Continent 8 Technologies commenced operation this week in its newest server room as part of its 'Data Centre On Demand' strategy designed to rapidly build facilities to meet customer needs.

While being one of Continent 8’s smallest server rooms, weighing in with a capacity of 20 cabinets, it is one of Continent 8’s most environmentally friendly and capable rooms with the ability to support high-density cabinets.

The comany has also improved the practical safety of the room by being one of the first facilities in the world to feature portable NOVEC 1230 fire extinguishers (an environmentally friendly alternative to the more traditional FM-200 systems) in addition to the main room fire suppression system. This allows the control of a localised fire threat without the need to evacuate and deploy the room-wide system.

Other environmentally friendly features include the use of energy-saving LED lighting systems throughout and variable speed fans in the cooling system.