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The new Sovereign Cyber Security Centre of Excellence sees the expansion of an existing data centre to allow for additional data storage capacity in 14 data halls. The expansion would be constructed over several construction phases, based on the demand for data storage and racking requirements. The built form outcome was a 30m high building with associated services, plant and equipment to sustain operations.

MBC Group were engaged to provide certification services for this Class 5/7a/7b development which makes an important contribution to Australian data security. Phase 2 will see the IC3 Super West development adding a further 32 MW of IT load, as well as lifting IC3 East to 12MW, enabling the total campus IT Load capacity to 50MW.

The new facility will be the largest data centre on the campus and home to MDC's Sovereign Cyber Security Centre of Excellence with an integrated mix of leading edge physical and virtual infrastructure designed to monitor and manage cybersecurity events. The 24/7 centre with be monitored by trained engineers equipped with the latest tools. IC3 Super West is designed to achieve Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC) Zone 4 or higher security, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 (information security), PCI DSS 3.2, ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety), ISO 14001 (environment management), and a range of other security and safety standards.