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> Volume 5 - June 2011

in this edition:

• Interxion Switzerland Launches Carbon Offsetting Partnership with myclimate

• Zurich IT Valley Technology, Expertise and Network out of the Glattal for Europe

• A-Z of efficient Installation

• Minkels AG a pioneer in high-

quality ICT infra-structure

green it and sustainability:is the energy revolution promoting resource-effi cient solutions?

2Interxion offers:

> HigHly secure facilities: Multi-level physical security including 24x7 onsite security, surveillance cameras, locked cabinets in shared areas and private suites.

> World-class facilities: Advanced Data Centre infrastructure with multiple layers of redundancy for power, cooling and fire-suppression.

> flexibility to build bespoke solutions: Interxion works to ensure that every customer’s precise needs are met and their expectations are exceeded.

> Market leading service levels: Interxion sets rigorous Service Level Agreements for all its services, designed to offer cost-effective, flexible ICT infrastructure.

> carrier neutrality & Multiple netWork providers: Most top tier carriers and ISPs offer direct access to the networks that serve the world’s Internet/communication routes. Interxion hosts 20 of Europe’s Internet Exchanges, offering outstanding transit & peering opportunities.

> unprecedented connections: Interxion provides access to more than 350 carriers and ISPs hosts the largest num-ber of peering partners across Europe. Interxion ensures that the connectivity to your infrastructure, access network, or core network node - is superior.

> access to coMMunities:Interxion offers access to various communities such as the Financial, Cloud and Content Hubs. This offers customers additional business opportunities, especially for financial services, cloud computing and digital media.

> access to tHe cloud testlab:Interxions Cloud Testlab is a turnkey, cloud-hosting test environment for service provid-ers, combining industry-leading software, systems, connectivity and colocation capabili-ties. The collaboration is designed to enable hosting providers to develop cloud services and virtualised environments for their customers at high speed and with best-in-class performance guarantees.

> local expertise & european presence: Every Interxion Data Centre is fully staffed with trained professionals who know the local regulations and are fluent in the local language.

> european custoMer service centre: Interxion’s Data Centres are supported by a central European Customer Service Cen-tre with a multilingual team offering technical assistance to customers 24 hours a day.

> full support services: Equipment housing, engineering, maintenance, connectivity solutions and a range of monitoring services provide Interxion customers with solutions to better manage their ICT and internet infrastructures.

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Editorial

ContentIn this edition:

2 interxion offers

3 editorial

4 green it and sustainability

7 Zurich it valley

8 myclimate – compensation of co2-emissions

10 Who’s who interxion team

12 ecsc

13 a - Z of efficient installation

16 Minkels ag

18 tips & tricks

19 fact sheet

Dear Customer,

In the fifth edition of our cus-tomer magazine we focus on a most interesting range of topics: energy efficiency, sus-tainability, green power and CO2-emissions.

This current economic climate has driven the ICT-industry to increase operational & energy efficiency.

Interxion is committed to designing and operating sustainable data centres by optimising energy ef-ficiency, reducing CO2 footprint and compensating CO2 emissions, and minimising overall environmen-tal impact.

The articles will reveal which actions and commit-ments will achieve our goals. As a reader, we hope to motivate you for “Think and Act Green” and would be very interested to hear from like-minded com-panies.

eddy van den broeckManaging DirectorInterxion (Schweiz) AG

Interxion Switzerland AGSägereistrasse 358152 GlattbruggSwitzerland

T: +41 44 562 30 00

E: [email protected]

I: www.interxion.ch

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4Green IT and Sustainability: is the energy revolution promoting resource-efficient solutions?

Just talking about Green IT does not help. The forced notion of an environ-mental conscience requires companies to weigh up which green elements are actually worthwhile from an econom-ic perspective. It poses the question of whether a switch to green electricity would be sufficient to ease a company's conscience and improve its image.

The list of data centres following the green hype is long. The fact is that the proportion of IT-related costs in the energy sector is continuing to rise. So what really makes a data centre green?

