INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
Zain Jordan launches ‘The Bunker’
– First of its kind data centre in
the Arab World
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Telecom operator launches
the most secure and
technically advanced
underground data centre
in the region and one of
very few globally.
military grade design and development,
highly modernised, fully redundant power,
cooling and communications network data
centre, situated at the King Hussein Business
Park in Amman, Jordan.
The Bunker, which is the first of its kind in the
region and one of very few worldwide, gives
local, regional and international organisations
the opportunity to host their IT infrastructure,
Disaster Recovery (DR) offices and enhance
their ICT business processes.
The Bunker is another initiative that
exemplifies Zain Jordan’s efforts to
spearhead Digital Transformation in the
country. The company revolutionised
telecommunications in Jordan by introducing
GSM mobile services in the country and
introduced Fourth Generation services ‘LTE’
for the first time in the Kingdom.
The Bunker facility
Companies that have very crucial
computational functions and important
data to store can really value such a facility
that provides the highest levels of security
and sustainability. When a company uses
The Bunker as its main data centre or their
Disaster Recovery (backup) location, it is
safer than any other conventional building.
Fahad AlJasim, Chief Executive Officer at
Zain Jordan
T
elecommunications company Zain
has announced the launch of ‘The
Bunker’. This is a Tier III Uptime,
with 99.982% availability, state-of-the-art,
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Its area measures approximately 4,300
square metres, located 12 metres
below ground level. Built with the same
specifications as a military-grade underground
facility, The Bunker is constructed to the
highest standards of security and redundancy
requirements. It has dedicated rooms
protected by high security 2-ton iron doors
and 2 metres thick reinforced concrete walls,
giving it the capability to withstand natural
disasters, missiles and fires.
Furthermore, when a disaster strikes, the
cooling, power and connectivity systems are
redundant and can be sustained for long
periods without any outage. The facility has
24/7 onsite security personnel and advanced
surveillance camera security systems (CCTVs).
Fahad AlJasim, Chief Executive Officer at
Zain Jordan, said: “We see this as a turning
point and a milestone in Zain’s journey to
be the most advanced telecom operator,
to meet the long-term aspirations of our
partners, and to help them with a range of
services that are at the core of their business,
contributing to their aspirations for further
success in their organisation.”
The technological advancements of IoT, Big
Data analytics and cloud services, require
substantial computing power, resilient
networks and, most importantly, security.
Nevertheless, conventional data centres are
not disaster proof and provide a mediocre
security level. The value proposition of
The Bunker is that it provides a colocation
space as well as a designed cloud, heavily
protected underground and powered by
Zain’s resilient network.
Companies can avoid large TCOs of
building data centres and alternatively
adopt an OPEX model through yearly
payments. The facility’s location in the
heart of Amman is very convenient to IT
staff of any company to reach The Bunker
where their servers are hosted.
The Bunker is not just a data centre. Other
than its variety of colocation options, it
consists of various DR offices. Customers
can rent dedicated or shared offices as well
as ‘hot seats’ which can serve as business
continuity units in cases of disasters or day
to day activities related to their data centre.
These spaces span from 20 square metres to
100 square metres and can cater to various
customer needs. n
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