The development of Global Switch Sydney East addresses the demand from a large number of leading multi-national companies for highly resilient and secure space for housing mission critical IT equipment, as well as the direct access to a network dense and low latency carrier and cloud neutral ecosystem. The Global Switch Sydney campus serves as a core node not just for Sydney and Australia but, in terms of connectivity and services, a key hub for the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.

Bruce Shaw is widely regarded as having deep domain knowledge and expertise in data centres both globally and locally which enables them to bring a comprehensive understanding to this project, not just of how the data centre works and is put together, but also through benchmarking of data centre costs across continents, best fit procurement and contracting strategies in these regions, detailed local market knowledge around AEs, CMs, GCs and risk factors and mitigation planning experience.

Damon Reid, Global Switch's Managing Director in Sydney said "We chose to extend our relationship with Bruce Shaw from Stage 1 into Stages 2 and 3 because their team consistently meets and exceeds our expectations in terms of quality of work, accuracy, flexibility and timeliness in delivery. They adapt quickly to changes in project scope if required and are trusted independent representatives for Global Switch with a unique ability to communicate well and coordinate their efforts across multiple project disciplines. They also have excellent knowledge which they can seamlessly apply to realise cost savings and efficiencies on our projects.“

“Bruce Shaw is currently working on 115 data centre projects in various stages of development across four continents. This experience gives us unprecedented insight into the challenges owner/occupiers, colocation providers, telecommunication providers and end-users face with delivering their critical infrastructure on time and within budget and makes us one of the leading experts in this field. We are honoured to be able to include Global Switch as a feted client in our data centre business unit and to offer them specialist teams on the ground in Sydney with a unique blend of data centre experience and local knowledge.” said John Carleton, Director Australia and New Zealand, Bruce Shaw.

Stage 2 of this construction project has commenced and will be delivered in Q2, 2017.

About Global Switch

Global Switch is the leading large scale, carrier neutral data centre provider in Europe and Asia-Pacific and is a Reuben Brothers company (see www.reubenbrothers.com). Established in 1998, the company has held an unrivalled track record in delivering best-in-class solutions. Global Switch is a vital and strategic partner for customers that require secure and resilient data centre services with scalable capacity and a high level customer service. The Company's focus is on highly resilient, central, low latency, network dense locations in prime city centre locations and internet hubs close to its customers on the edge of financial and business districts. It is present in eight markets including, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Paris, Singapore and Sydney. The data centres currently total around 300,000 sq m (3,200,000 sq ft) of floor space and are occupied by a broad range of customers, global and national, large and small including government organisations, financial institutions, enterprises, cloud service providers, global systems integrators, telecommunication carriers, managed service providers and other hosting businesses.

For more information, visit: www.globalswitch.com

About Bruce Shaw

Bruce Shaw is a multinational construction consultancy firm with over 40 years' experience, providing cost and general consultancy services to the construction industry. Bruce Shaw works with Tier One clients across a multitude of sectors including Commercial, Data Centres, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Industrial, Residential, Health and Retail. Bruce Shaw’s specialist project teams, each with specific skills and experience, provide faster project delivery, greater cost efficiency and maximum value for money for their clients. For further information, please visit http://www.bruceshaw.com