A basic distinction must be made be-tween using alternative energy sourc-es and using energy in an efficient way within the data centre: in addition to the energy that is required for the IT infrastructure, data centres often need at least the same amount of energy to operate their overall infrastructure.

Interxion strives to operate uniform-ly designed, energy-efficient data cen-tres that offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With connectiv-ity provided by 350 carriers and ISPs, as well as 20 internet exchange points, Interxion creates content and connec-tivity hubs that promote the establish-ment of ecosystems for sustainable industry clusters (e.g. finance, new me-dia, cloud computing, pharmaceutical, ISPs).

> cornelia arioli Marketing Manager [email protected]

Cornelia Arioli has been Interxion's Marketing Manager since Septem - ber 2010. Within her role, she is responsible for all marketing and communication activities that relate to the Swiss market. She has acquired her knowledge and experience during several years of working in the marketing and communication departments of various national and international companies. Cornelia Arioli com-pleted her MA in Communications Management two years ago.

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Since 1 January 2011, Interxion

Switzerland has been using

exclusively ‘Aquastrom’ (hydroelec-tricity) from

the local energy sup-plier Energie

Opfikon AG, thereby opting for 100 percent

renewable, CO2- and climate-

neutral energy source.

‘Aquastrom’, which consists purely of hydroelectric power, is produced using naturally flowing water, rather than origi-nating from pumped-storage plants – this is backed up by the energy producer's proof of origin and is checked on a regular basis by independent au-ditors. Energie Opfikon AG also ensures that the hydroe-lectricity is produced in accordance with certain eco-friendly criteria.

For the expansion that was completed in the summer of 2010, Interxion has agreed a new contract for the energy product naturemade star (www.naturemade.ch), which came into effect on 1 July 2011. Electric-ity products that carry the naturemade star label must meet the strict conditions and high environmental standards of VUE (Association for Environmentally Friendly Electricity), and are also subject to stringent quality control procedures. naturemade star guarantees that every effort will be made to maintain a natural and intact environment in the long term.

Since 2008, Interxion has also been a Contributor Member of The Green Grid consortium (www.thegreengrid.org), a non-profit organisation dedicated to developing industry-wide best-practice recommenda-tions, measurement procedures and technologies, the use of which is intended to improve energy efficiency in data centres and business computing environments around the world.

66By joining

The Green Grid, Interxion is helping

to defi ne and create energy effi ciency

standards for both developers

and users of data centres and

data centre technology.

Wherever possible, Interxion applies the knowledge acquired in this area to its own data centres and has now started to use cooling devices with the latest turbo-core technology, along with

highly effi cient recooling units, application-specif-

ic cold aisle containment systems and heat recovery

systems.

Interxion is the fi rst data centre in Switzerland to compensate

100 percent of its CO2 emissions. Since 2010, all data centre services by

Interxion Switzerland have carried the myclimate ’climate-neutral‘ label. When

calculating emissions, Interxion's concept takes into account all environmentally harmful

emissions generated from the entire energy con-sumption of a data centre, something that is not the

case with providers of similar services. For compensation, all emissions that are important for developing, creating, maintaining and

operating data centre services are calculated as accurately as possible. Only then do these services earn the ’climate-neutral‘ label. This has enabled Interxion to reduce its CO2 emissions from 3,000 tonnes per year to 170.

Interxion's climate-neutral data centre in Switzerland benefi t customers directly, as their Interxion-hosted data centres can be certifi ed as 'CO2-neu-tral' as well.

interxions commitment to sustainability in the Zurich data centre

• myclimate: certifi cation climate-neutral company. 100% compen- sation of CO2-emissions. • Aquastrom + naturemade basic: 100% renewable, CO2- and climate neutral energy from hydroelectricity.

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Zurich IT Valley – Technology, Expertise and Network out of the Glattal for Europe

“The Glattal shall be developed to Switzerland’s ‘Sili-con Valley‘. This is being planned by the organisation ‘glow. das Glattal’ in cooperation with Interxion and the location promotion department of the Canton Zu-rich. There are about 500 ICT-companies in the area between Zurich airport and Zurich city and a concen-tration of data centres.”

