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Message from our CEO

‘We’ve made tremendous progress finalizing the build of our JAK2 facility launching this September.’


Welcome to our first newsletter!

We trust you’ve been safe and well as lockdown measures begin to lift across the world. During COVID-19, SpaceDC has deployed drone and remote working technology to provide our customers and staff the needed information and intelligence to complete tasks. We are also pleased to have tremendous progress finalizing the revitalization of our JAK2 facility that will launch this September.

We are thrilled to receive confirmation from the Open Compute Foundation Project (OCP) community as Asia’s first OCP colo solution provider. With this OCP certification, customers can trust our ability to provide reliable, scalable and efficient data center solutions.

In the last 12 months, our team has grown 400% to meet data center development activity. This directly relates to the work we do for our customers, providing them space to grow. As part of the team’s growth, it is a great pleasure to introduce Elisabeth Simatupang as our Indonesian country manager. Elisabeth spearheads our data center operations in Indonesia with over 11 years of experience managing data centers around the world, notably AWS and Bali Towerindo. Elisabeth and our Jakarta office have worked tirelessly to build the JAK2 operations and maintenance team who have the international experience and expertise to operate local facilities.

Throughout the year, SpaceDC has received numerous awards and recognition within the data center industry. The most recent award is Carolyn Harrington, COO of SpaceDC, who was recognized as one of the world’s most influential marketeers by Data Economy.

2020 has been a challenging time for businesses, we would like to thank our staff and their partners who have made it possible for us to thrive amid difficult circumstances. We have progressed greatly since 2017 when we first viewed over 50 sites before ultimately selecting the location we would build our ID01 campus. The fiber rich and strategic location between the airport and city will give customers access to a resilient and robust campus network like no other. It will be a proud moment for the team when our facility goes live and we welcome our first customers, providing them the space to grow.

Looking to the future, watch out as we break ground for our next 24MW facility, JAK1, located on the ID01 campus in October. This will be quickly followed by announcements of our expansion plans across Asia. Stay tuned!

All the best,
Darren Hawkins
CEO of SpaceDC

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Green Data Centers: Crucial Business Critical Partners for Sustainability in the Digital Age

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Green Data Centers: Crucial Business Critical Partners for Sustainability in the Digital Age

‘Data centers built with sustainability in mind are the solution to cost efficiency and competitiveness.’

In this day and age, a few quick taps on the screen of your smartphone is all it takes to hail a ride, make digital purchases, or facilitate just about any online transaction. We have data – the lifeblood of today’s booming digital economy – to thank for this.

The neverending demand of countries and industries for more data does not come without problems as demand for cloud services and data centers that host such services grows in tandem. Traditional data centers require massive amounts of energy to store, archive and compute information, contributing to high energy consumption and carbon emissions that have irreversible impacts on our environment.

In view of this, green data centers have emerged as crucial business solutions to mitigate the resulting adverse impacts on our environment. Why are they important and how do they contribute to a greener future?

Tougher regulations

The energy consumption of data centers is set to account for 3.2% of the total worldwide carbon emissions by 2025, according to a 2019 article by ComputerWorld. Concerns about the growing energy consumption by data centers have earned them a position on the radar of environmental groups and consequently tougher regulations set in place by governments across the world.

Take for example Beijing’s ban on data centers with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.5 or higher, or Indonesia’s Regulation No. 82 – both aimed at encouraging more efficient data centers. These are but a few examples of the mounting regulatory pressures on companies to follow a green policy. Even tech giants such as Facebook and Netflix have stated their commitment to reducing the environmental impact of their energy usage, with Facebook striving to support their facilities with 100% renewable energy in 2020. This highlights the urgent need to accelerate the pace of change in our energy systems, particularly for digital services.

What this means for businesses is that green energy practices are more important now than ever in data center management. Sustainability is an important part of this new era, and while they might be the exception rather than the rule right now, they will be commonplace in the near future as governments and corporations aim to reduce environmental impact while powering up crucial cloud services.

