over the wire pty ltd: St Pauls Terrace

360 St Pauls Terrace, aka St Pauls Terrace Data Centre, is operated by Over the Wire Pty Ltd (OTW) and located in Fortitude Valley on the fringe of Brisbane’s CBD, Queensland, Australia. Formerly known as Sanity DC1 before OTW’s acquisition of Sanity Technology in 2015, this facility delivers colocation, managed hosting, and interconnection services to businesses in the Brisbane metro area and beyond. Its positioning near Brisbane’s telecommunication and enterprise corridors gives it strong connectivity advantages and easy access to both local and national fibre backbones.

Because it is integrated into OTW’s broader national network and fibre ring, customers benefit from seamless interconnectivity across OTW’s other sites, enabling redundancy and multi-site architectures.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• Multi-storey reinforced concrete building, designed for IT infrastructure deployment. 
• Power supply: 320 Amps per phase (with upgrade capacity) from dedicated transformer to 24 Little Edward Street.
• Typical power density: ~3.6 kW per rack, with capability to support higher density deployments.
• Power redundancy: configurable N+1 single supply or A+B redundancy in power reticulation. 
• UPS capacity: 280 kVA backup UPS system. 
• Backup generator: Diesel generator with fuel capacity for 12 hours, plus a 4-hour guaranteed window for fuel delivery in extended events. 
• Cooling: APC InRow air-conditioning units supporting up to 15 kW (64A) cooling per rack (high cooling capacity).
• Fire & detection: Uses a VESDA smoke detection system; fire-rated walls forming full enclosure; inert gas suppression (Inergen) employed for gaseous fire suppression.
• Internal infrastructure: Exposed ceilings, suspended lighting, uni-strut supports for electrical cabling. 
• Customer amenities: Onsite parking, delivery & service bay, internal lifts, basement parking and storage for equipment deliveries. 
• “Five nines” (99.999 %) uptime guarantee for clients with high-availability requirements. 
• PCI DSS support: assist clients in achieving and maintaining Level 1 PCI DSS compliance.

🔐 Security & Compliance

• Two-stage identification entry (proximity smart cards) for facility access. 
• 24/7 CCTV coverage throughout internal and external areas. 
• Security patrols: at least three patrols daily, including weekends and public holidays, with additional patrols as needed. 
• Building construction: Fire-rated walls to isolate internal spaces from external hazards. 
• Compliance & certifications: Facility supports PCI DSS (Level 1) certified solutions. 

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Carrier-neutral environment: supports multiple fibre entry paths and is not bound to a single carrier. 
• Connectivity: integrated with OTW’s Brisbane fibre ring, with multiple 10 Gbps redundant links.
• Diverse telecom entry paths: physically diverse fibre routing into the facility. 
• Interconnection: direct cross-connect / interconnection options within the facility. 
• National footprint integration: The site is linked to OTW’s other data centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide to support failover and backup. 
• Peering / exchange presence: According to PeeringDB, the facility currently lists 0 networks / 0 local exchangesin its profile. 

💼 Who It Serves

• Enterprises requiring high uptime, managed hosting, or hybrid multi-site architectures in Queensland and across Australia.
• Financial and payment services institutions needing PCI DSS–compliant infrastructure.
• Cloud and SaaS providers seeking carrier-neutral access, interconnectivity, and low latency to Brisbane’s metro backbone.
• Organizations requiring secure, redundant colocation with flexible density and scalability (e.g. ISPs, system integrators, telecom carriers).
• Entities needing regional disaster-recovery or geographically diverse backups within OTW’s network footprint.