The initiators of the neutral community ‘Zurich IT Valley’, which was newly founded on June 22, 2011, intend, in harmony with the city’s eZurich legisla-tion focus program, and with support from the can-ton’s Business and Economic Development Division, to build and promote the Glattal region as the cen-tre of excellence for ICT. This will involve creating a neutral community that unites the region's popu-lation, institutions and companies on a single plat-form, creating a closer network and promoting an exchange of information between the various par-ticipants to drive business opportunities, best prac-tice and shared learning.

The initiative will target the entire digital value chain including network operators, internet service provid-ers and a variety of hardware and software vendors. The long-term aim is to also attract organisations that operate in the finance, logistics, telecoms, energy, cloud, digital media and creative industries, whose business processes are based primarily on digital infrastructure.

“Newly established companies and Start-Ups can thus be promoted and the cluster formation in the IT field accelerated. A professional network allows the maximum use of potential, existing initiatives and expertise in the area of sustainable ICT,” says Eddy Van den Broeck, co-initiator and Managing Director, Interxion (Schweiz) AG.

> christoph lang location promoter glow. das glattal

More information is available on the website www.zurichitvalley.com.

Initiators:

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Interxion Switzerland Launches Carbon Offsetting Partnership with myclimate

Interxion is the first data centre opera-tor to launch a comprehensive carbon offsetting partnership with Swiss non-profit foundation myclimate.

The new programme provides Interxion Switzerland customers with 100 % carbon-neutral colocation services by offsetting any unavoidable CO2 emis-sions via a range of climate protec-tion projects in Europe and the devel-oping world. All Interxion customers will receive a myclimate ‘climate neu-tral’ certificate, which they can apply to their data centre infrastructure as part of their environmental impact assess-ments.

The Interxion/myclimate emission cal-culation is comprehensive. All emis-sions necessary for the development, creation, maintenance and operation of data centre services are realistically fig-ured into calculations. Only then is the climate-neutral certificate awarded.

As part of this initiative Interxion off-sets all its emissions in carbon offset projects in Switzerland and abroad. For example, electricity is produced from biomass; hydro-electric pow-er plants are restored and have their energy efficiency increased; and solar cookers are distributed.

myclimate, the non-profit foun-dation, has Swiss roots and is among the global leaders when it comes to voluntary carbon offsetting in high-quality car-bon offset projects. myclimate carbon offset projects meet the strictest international qual-ity standards (CDM and Gold Standard). Apart from reducing greenhouse gases, these pro-jects demonstrably contribute to sustainable development. There-fore, both the local population and the climate benefit. In addi-tion, myclimate sets up carbon assessments and raises aware-ness about climate change and climate protection with climate education projects. Partners and clients of myclimate include Uni-lever, SEAT Switzerland, Bosch, Virgin Atlantic, SWISS and Luft-hansa.

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“We very much welcome Interxion's efforts to minimise its environmental footprint and to offset remaining carbon emissions through myclimate-sponsored projects. It is key to the environmental cause that organi-sations like Interxion and their customers set an example and demon-strate their sense of responsibility and take appropriate measures in order to reduce the carbon footprint accepted with ICT infrastructure.”rené estermann, ceomyclimate

“This is a major step forward in our journey towards the sustainable data centre. Interxion goes to great lengths to minimise the environ-mental impact of its data centres through energy-efficient design and operation, and we also offer our customers low-carbon energy wherev-er possible. This new agreement with myclimate tackles the remaining emissions and will lead to positive benefits for the environment in Eu-rope and in the developing world, as well as attracting more environ-mentally-aware customers to our services.”eddy van den broeck, Managing directorinterxion (schweiz) ag

“Since its foundation more than 30 years ago, Globetrotter has ded-icated itself to a sustainable, nature-, socially- and environmentally-friendly tourism and actively collaborates with relevant organisations. We are partners of myclimate since 2005 and support a specific climate protection project in north India, which manufactures briquettes of re-newable biomass and promotes the usage of this climate-friendly fuel. We are very pleased, that our CO2 emissions, from Interxion's related data centre services are being compensated.”benno auf der Maur, division Manager itglobetrotter travel service ag

