Co-Location

Our co-location facilities have been built to provide customers with as complete a service as possible. They offer a point of presence to major towns and in line amplification for backhaul services.

Co-location Overview

Aurora Telecom customers can physically house their hardware and equipment in these highly secure facilities with features that include; onsite diesel backup generators, internal and external CCTV, intruder alarm system, fire and leak detection, inergen fire suppression, DC (direct current) power with battery backup, uninterrupted power supply, earthing, lighting, air conditioning, environmental monitoring, internal cable management systems. All facilities have diverse fibre routes terminating in separate ODF’s.

Co-Location Facility - Features

Back-up generators

All sites are equipped with onsite back-up generators providing 24 hours back-up in the event of mains power supply failure.

Air conditioning

Each cabin has been fitted with a DIONX DAQs air conditioning system and is designed to run 24/7/365.

Building management system

The cabins are monitored and managed remotely via a building management system from the Aurora Telecom monitoring centre.

Other notable features

Co-location cabin

The co-location facility measure 9m long x 3m wide x 3m high and are constructed from double skin plastisol coated steel, designed to meet a resistance to penetration of solid bodies and water greater than IP55.

DC Power Supply and battery backup system

The Eltek Flatpack DC power system rectifies the AC mains power converting it to 48-53 volts DC supply to the customer cabinets. In times of electricity mains fail, the system switches over to its battery backup supply. The system consists of 48v rectifiers utilising a N+1 design and facilitates an A&B feed to the equipment racks.

Uninterrupted Power Supply

Each cabin has the Riello SEP 3000 UPS system installed. This provides a true in line double conversion (VFI) UPS. The system has a fail-safe internal bypass for continued operation. The battery system is of a sealed lead-acid type fully scalable and modular.

Optical Distribution Frame

Each cabin contains two Tyco FIST-GR3 rack containing Tyco FIST-GPS3 optical distribution frames and patching trays at opposite ends of the cabin. Each GR3 Rack contains a single diversely routed span (East or West) of the Aurora Telecom national fibre optic cable. All connectors in the GPST patching trays within the ODF’s are SC-PC.

Customer Fibre Access

Should a breakout be required, the customer fibres shall be patched directly from the ODF’s to the customer’s co-location rack. Fibre can be run over diversely routed paths in the fibre raceways at ceiling level. All customer access to the fibre shall be managed at their co-location rack only as the ODF will be locked from all third-party access. If a breakout is not required within a co-location facility, the fibres can be routed directly from ODF to ODF.

Leak Detection

The cabins are fitted with a leak detection system to detect the ingress /presence of moisture within the cabin.

CCTV and Intruder Alarm

The CCTV system comprises of two ethernet based CCTV cameras internally and two high speed dome cameras located externally. The intrusion detection and alarm system installed within the building includes magnetic door contacts and PIR motion sensors. The system is addressable locally and remotely via the BMS monitoring link.

Other products - Dark Fibre

Aurora Telecom’s core product is bespoke dark fibre. It is the perfect solution for businesses to strategically manage their network performance and control cost. It ensures virtually unlimited bandwidth capability at a fixed price over the term of the contract. Aurora Telecom’s bespoke dark fibre is high capacity, resilient and scalable. It provides the highest possible performance and maximum security.

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