Keeping businesses sustainable and competitive

With the launch of more digital services driving greater demand for cloud services and data centers, electrical costs are bound to increase if nothing is done to mitigate the increase in resources needed to support the growth. These electrical costs in turn push up overall expenditure in digital services that rely on the most efficient infrastructure, inevitably passing on the cost burden to consumers. Furthermore, if the data center is built in an area that does not provide a stable solution of power from grid, there will be resiliency issues as they will not be able to ensure 24/7 business continuity.

Hence, data centers built with sustainability in mind are the solution to cost efficiency and competitiveness. Data centers with lower PUEs are more efficient and require less power from the grid, thereby translating to lower costs and in turn lower selling price to customers.

The growing trend of green data centers across the globe points to a concerted effort to tackle challenges in reducing energy consumption, which ultimately requires an industry effort. As more companies continue to pledge their commitment to implementing green energy practices, delivering digital services in a sustainable fashion could go a long way to benefit not just digital consumers, but more importantly, the environment.

If you would like to learn more about the innovations to build green data centers, download SpaceDC’s  white paper here. You can also email if you would like to find out more about how SpaceDC can help you achieve your sustainability goals.

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Green Data Center Innovations

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Green data center innovations

‘What makes SpaceDC’s data center even more energy efficient and resilient is its use of onsite gas generators as opposed to relying on the local electric grid as a power source, which is the traditional energy source for most Indonesian data centers.’

 

Organizations all over the globe are facing a common challenge: reversing the negative environmental trend of high energy consumption by their data centers. With data centers coming under stricter regulations and corporations like Microsoft stating their intention to be carbon negative by 2030, companies are re-evaluating their green methodology – from questioning their suppliers about their carbon footprint to redefining those calculations.

The green data center today is no longer just a “best effort” attempt to protect the environment but a crucial business critical endeavor as organizations and consumers of e-commerce rely on more cloud computing resources each day. Increasingly, data centers are going green by leveraging alternative energy sources, all with the common goal of optimizing energy performance and reducing environmental impact.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the innovations green data centers around the world have come up with to ensure power effectiveness:

1. Microsoft’s underwater data center, which uses submarine technology

Microsoft has developed a self-sufficient underwater data center that leverages technology from submarines to deliver lightning-quick cloud services to coastal cities.

2. Apple’s North Carolina data center relies on its own power generating facilities

Apple’s data center in North Carolina combines two 100-acre solar farms with a multiple fuel cell electricity generator using biogas from nearby landfills.

3. Facebook’s hydropower plant in northern Sweden

Taking advantage of existing hydropower, Facebook’s data center in Lulea, Sweden runs 100 percent on locally generated renewable energy. Additionally, it uses natural free cooling from the outside air to cool down the racks that carry data and perform the transactions for today’s digital economies.

4. SpaceDC’s natural gas-powered green data center campus

Strategically located within the Jakarta metropolitan area and adjacent to two major gas pipelines, Jakarta’s first green data center campus taps on Indonesia’s natural gas supply to produce electricity to power its premises, producing less carbon emissions compared to coal powered grid. It is the first data center to utilize Jakarta’s natural gas network to produce electricity.

What makes SpaceDC’s data center even more energy efficient and resilient is its use of onsite gas generators as opposed to relying on the local electric grid as a power source, which is the traditional energy source for most Indonesian data centers. The onsite gas generators setup at SpaceDC’s campus will suffer no distribution losses as it does not need to transmit the electricity over long distances. On top of that, the data center is able to recycle waste heat from the gas generators by passing it through a heat exchanger in the absorption chillers, producing more chilled water for its Cold Room Air Conditioners which then cools down the data center halls.

Arrangements like these are by no means easily replicable across the world – for sure, not every data center will benefit from the same rich source of fuel as SpaceDC’s campus in Indonesia; nor can all data centers take advantage of a cooler climate, especially in tropical Southeast Asian regions where temperatures are warm all year round. However, for markets that are able to make the most of their natural surroundings, these innovative solutions can lay the foundation for a sustainable and energy-efficient hub for cloud services, reducing the environmental impact of data centers.