“CloudSigma is a fully carbon neutral company and has partnered with myclimate in order to offset the total greenhouse gas emissions as a result of the company’s operations. We have chosen the Interxion data centre, because it is a green data centre employing modern equip-ment and new technologies that aim to reduce the carbon emissions footprint of the data centre. This complete approach taken to carbon offsetting means all customers of CloudSigma benefit from carbon- neutral computing.” patrick baillie, ceocloudsigma ag

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branimir sekulateamleader service engineers

My function gives me the responsibility for exten-sive tasks. I enjoy finding the best possible solution for demanding and diverse customer require-ments.

My versatile area of work as team leader of the Service Engineers focuses on coordinating new in-stallations and expansions between our Service Engineers internally and suppliers externally. Thisincludes quality assurance, i.e. acceptance of com-pleted work, as well as the production and mainte-nance of documentation and reports on data centre and customer installations. Interxion strives to en-sure compliance of proven energy-efficiency-measures across all data centres. Preferably I spend my time up in the air: as owner of a Private Pilot License I fly a single-propeller Katana when-ever I get the chance.

neim Mamutiservice engineer

I instantly liked Interxion's high technology stand-ard, as well as the drive for best possible customer satisfaction and continuous development of tech-nologies and systems.

As Service Engineer I work with the Interxion team and technicians of our customers in order to im-plement various customer projects, such as the installation of Cold Aisle Containment, plugsets, PDU’s, patches and so on. The maintenance and administration of data centre and customer docu-mentation are also part of this complex and versa-tile job, which, as a security measure, requires a high level of attention and care. Being a family per-son I spend my free time with my wife and our two children.

>teaM-members operations

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>teaM-members

antje rieckdeputy finance Manager

I appreciate the dynamic nature of our business and the natural handling of the high level of security.

Besides the monthly settlement including report-ing and receivables, my responsibilities as Depu-ty Finance Manager also include the monthly con-trolling of active customer contracts in terms of their validity, consistency and correctness in the billing process. However, my work at Interxion also consists of coordinating the various local functions in order to deliver reports to headquar-ters in a timely fashion. I’ve declared my free time to be a number-free zone, in which I very much ap-preciate having fun in life and enjoy myself by do-ing sports and being with friends.

tamara schreiberHr advisor & finance assistant

The technological standard and the future-orient-ed strategies in terms of positioning and further development of the company, as well as the family spirit and dynamic are very exciting.

As part of my function as HR Advisor & Finance Assistant, I’m responsible for Interxion Switzer-land’s Accounts Payable, administer all HR-relat-ed matters and support the departmental heads with recruitment. This also includes cooperation with both the local finance team and our head-quarters in Amsterdam regarding reports and statistics. I very much appreciate the freedom of being able to work independently to a certain de-gree and the ability to develop new processes. In order to maintain my work-life balance I visit the gym, go inline-skating, meet friends for a drink or watch a good movie at the cinema.

financeoperations

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APC by Schneider ElectricThe European Customer Service Centre – ECSC

contactIf you want to contact the ECSC for questions and suggestions, feel free to contact via phone + 44 20 7375 70 70 or via email: [email protected].

Whether customers want to gain ac-cess to the data centre, register a de-livery or requesting Hands&Eyes ser-vice, the European Customer Service Centre –ECSC- is the first point of con-tact. Based in the London office, the ECSC deals with customer-related re-quests for all the Interxion data cen-tres in Europe, i.e. it deals with 28 data centres in 11 countries.

Covering 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 17 team members take care of customer needs, in either English or in French, German, Spanish and Dutch. Our lines are open all around the clock, all through the year.

Apart from handling your requests the ECSC also monitors the data centres 24 / 7. Therefore, the daily task of the ECSC is multifold mix of fulfilling cus-tomer requests, from keeping a watch-ful eye that the data centre facilities are

in line with the customer requirements, communicating with customers to keep them up-to-date with the events of the data centres, such as maintenance works and upgrades, coordinating with the security team of the different In-terxion locations to ensure that the se-curity standard is kept, to keeping accu-rate customer records with regards to authorised person for permanent ac-cess, making requests etc.

