Interlink is once again leading the way in our industry.  This time with the latest enhancement to our data centre infrastructure. 

We have upgraded our extended power by installing the very latest in power management solutions available from American Power Conversion APC.

We now not only have a better and more reliable solution for our extended run power, but the new infrastructure is based on leading-edge environmentally friendly technology.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology: We took advantage of APC’s most recent addition to their InfraStruXure® extended run architecture, Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology. In addition to providing a scalable and reliable power source this solution is also environmentally friendly using ‘green’ hydrogen fuel cells for the power generation. Hydrogen fuel cells use hydrogen gas and oxygen from the air to generate power. The only byproducts to this process are clean water and heat with no harmful emissions. We believe that we are the first and, to date. the only ISP in the world to adopt this green technology.

The Need:
As our business grew so did our demand for power and extend run power.  In order to guarantee that our power demands were met we had to upgrade our backup power source.  Interlink faced a number of challenges in upgrading the extended run power to our data centre as it is situated on the fifth floor of an office tower in downtown Toronto.  The structure of our building made it very difficult to use the standard battery/generator solution.

The Idea:
Our technicians had heard of the use fuel cells in power generation solutions and decided to investigate.  Our research revealed that there was a substantial amount of development work being done in the area of fuel cell technology specifically with extended run power requirements. In fact there was company that had solution available.

The Solution:
As a result of this research, Interlink entered an agreement with APC and Hydrogenics, manufacturer of the fuel cell, to purchase this leading edge extended run power solution, the first installation of its kind in North America.  Much planning and design went into this solution to ensure that we had a reliable and scalable power source to meet the demands of our growing datacentre.  This new power infrastructure has been installed and running in our datacentre since July of this year.

We pride ourselves on using innovation to deliver a competitive edge that benefits our customers. We needed a backup power system with an extended run-time that would work within our existing building structure.

We remained true to our core ideals in adopting an innovative, reliable solution that is based on leading edge, environmentally friendly technology.