Tasmania's state-owned electricity network is also in the data centre business: 42-24 is Fortytwo24 Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the government-owned TasNetworks, and it runs the Derwent Park data centre from 104 Gormanston Road in Moonah, north of central Hobart. The name is latitude and hours rather than a street number - the 42nd parallel south crosses Tasmania, and 24 is round-the-clock attendance. Racks are provisioned from 3 kW to 21 kW with hot-aisle containment available, and 650 kVA diesel plant stands behind the site. Transport comes off TasNetworks' statewide fibre and microwave network, sold as dark fibre, wavelengths, Ethernet and nbn Enterprise Ethernet alongside the space; two networks are served inside the building and no neutral exchange keeps a port there, so IX Australia is reached over the Bass Strait links. Cambridge, east of Hobart, is the operator's second Tasmanian site. 42-24 describes the space as purpose-built and concurrently maintainable, which is design wording rather than an award.
Facility Specifications
Site information
Power capacity
650 kVA diesel standby
Power density
3 kW - 21 kW per rack
Power & cooling
Redundancy
Concurrently maintainable design (operator wording, not an award)
Latitude and service hours. The 42nd parallel south runs through Tasmania and 24 stands for round-the-clock attendance, so the name is not a street number.
Who owns the Derwent Park data centre?
Fortytwo24 Pty Ltd, trading as 42-24, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of TasNetworks - the Tasmanian Government's electricity transmission and distribution business.
How dense can a rack run at Gormanston Road?
Between 3 kW and 21 kW, with hot-aisle containment offered for the higher end of that band and 650 kVA of diesel standby covering the whole site.
How do tenants in Moonah reach networks on the mainland?
Over TasNetworks' statewide fibre and microwave backbone and the Bass Strait cables, bought as dark fibre, wavelength, Ethernet or nbn Enterprise Ethernet services. Two networks are on the floor and no exchange fabric operates in the building.
How should the concurrently maintainable description be read?
As a design statement. It borrows the Uptime Institute's Tier III wording, and neither 42-24 nor TasNetworks appears in the Uptime register as an award holder.
Which other Tasmanian site does 42-24 run?
Cambridge, east of Hobart. Derwent Park and Cambridge are the operator's two data centres, and TasNetworks' remit keeps the business inside Tasmania.