition.

“(There is) a lot of global interest in what is happening in Toowoomba.”