KKB ANADOLU DATA CENTER

KKB Anadolu Data Center is the first data center in Turkey to be entitled to receive the LEED Platinum Green Building certificate.

KKB Anadolu Data Center was built on 43 thousand m2 land in Ankara and started operations after the completion of construction works at the end of 2016.

In December 2016, T.C. Ziraat Bank started to relocate its systems and use KKB Anadolu Data Center as its Emergency Center (“EC”).

As of April 2017, Yapı Kredi Bank completed relocating its systems and started using KKB Anadolu Data Center as the EC.

On October 17, 2020, KKB conducted its business continuity test studies, which it undertakes every year and covers the capability to provide services from the Emergency Center. With this effort, all KKB and Risk Center services were provided via KKB Anadolu Data Center for one day. All services were relocated to KKB İstanbul Data Center at the end of the day and continued to be provided from there.

As of September 2019, Garanti Bank completed system relocation and started using KKB Anadolu Data Center as the EC.

As of November 2019, two other system rooms with the same features became operational, increasing the total number of system rooms to 4. Four system rooms, spanning an area of 650 sqm in total, are now in service, with the capacity of KKB Anadolu Data Center increasing from 400 to 800 cabins.

In December 2019, VakıfBank started relocating to the new system room to use KKB’s Anadolu Data Center actively.

İşbank completed its system relocation as of March 2020 and started to actively use KKB Anadolu Data Center according to its active-active architecture.

As of April 2020, Şekerbank completed system relocation and started using KKB Anadolu Data Center as the EC.

As of September 2020, Halk Bank completed system relocation and started using KKB Anadolu Data Center as the EC.

To use Anadolu Data Center in their active-active architecture via the newly-opened system rooms, Garanti Bank has increased the number of its cabins as of December 2020.

KKB Anadolu Data Center has reached its maximum capacity as of 2020, due to significant increases in the demands of banks that are currently served and wish to be served. Thus, KKB senior management team has started making new assessments to meet the increasing demands.

The Center will primarily meet the backup and main data center service needs of the banks. The facility is a data center where infrastructure costs are shared and operational applications are centralized in the financial industry. The KKB, which offers the most advanced technologies to Turkey’s financial institutions, aims to provide efficiency in technology investments by offering the services of cloud technologies platform, which will be established in accordance with financial regulations, primarily for the finance sector and later for all sectors.

KKB Anadolu Data Center comprises a data center, a support building, and a customer operation center. The facility is designed to expand with two additional data centers and another support building. KKB Anadolu Data Center has been the first data center in Turkey to receive the “LEED Platinum” Green Building Certificate, which is considered as the ultimate level of environmental protection standard. Besides, it has also received the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certificate, and the TIER IV Certificate, which is a high-level uptime standard.

KKB also holds ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System certification, which is a testimony to the fact that the quality of all processes at KKB is in accordance with this international management system standard, minimizing the possibility of interruption of the services provided and ensuring service continuity in a short period of time in case of an interruption. Also, KKB holds ISO 27001 Information Security Management System certification. Accordingly, all processes at KKB are carried out in accordance with this global management system standard, providing the highest level of confidentiality, uniformity, and accessibility in case of a need for all information within the responsibility of the KKB. KKB Anadolu Data Center obtained ISO 20000-1 Information Technologies Service Management Systems certification in 2018. All the Center’s operations, inputs, and outputs of service management processes are managed with a consistent and continuously developing management system approach. In 2020, KKB Anadolu Data Center received the ISO 14001 certificate, which documents that it has established and implemented a management system in line with the Environmental Management System requirements.

KKB Anadolu Data Center is audited every year by independent auditors authorized by the BRSA. The Center provides the necessary assurance for the supervision environment of the data center by sharing with its customers and auditors the Independent Audit Report drawn up in accordance with ISAE 3402 Type 2 Report Format at the end of the audit. With this assurance, the workload of KKB Anadolu Data Center users and auditors has been reduced in terms of both effort and time expended.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE KKB ANADOLU DATA CENTER

The KKB Anadolu Data Center was designed and launched for KKB customers to securely protect, store and manage their data. The facility is equipped with the latest technological infrastructure available.

During the design phase of the KKB Anadolu Data Center, the most sensitive issues were the creation of a back-up infrastructure providing customers seamless, fast, and continuous accessibility as well as data security. Its energy and cooling infrastructure hold the certificate of Uptime Institute Tier IV design (TCCD). In November 2019, scenario tests by Uptime Institute were completed, and the Tier IV Facility (TCCF) certification was received. In addition to advanced electricity infrastructure, the Center features ventilation systems that provide precise climatization and 24/7 cooling and humidity control in case of any malfunction. These advanced technological infrastructures help Data Center users achieve a low PUE level in their electricity consumption, which is a great advantage. The hardware used in the Center, where energy and data cabling is made overhead the cabinet, provides high-speed support to customers.

QUICK AND CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBILITY

Built in the low earthquake risk zone in compliance with earthquake regulations and protected against lightning hazards, maximum attention is paid to the physical security of the Center. There are different levels of biometric and classical safety points in the campus area where only authorized staff can enter. Access to the system room is possible after having an iris scan via the iris reader. Building and infrastructure management at the KKB Anadolu Data Center is carried out 24/7 without interruption with state-of-the-art automation and monitoring systems.

CERTIFICATES

KKB Anadolu Data Center holds invaluable certificates in addition to its high-level technological infrastructure and maximum security solutions that it provides in varied sectors, especially finance.