The Johannesburg 1 Data Center is NTT's first data center in South Africa. In terms of the data center industry, Johannesburg is the data center capital of South Africa, representing a massive majority of capacity in the country. Furthermore, South Africa is the data center market leader in Africa as a whole. The African markets are expected to accelerate in the coming years, as mobile and fixed connections are growing fast in the continent. The Johannesburg 1 Data Center will be located in the ›Central Point Innovation District‹, in close distance to highway N1 and a 30-minute drive from the Johannesburg Airport as well as the city center. JOH1 is planned as a dedicated data center new build and is being developed in two stages. The campus will offer an IT space of about 3,000 sqm and a client IT load of 6 MW after completion of phase 1. The grand opening is scheduled for Q1 2022.
At a glance: Johannesburg 1 Data Center
Power supply:
- On-site substation delivering 20 MVA of power
- Average power density of 2.0 kW/sqm
- Power supply at 20 kV level
- All IT racks supplied with two separate UPS systems (A- and B-supply) with N+1 redundancy
- Redundantly designed emergency power system with diesel generators N+1
Security:
- 24/7 Security Operations Center and remote Service Control Center
- Site perimeter fence to be 2,700 mm high ClearVu or similar fence, with extended post to 3,000 mm accommodating an electric fence
- Card swipe entry/exit to all doors
Technical operations:
- Monitoring of all critical infrastructure by own operation staff on-site
- Standardized operation processes with amplified technical systems redundancy in order to ensure maximum reliability
Connectivity:
- Carrier-neutral
- Carrier mix from global tier 1 supplier to regional supplier
- Connectivity to the major carrier hubs in South Africa
- Redundant Carrier-Meet-Me-Rooms
- Redundant cabling infrastructure with diverse paths
- Pre-Cabling to support fast Cross Connect deployments
- DC Interconnect between NTT data centers for geo-redundant solutions
- Multi Service Interconnection Platform to connect our clients to major cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform
