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Originally constructed for IBM, this data centre was an early leader in the co-location space. The facility subsequently changed hands to E3, who ran the facility for a number of years before being acquired by VOCUS in 2010 as part of an expansion strategy.
In 2019, the facility was acquired and renamed Epsilon. It underwent a major refurbishment program, including upgrading the electrical infrastructure to Tier 3 standard and revamping the structured cabling environment.
As a result of these enhancements, Epsilon currently ranks 8th in Cloudscene’s ranking for Australia and is recognized as one of Melbourne’s best new boutique data centres.
Key Points about Epsilon:
✔ Recently refurbished and upgraded to Tier 3 standard
✔ One of Melbourne’s earliest data centres
Historic Timeline – 55 Crockford Street, Melbourne
Originally constructed for the Hotham Building Society, this data centre was an early leader in the co-location space and was utilised by Challenge Bank and later Westpac as their Melbourne facility. It subsequently changed hands to IBM who ran the facility for a number of years before being acquired by VOCUS in 2010 as their first Melbourne Data Center.
1973 – Central Data Services Pty Ltd
One of Australia’s earliest computer firms, Central Data Services Pty Ltd (founded in 1966), purchased the Crockford Street site in the late 1973 with the idea to centralise its data storage and data processing. The company constructed the original building to “centralise data” storage—an innovative concept for its time.
1975 – Datacard Ltd
Datacard Ltd, an ASX-listed company specialising in data storage on punch cards, began operations on the site. It established the first computer room, transitioning data storage from punch cards to magnetic tape and operated large IBM mainframes within the data center site.
1977 – Hotham / Challenge Bank
Computer Resources Company Pty Ltd acquired Datacard and soon after sold the site to Hotham Permanent Building Society which began a more than 20 years of banking operations at our site. The Datacenter in the 1980’s operated multiple IBM Mainframes 3082, 3083, 3089 each had up to 32Mb of memory as well as large tape storage operating within the building for all their various customer records.
1986: Merged with Perth Building Society to form Challenge Bank Ltd
1996: Challenge Bank was acquired by Bank of Melbourne
1997 – Westpac
Westpac acquired Bank of Melbourne in 1997, inheriting the data center and related operations. The site continued to operate under bank ownership, supporting core data processing and storage operations until Westpac vacated in 2002.
2003 – IBM Australia
IBM took over the site and reconfigured it as part of their Victorian Data Center Space Strategy. Upgrades included high-speed, dedicated “E1 – 2Mb” links to IBM’s Cumberland Forest facility in Sydney.
2009 – E3 Networks
IBM vacated the site. Web hosting and telecommunications provider E3 Networks commenced with anchor tenants PIPE Networks, Intervolve, Harbour MSP. The site introduced the original alternative fibre providers UECOMM, PRIMUS & NextGEN networks into the data center. It was then the site really transitioned into a modern multi-tenant data center.
2010 – Vocus Communications
Vocus acquired E3 Networks, including the 55 Crockford Street facility. Vocus undertook numerous upgrades and installed more fibre provider diversity with 3 fibre conduit diverse routes into the site. Vocus continued to operate the data center until 2019.
2019 – Epsilon Data Centre
The site was acquired and rebranded as Epsilon Data Center. Major upgrades were undertaken in 2020 to bring the site up to a Tier III+ standard with dual generators, dual switchboard and UPS rooms as well as 2N+1 on cooling infrastructure.
After 50 years our 55 Crockford site continues to operate today, remaining Australia’s oldest, continuously running data center.
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Melbourne’s newest high quality, low cost boutique data centre. Located 3km from the CBD in vibrant Port Melbourne Epsilon sports access to a huge existing installed carrier fibre network. Built to Tier 3 data centre standards with super reliable 2N+1 redundant electrical and cooling infrastructure providing a guaranteed 99.982% uptime.