Zella DC - How a simple idea for remote mine sites grew into a global IT solution
It all started 10 years ago in Perth, Western Australia, with an idea to solve IT difficulties on remote mine sites. Recognising that fixed server room infrastructure was costly, inefficient and difficult to scale and had limited monitoring, Angie and Clinton Keeler founded Zella DC, a new generation of micro data centres.
Remote mine sites had long been the toughest locations for IT data centres. Both Angie and Clinton knew that if they could nail the data centre out on the mine site, they’d have a solution that could work anywhere on earth.
From this idea, Zella DC was born. Angie and Clinton created a uniquely innovative micro data centre that was:
Easy from selection to deployment, maintenance, and management
Robust, able to withstand Australia’s harshest conditions
Fully contained (think dust-free) and complete (with software)
Cost-effective in terms of both infrastructure and energy usage
Scalable – as you grow your business, you can grow your data centre
Secure from unwanted entry in the physical and cyber dimension
Reliable – minimising downtime from overheating and human error
Vendor-agnostic – integrating all hardware and software seamlessly
Zella DC’s micro data centres ticked all the boxes, completely replacing the need for a purpose built server room. Read full story on Stella DC website