Aussie Broadband is set to build a 112km 360-core dark fibre network supplied by Prysmian in Adelaide. This network aims to connect two YourDC data centres with six points of interconnect located at St Marys, Edwardstown, Prospect, Greenfields, Elizabeth, and Modbury. The dark fibre build will connect the Edinburgh Parks facility of YourDC in the north and Hawthorn in the south. This network is set to provide up to 10Gbps access and up to 100Gbps for specialist applications to hundreds of businesses.

According to Aussie Broadband CTO John Reisinger, YourDC was selected over other data centres primarily because of its ability to offer unique north-south corridor access and redundancy.

“With YourDC’s twin data centre format, we can offer our managed service provider customers unparalleled redundancy. Each of the POIs will have a link back to each of the two YourDC data centres. If there was a natural disaster in one region, like a flood or blackout, we have automatic failover and backup power to rely on in both locations,” he said.

Reisinger also said that the work was now essentially complete. The completion of the project is scheduled for early 2022. 

“YourDC worked with us to streamline the process, meaning we can build our customer base quickly, doing in days what can take months,” he further added.

“Together with YourDC, we bring fibre closer to service providers, which ultimately means lower prices and greater competition for the end user – whether business or residential.”

“It’s all about the people for us at Aussie, and the team at YourDC are simply great people to work with. We share the same ethos, that the customer needs to understand the technology you’re offering, without confusing tech buzzwords or unnecessary complication.”

Still, according to Aussie Broadband, YourDC founder Scott Hicks has a history with the telco managing director Phil Britt. They were fellow internet service provider operators back in the 90s. Previously, Hicks owned Adam Internet, which offered ADSL2 broadband, WiMAX, and Voice over IP all over South Australia.

“We were all pioneers of an industry that has become as critical as electricity or water in terms of infrastructure,” Hicks said.

“YourDC is proud to partner with Aussie Broadband – this infrastructure investment demonstrates their commitment to providing high-performing connectivity to South Australia. What we offer by return is flexibility and access to our ecosystem of MSPs and telecommunications carriers which is second to none in South Australia.”