Coming from diverse backgrounds the members of the ECSC undergo in-depth training and are all ITIL Version 3 certified. Working as a team, the ECSC has put procedures in place to safe-guard maximum security and to main-tain maximum service standard as pos-sible. Therefore, we are proud to say that we are ISO27001 (Information Se-curity Management System) certified.

ECSC always at your service!

+44 20 7375 7070 [email protected]

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The most sought-after data centre experts are now energy efficiency consultants

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A-Z of efficient installation

Follow a few tried and tested installation tips when installing your equipment and you can make signif-icant savings in power usage and reduce wear and tear on your mission-critical systems, saving you money and reducing your carbon footprint.

At Interxion data centres, we take energy efficiency, straight after availability, very seriously, and one of our key goals is to deliver the optimum balance be-tween IT load and installed infrastructure to support this. To monitor this balance we measure the PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness). We have been improv-ing the PUE year on year for over seven years now, using our historical data as a benchmark for im-provements.

Powering IT costs money and it costs the environ-ment. So it always amazes me when some custom-ers cut corners in the installation of their equip-ment. If you follow these simple guidelines you can cut your electricity bill, ensure longer uptimes and reduce wear and tear and maintenance costs on valuable equipment.

continue reading on page 14.

andrea luigi campomilla, operations director, interxion (schweiz) ag

Andrea Luigi Campomilla has been working in the Swiss Telco- / Data Centre Industry for more than 15 years and occupied various positions in regard to Data Centre Engineering, Build & Management.

He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a BBA. He is currently studying towards an EMBA. As a proven IT specialist, he is one of the most experienced DC professionals in Switzerland and is already well-acquainted with our data centre, customers and partners.

As Operations Director of Interxion (Schweiz) AG, Andrea Luigi Campomilla is since April 1st 2011, responsible for the impeccable operation of our highly secure data centre facility in Glattbrugg, which involves the continuous super-vision and optimisation of the technical and operational processes between Interxion and customers.

> andrea luigi campomilla operations director [email protected]

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inside the cabinet

• cable correctly: Use a proper sys-tem for bundling and supporting cabling to avoid any obstruction of airflow.

• block unused space: Install blank-ing plates in open unused server space to stop air short-circuiting in cabinet hotspots and maximise effi-cient use of the installed room CRAC units.

• remove packaging: Make sure there are no packing materials like card-board, plastic etc. anywhere in your data centre space. These can ob-struct airflow resulting in hotspots, they contribute to the build-up of dust and they can even constitute a fire risk.

• check connectors: Install EU-ap-proved electrical plugs to avoid power fluctuations, server outages and fire.

• put away monitors: If you use cabinet monitors, put them away directly after use, as they may ob-struct the airflow to the inlet of the server, resulting in hotspots.

• switch off spare fans: If you are us-ing open cabinets make sure that no old roof fans used in closed cabinets are still running, causing unneces-sary energy consumption.

• check door openings: Make sure that the percentage of your door grid opening is sufficient to cool the servers. This avoids hotspots and means that the server fans do not need to work overtime to force the air through the doors.

• keep clear of floor vents: Try to avoid installing your cabinet par-tially on a ventilated or louvered tile. This keeps the server air intake clear, reduces hotspots and keeps raised floor access clear.

Always bundle cable to avoid

curtains of cables blocking

the airflow.

Interxion’s A-Z of efficient installation

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outside the cabinet

• keep the hot aisle hot: Don’t install ventilated or louvered tiles in the hot aisle: the hot aisle is supposed to be hot and changing the layout can lead to new hotspots and reduce the cooling efficiency of the CRAC units.

• keep the cold aisle cold: Do not close off or remove ventilated or louvered tiles in the cold aisle: the cold aisle is supposed to be cold and changing the layout can have the same negative effects mentioned above.

