Issue 12, Oct/Nov
FOCUS SINGAPORE SGX
SGX DATA CENTRE SYSTEMS
Security 4 layer physical security upon arrival: Guard house Reception area KDH controlled space SGX controlled space
Systems Power
The Singapore Stock Exchange has committed US$250 million to low latency
In this case Keppeldigihub is the colcoation infrastructure provider. The company is one of Singapore’s largest building companies and operates a large colocation facility on the island.
“We needed someone who was flexible and who understood that we were trying to design the best data center in Asia. We have a whole suite where customers can walk up the stairs, enter an office, and we pull back the curtains on a window which over looks the data center. We can then light up the sections of the facility and say this is were your system will be,” Caisley says.
We want to attract algo traders and colocation is certainly a new business line for us
On the technology front, the SGX Reach platform claims to be the world’s fastest. It is based on a benchmark test it ran earlier in the year at the HP Capacity Planning Center in Singapore where it said it achieved an order completion time of 90 microseconds.
The data center will be kitted out with Voltaire InfiniBand switches and was endorsed by NASDAQ OMX.
“We have been very impressed by how well Voltaire’s VMA software has operated for us in the development and testing of SGX’s new trading platform,” says Mats Andersson, CTO at NASDAQ OMX. “Voltaire’s VMA software provided most of the latency improvement without requiring any changes to the application. With this solution, we are able to fully utilize the performance benefits of InfiniBand.”
It uses HP ProLiant switches. And in June this year Indian services company HCL Technologies signed a five-year deal valued at US$110m to kit out and manage the IT in the data center.
SINGAPORE SLING
On the connectivity side it is about location, with connection impacted by the distance. In short there is a Layer 2 connection to Tokyo and a layer three connection to London, New York and Chicago. “The four financial centres we are targeting in the first phase are NY, Chicago, London and Tokyo,” Caisley says.
The technical requirements for this international connectivity are broadly the same, which is to offer redundant low- latency, cost-effective connectivity into the marketplace. The capacity of the links needs to be scalable on short notice and demonstrate fast network convergence, for example in the event of a disruption to the undersea cable system. The ability to proactively monitor and manage the quality of these links for packet loss, jitter and latency degradation is crucial in the world of high performance trading.
“Unlike the distance challenges that exist between SGX and the markets located in London, NY and Chicago, SGX is able to benefit from the latest ultra-low latency Ethernet-based fibre services that exists between Singapore and Japan. This will place SGX in a unique position to improve and expand its arbitrage opportunities within the region,” Caisley says.
Singapore has long touted itself as the gateway to the East and the investment by SGX shows that those ambitions to punch above it’s weight continue into the 21st century.
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1000 KVa DC total operational power for the current phase in use. More power will be brought on for further phases.
Caterpillar Diesel Generator – 2N, 2 MVa each
Hitec Diesel Rotary UPS systems with Cummins diesel engines – 2N 2 Mva each Earthing systems Technical earthing Facility earthing Transformer earthing
Cooling
2N chilled water plant Trane 500 Ton capacity each 6.70 C water entry temp
Canatal Series 9 CRAC units 10 x 80 KW each, high effi ciency fans, Fan coil units 2N
Building Management System Bosch Apogee Insight
Monitoring Access control monitoring 3 factor security at DC doors Biometric Proximity card Keypad
Environmental monitoring Temperature and humidity probes Tracetek TTDM 128 Water Detection systems Honeywell photoelectric smoke detectors Fire protection FM-200 gas discharge systems
Pre-action dry pipe above and below raised fl oor
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