To read more about green data centers, click here, or contact us if you are interested to find out more about SpaceDC’s green initiatives.

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The concept of Space

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The concept of Space

In 1977 Architect Christopher Alexander published A Pattern Language. The book studies the patterns that exist in everyday space such as engineering elements. This book would become the inspiration for the development of Object Oriented Programming, the language that operates software coding today. Architecture has indeed played a great role in the development of modern computing. More recently, data centers have also undertaken change inspired by similar notions of space, their types and re-use. Data centres have become modular, scalable, repeatable, expandable spaces.

In starting Space DC we embrace these development concepts, we challenge the status quo, and we certainly don’t believe in accepting the norms. We believe we are only limited by our imagination, and true progress is only achievable when we challenge conventions and find ways to do it differently and do it better. By constantly pushing the boundaries, we create innovative spaces that help our customer grow their businesses.

We believe in designing solutions that provide contiguous data centre space through unique facility designs for our customers. All data centers exist within a built environment, the space we occupy, they are derived from Architectural intent. Data Centers however also by function reflect modern computing requirements that are being developed at an increasing in pace of change. Modern data centers are by necessity are required to change in a modular Manner, a scalable Manner, and a timely Manner. They must possess resilience, redundancy, and efficiency. We create data centres that are the right space. We embrace these challenges and the ever growing and demanding nature of information technology. We respond to them actively with precision focus.

We recognise that throughout Asia, data center demand is rapidly changing, fast emerging digital markets require quality data center infrastructure. Our team are focussed on listening to customers, creating space for their business to grow in the digital world, we develop the language patterns for modern data center development.
The patterns for modern data center space.

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Demand outstripping supply for Green Data Centers

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Demand outstripping supply for green data centers

Did you know replacing an old server with a greener design can save up to 1 ton of carbon emissions? Data centers require large amounts of power, cooling and space to operate. The ever increasing demand for data means their carbon foot print is growing.

Key drivers like Regulation No 82 in Indonesia and companies questioning their suppliers about their carbon footprint are driving demand for green data centers in the Asia Pacific. Demand is now outstripping supply due to a booming IT sector.

This emerging trend is seeing the world’s largest companies move to green data centers:

Apple’s data center in North Carolina combines two 100-acre solar farms with a multiple fuel-cell electricity generator using bio-gas from nearby landfills.

Amazon is building a wind farm in Ohio that will generate 820,000-megawatt hours wind-generated power to plug into the Ohio grid. It will feed its data and distribution centers.

Facebook has built a data center at hydropower plant in northern Sweden therefore it generates 100% of its power.

Data center suppliers such as SpaceDC are building facilities that optimize energy performance and reduce environmental impact. They are using natural air cooling, low emission building materials, waste recycling and natural gas in their designs.

With governments forcing companies to go green through legislation means demand is outstripping supply. Start researching green data centers now to make sure your company is at the front of the queue!

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Top 5 reasons you should store your Data in Asia

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Top 5 reasons you should store your Data in Asia

Businesses all around the world need secure, fast, and reliable places to store the most important information they have: their data. In Asia, and particularly in Indonesia, there is a surge in demand for improved and higher-capacity data storage which is caused by a combination of expanding global cloud providers and increased network connectivity.

Additionally, wherever there is higher demand, there often follows a surge in new providers looking to capitalize on need while neglecting to focus on quality. As you explore data centers in Asia, it’s critical that you find a provider that is as committed to quality as it is to being a secure and highly available hyperscale data center.

