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Driessen explains , “ and we say ‘ here ’ s the key ’ and strongly advise you to use a good alarm system – but if you don ’ t , it ’ s up to you . KPN offers security measures , but if the customer wants to work with another company , they can implement whatever they want into the environment .”
NL-DC does , however , cover the necessary physical security elements , including fences around data centre premises , high walls , cameras , guards on-site at all hours of the day , and state-ofthe-art locks so that the customer can be assured that there is no physical threat to their data .
“ NL-DC MAY BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE DATA CENTRE PROVIDER IN THE WORLD ”
– CEES GREYN , VP Services
Partnerships
Invaluable to NL-DC ’ s success is , of course , the company ’ s partners . SPIE-ICS is a long-term contracting partner , and is responsible for building the company ’ s awardwinning tier IV data centre in Eindhoven in just six months .
“ That project was very successful from a commercial point of view , on top of winning several awards ,” Greyn explains . “ People talk about partnerships , but it ’ s about more than just doing good business together . With SPIE we have a true partnership conducted in an open and constructive way .”
For engineering contracting services , NL-DC relies upon Royal Haskoning DHV , which expands upon the company ’ s own work in a priceless way .
“ We have our own technical team which is responsible for the infrastructure design of our data centres , but when we need to upgrade and build something new , Royal Haskoning brings it to the next level ,” Greyn explains . “ It ’ s important