• close the door quickly: Do not leave the door to your data centre space open unnecessarily as the extra air pressure inside the room will be lost resulting in dust accumulating in-side the room, servers and CRAC fil-ters which can lead to server mal-function. Leaving the door open can also lead to CRAC unit inefficien-cy, extra opening of the chilled wa-ter valve and extra chiller compres-sor activity resulting in unnecessary energy consumption. More reasons for closing the door? Leaving them open can also lead to hotspots, ex-tra dehumidification, re-heating and humidification, with all the unnec-essary energy consumption that en-tails.

• bundle under-floor cables: Tie up and bundle all cables underneath the raised floor. This avoids curtains of cables blocking the airflow, which can result in hotspots above the raised floor. It also requires more CRAC unit capacity than the speci-fied IT hardware load for N+1 (N rep-resents the actual IT hardware load in CRAC unit capacity and +1 repre-sents the redundant CRAC unit).

• Maximum 4 tiles up: Do not open the raised floor over a distance of more than 4 tiles as this may result in an unstable raised floor, loss of cooling capacity, short-circuiting of air, extra re-heating and extra de-humidification.

• do not adjust your cracs: Try to avoid changing the setting of the CRAC units as it may result in hot-spots and unnecessary waste of cooling energy.

Interxion’s A-Z of efficient installation

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Minkels AG – a pioneer in high-quality ICT infrastructure

What once began simply as a business idea has, over the last 29 years, devel-oped into what today is Minkels AG. As a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality ICT infrastructures for data centers as well as customer-specific and energy-related cooling solutions, the company is firmly established in the Swiss market. This subsidiary of the Aegide Group profits from being a member of the international network of Aegide partner companies, which are involved in every aspect of the re-search and development of top-quality OEM products as well as solutions for network and server cabinets.

Besides specialising in housings for IT infrastructure in data centers (varicon), Minkels offers a wide range of future-oriented services and additional sup-port: With the varicondition and vari-control labels, customers have at their disposal custom-tailored solutions for maintenance and control.

varicondition – something really cool!

Every data center has unique require-ments when it comes to cooling. The experts at Minkels identify them and then plan the best individualised so-lution. Decisive factors in this step include energy efficiency as well as measurements of power consumption and availability. Other things taken into consideration are special conditions such as the amount of available power and any issues which might arise due to the layout of the rooms themselves. Minkels currently markets three suc-cessful high-quality product lines: varicondition-Hd (High density), var-icondition-H2o and varicondition cold corridor®.

data center with varicondition cold-corridor®

contactMinkels AGRiedstrasse 3-5CH-6330 ChamTel. +41 41 748 40 60Fax +41 41 748 40 [email protected]

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varicondition-Hd is based on feeding cool air directly to racks and is per-fectly suited for the cooling of IT equip-ment. The cooling capacity ranges from 1 to 25 kW. varicondition-H2o is a purely water-cooled method imple-mented as a module between server cabinets. Varicondition-H2O is avail-able with a cooling capacity up to 36 kW or as redundant systems with each providing 18 kW of cooling capacity.

read more about varicondition cold corridor® on page 18.

complete monitoring of modern data centers – varicontrol

The very demanding environments of today's data centers do not allow for any weak spots. Both internal and ex-ternal regulations demand permanent monitoring and continuous logging. Minkels offers specifi c solutions for the monitoring of data centers: start-ing with the development of concepts for power monitoring and distribution, through monitoring of the ambient en-vironment, to integrated access and supervision systems including cus-tomer-specifi c software.

software varicontrol for Monitoring

about Minkels ag

Minkels AG is a Swiss subsidiary of the Aegide Group, which is based in The Netherlands, and has its headquarters in Cham in the Canton of Zug. Its ap-proximately 22 employees manufacture and market high-quality modular ICT infrastructure components and systems for modern data centers. In parallel to this, Minkels develops and manufacturers OEM products and solutions for the fi bre-optic and network-technologies sectors. www.minkels.ch.

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Tips & Tricks

Even given the current prices for industrial power and especially with electricity prices ex-pected to increase, it quickly becomes clear to any com-pany that an optimal, effi cient energy strategy is an absolute must for future data centers. Minkels AG offers a professional solution with varicondition cold corridor®.

