NAB Data Centre

Project Overview

Project Name: NAB Data Centre - Trigeneration Plant installation

Location: VIC

Client: National Australia Bank (NAB)

Project Value: $3.4 million

Year Completed: 2010

Project Type

Tri-generation Plant Installation

Outcomes

• Completion of the groundbreaking project on budget and without putting the bank at risk.
• Delivery of a cost effective solution that has led to lower operational costs and potential positive financial return for NAB.
• Successful installation of the 2000kW tri-generation system at NAB’s facility, which, at the time, was on track to reduce the Data Centre’s carbon emissions by approximately 20,000 tonnes of CO₂ per annum.
• Significant reductions in the facility’s projected operational carbon footprint, owing to the use of natural gas instead of coal and the system efficiencies from heat recovery.
• Lowered risk of system failure and consequential business interruption through the tri-generation system, which is adding to the built-in redundancy of the electrical supply and mechanical systems.
• Effective management of risks by A.G. Coombs, from direct expertise and methodologies developed through the successful delivery of many complex projects in live Data Centre environments.
• Close communication maintained between A.G. Coombs and system designer, Umow Lai, and Facility Managers, UGL Services, which was pivotal to success.