Tyco solutions protect Interxion data centers in Austria

Interxion secures your data centers, FRI1 and VIE2, located in Austria, with Tyco Integrated Fire access control and firefighting solutions & Security.

Access control and fire extinguishing systems that Tyco Integrated Fire & Security will provide Interxion, allow your VIE1 and VIE2 data centers in Austria to be protected from various threats that may occur from electrical causes or data theft. A joint solution that will allow you to combine access control, biometrics and physical and logical security portals.

The data center that Interxion (FRI1) has in Austria owns 4.700 m2 and hosts key data for hundreds of companies around the world. Your second data center, FRI2, to be built in several phases, and is expected to contribute 5.500 m2 more of equipped space and, Approximately, 11 megawatts of available power when ready in 2015.

Since the business does not stop increasing, Interxion is responsible to its customers for ensuring that all data is stored in a secure environment. And it has opted for the technology of Tyco Retail Solutions to implement the access control and fire extinguishing system.

“We need a security solution that combines access control, biometrics and physical and logical security portals. Tyco's solution allows us to implement all these products and any additional functionality that is necessary without losing the ability to manage the whole.”, comments Martin Madlo, Head of Interxion Operations.

Deployment

Tyco's gas access control and firefighting solution will enable Interxion to protect its VIE1 and VIE2 data centers from threats, including electrical fires and data theft. The solution can be customized and is fully integrated.

The gas fire extinguishing system is composed of 100 Containers (50 primary and 50 reserve) and protects four server rooms. Each of them uses LPG Inergen lflow a 300 bar, with HD-Protector nozzle silencers, a FAST2030 control panel and a stepper motor timer. This solution will be expanded this year, as Interxion grows.

For its part, access control systems, composed of card readers and biometric devices, allow Interxion to control who enters data centers and surroundings, including transformer station doors, UPS rooms and air conditioning rooms.

Initial deployment consists of 58 card readers and 6 fingerprint readers, connected to 12 control panels with 17 I/O cards and approximately 100 Switches. Interxion plans to expand this system by the end of the 2014, going on to have 67 card readers and 10 fingerprint readers connected to 13 control panels.

"Security is a fundamental part of data center hosting., and a major concern for businesses that need to access data remotely. The solution chosen by the Interxion team ensures data center protection and highlights the company's dedication to physically protecting its customers' hosted environments.", Rudolf Deussner camenaó, Sales Manager of the Security area of Tyco Integrated Fire & Security.

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