A clear plan to meet Botswana’s data centre needs.
- 80 Racks capacity (Full/half/quarter)
- Tier III Compliant
- Co-location Services (DCaas)
Data Centre Operations
Security
- Guards on site
- Electric Fence
- 24hr CCTV monitoring
- Bio-Metric access
- Process and turnaround times (48hr request to NOC)
Floor Tiles
- No unauthorized lifting/moving of floor tiles
Racks
- All racks provided by BIH
- Available in quarter, half and full racks
- Locked rack doors
- Servers air intake openings to face the cold aisle
Power
- Two independent power circuits
- Uninterruptible Power Supply
- Two backup generators
- Clients not allowed to install their own power circuits
- Clients billed for Power consumption using electricity monitoring system Health and safety
- Strict adherence to OHS procedures
Network/Connectivity
- Carrier neutral
- Bofinet, VBN and BTC currently connected
- 24hr Network Monitoring Centre
- Redundant fibre reticulation
What We Don’t Offer
- Servers
- Storage
- Internet (Each DC tenants arranges with their ISP)
BDIH Data Centre Guidelines
Botswana Digital & Innovation Hub Data Centre has all the features that make up a tier three data center. The DC has redundant power supply, cooling and 24-hour security guards. There is a meet me room where DC tenants connect to service providers of their choice, a staging room and a fully cabled DC with racks of varying sizes.
BDIH Data Centre General Guidelines
