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The next generation: Scaling from SYD-01 to SYD-02 Nowhere is this shift in engineering philosophy clearer than at DCI’ s Sydney campus. The existing Sydney-01( SYD- 01) facility has served as a reliable workhorse for more than a decade.
However, meeting modern demands requires a new approach, leading to the development of SYD-02, which is currently in construction and expected to go live in 2028.
“ SYD-01 has been serving a purpose for a long time now, and will continue to do so” Hatem explains.“ At DCI, our mission is to solve customer problems wherever and whenever we can. Within our Sydney campus, there’ s an opportunity for expansion to meet that demand. That’ s SYD-02.”
For SYD-02, the engineering team has firmly prioritised structural capacity and flexibility over volatile metrics.
“ Our design philosophy for SYD-02 is built around the ultimate power and cooling capacity required, rather than a specific rack density. Rack density is a number that changes frequently, so if you design to it, you lock the building into today’ s technology.,” Hatem says.“ Instead, we focus on the elements that are hard to change later, including making sure the building structure can accommodate the loads that future technology will bring.”
This means the facility is structurally engineered to support massive rack loads across multiple floors, regardless of how heavy future hardware becomes.
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