The system is based on the principle of a complete separation of hot and cold air. This is accomplished by enclosing the ceiling area between cabinets facing each other on the cold aisle with panels of safety glass. Both ends of the aisle are sealed off with doors, which prevents circulation between the hot and cold air. In each rack, mounting spaces in unused rack units are fi lled in with blanking panels so that the chilled air for cooling purposes can fl ow only through the server.

Besides sliding doors, swinging and hinged doors are also available. In addition, the customer can fl exibly select the cabinet width and size to meet special requirements.

The advantages of the varicondition cold corridor® solution at a glance:

• The temperature across the bottom and top portions of a rack is nearly constant.

• Servers can be deployed at any position with a rack.

• Considerable savings in operating costs and a clearly improved usage of the existing cooling capacity.

• Can be integrated into existing systems without any problems.

• Flexible usage thanks to standard cabinet systems.

• OEM cabinets can be integrated into Cold Corridor.

• Longer and more economic life cycle because varicondition cold corridor® is built in a modular fashion and can be put to use with an extremely wide variety of cabinets.

> ANSWER

What is your strategy when it comes to the energy-effi cient cooling of your data center?

> QUESTION

The system intelligence and capacity of varicondition cold corridor® from Minkels AG!

More inforMationFor more information contact usat +41 41 748 40 60 or [email protected].

“For energy-efficient cooling of their cabinet systems, I recommend our cus-tomers the varicondition cold corridor® from Minkels. The smart and high-performance system warrants a longer and economic lifetime of the busi-ness critical equipment and enables remarkable savings on operating costs.” Dirk Gobeli, Facility Manager, Interxion (Schweiz) AG

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> facility• 4’500 m2 of equipped space• Located next to Zurich Kloten airport

(fi ve minutes) and ten minutes from Zurich city centre

• Fault-tolerant and concurrently maintainable design

> CONNECTIVITY• Quadruple-entry fi bre• Direct access to 30 carriers/ISPs

including the SwissIX Internet exchange• SLA-based cross connects available to

all Zurich customers

> poWer• 10 MVA redundant grid connection• Up to 99.999% availability SLA• 2N UPA redundancy• N+1 backup generators, supporting 72

hours at full capacity with high-speed refueling

• Full range of output voltages and cur-rents

> SECURITY• Trained security staff on site 24x7• Multiple physical security layers,

including CCTV, man traps, 24x7 controlled access

• ISO 27001-certifi ed information security management systems

> controlled environMent• Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus

(VESDA)• Inergen fi re suppression system• N+1 CRAC redundancy per room• SLAs on temperature and humidity in

line with ASHRAE recommendations• Entire facility infrastructure monitored

24x7 (Chiller, CRAC, Fire Panels, Generator, UPS, etc.)

> custoMer support• ISO 27001-accredited European

Customer Service Centre (ECSC) provides support in 11 countries to the same rigorous standards.

> services• Cabinets, shared rooms, cages and

private suites• Remote hands-and-eyes: 24x7

installation and maintenance• Connectivity, management, backup

services• Extendable across Europe via one ser-

vice contract

> energy efficiency• Phased modular architecture optimizes

Power Usage• Effectiveness (PUE)• Chillers with free cooling• Cold Aisle Containment setup• Operated to the highest energy effi ciency

standards

Interxion Fact Sheet

accreditations & associations

Contributor Member,The Green Grid

Cofounder EMEA Chapter, Uptime Institute

ISO-27001-accreditedInformation SecurityManagement-Systems

Contributor, EC JointResearch Centre on Sustainability

Patron of the EuropeanInternet ExchangeAssociation

Cofounder and patron of the Swiss Internet Exchange Association (SwissIX)

Interxion Switzerland: Certifi cation climate neutral company

Cofounder, EuroCloud Swiss

Cofounder,Zurich IT Valley

Zurich IT Valley

Carrier-Neutral Data Centres

Equipment Housing | Connectivity | Managed ServicesTel: +41 44 562 30 00 Fax: +41 44 562 30 01

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