Harbour MSP data centre unaffected by outage

An equipment fault at TransGrid’s Bayswater Substation in the Hunter Valley at 10:50am on Thurs 2nd July, knocked out power in the city including several data centres including the Equinix facility in Mascot, and other data centres. Electricity was affected in several cities and states, according to state-owned energy wholesaler TransGrid.

Harbour MSP data centre, located at Global Switch, confirmed it was also affected by the outage; however, backup generators kicked in and spared any disruption to customers.

“A joint effort from staff in NSW transmission and distribution organisations ensured that power supplies were progressively restored within an hour of the incident occurring,” TransGrid’s general manager of Network Performance and Operations, Lionel Smyth said in a statement.

“Harbour MSP’s customers at our Ultimo data centre have been totally unaffected by this electricity outage”, says Andrew Hardy, Commercial Director of HMSP.