But why store data in Indonesia at all? If you’re just expanding your business to the Asia-Pacific region, or if you are considering doing so, here are five reasons you should store your data in Jakarta:

1. It’s the law

It has already been five years since Indonesia passed Government Regulation 82 (GR82), which mandates that “electronic system operators for ‘public services’” use data centers based in Indonesia. Public services could include industries such as “banking, insurance, health, security, industrial services and social activities…that are serving an Indonesian customer base through some digital means or housing Indonesian data.” (Indonesia moves towards comprehensive data law)

There is still a year left in the transition for companies to comply with this legislation, but businesses new to the country would do well to avoid potential interruptions to service by using a local data center from the outset.

2. It’s faster

Local data means faster connectivity. Storing your data in-country rather than overseas ensures better latency and more reliable network connections. Don’t get stuck with downtime or waiting for access to your data—keep it close and you’ll have better access at all times.

3. It’s good business

An important part of expanding your company to other parts of the world is maintaining good relationships with the people who live there. By storing your data in the country where you are conducting business, you are investing in the local economy. This boosts your reputation in the community and can lead to long-term investment from your target market.

4. It’s cost-effective

By storing your data in the country where it’s being used, you reduce overall network costs. Even though it’s all “in the cloud”, it takes time and energy for information to travel long distance over networks. Not only that, but using a solid local data center run by experts in the delivery of quality facilities avoids wasted capital.

5. It’s good quality

As data center facilities continue to increase in Asia, the quality of facilities is going up also. In fact, a new international quality, Tier IV facility is currently being built in Jakarta. This facility will be completed in December 2020, and will adhere to the same strict standards of innovative and efficient data centers in Australia, Europe and the US.

It doesn’t just make good business sense to go local with your data, though. It’s also critical to use facilities that adhere to strict operational procedures, and maintenance. That’s why Polymer Connected exists. Polymer Connected focuses on delivering high-quality, secure, and sustainable data centers. Through our commitment to international design standards, green power usage, and the highest performance and availability, we aim to be the provider of choice for businesses in the Asia-Pacific marketplace.

If you would like to learn more about our data centers and how we can assist with your growth in Indonesia, get in touch with us today.

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Why you should choose a sustainable Data Center

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Why you should choose a sustainable data center

When everyday users shop for cloud storage, they tend to compare plans and prices based on gigabytes or terabytes. This is not so when it comes to businesses looking for a secure, highly available data center. For the last decade, data centers have stopped measuring usage in terms of floor space or terabytes, and have introduced price plans based on megawatts. Whether you run a major corporation or a mid-sized business, if you are looking for a secure and reliable data center, you are paying for one thing: power.

According to Data Center Knowledge, “US data centers consumed about 70 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2014… [this is] equivalent to the amount consumed by about 6.4 million average American homes that year.” However, as the article also points out, while the demand for data center storage has skyrocketed over the past five years, the amount of power consumption by US data centers only increased slightly due to the providers’ commitment to sustainable energy usage.

As data center providers in the US, Australia, and other countries have shown, green energy practices are possible in data center facilities. In fact, since businesses are paying for power more so than storage space, by designing more efficient and sustainable facilities, data center providers are helping to lower their costs while also reducing their carbon footprint.

Polymer Connected is strongly committed to ensuring a sustainable lifecycle for our data centers, focusing on longevity versus short-term investment costs. Every one of our data centers is built with high-quality materials that last, in a location that allows us access to efficient energy, and with consideration for environmental impact. We also cut down on waste by carefully considering every component that goes into building our centers, factoring in how long it lasts, how it’s disposed of and what impact that has on the environment, and whether a more innovative approach would allow us to go without it.

It’s not just about the initial design and build, however. Our facilities operate efficiently on an ongoing basis by collecting the waste heat generated by servers and hardware and turning it into cooling. Since cooling is one of the most power-consuming aspects of data storage, this efficient and innovative design allows us to use far less energy while still maintaining the health of our data center servers.

As business leaders and as good citizens, we all have a duty to protect the world we live in, however possible. This is a key part of the Polymer Connected business model. By using a sustainable data center like Polymer Connected, you not only lower your costs in terms of energy usage, but you also make a positive impact on the environment.

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