Customer story · Financial services · Data centres

A data centre that stopped paying people to wait.

Guards spent 12 to 24 hours on standby for access requests that might never come.

12-24 hour standby ended Over $2M saved a year 3D tracking of movement Restricted raised-floor spaces

A long windowless data centre building behind a perimeter fence

The challenge

Unpredictable access, paid for around the clock.

Multiple high-security data centres, each needing careful coordination between HVAC, electrical and construction contractors.

Waiting had become the job

Guards escorted contractors and employees to restricted areas, but the unpredictable timing meant they often spent 12 to 24 hours on standby with minimal activity.

Millions in standing cost

The reactive model ran to millions of dollars a year for staff whose primary responsibility had become waiting for someone to arrive.

What they did

Cover the facility, send people only when needed.

The institution kept its infrastructure and changed how staff were deployed.

Step 1
Use the cameras already installed
VOLT worked with the existing camera network, so there was no need to overhaul the infrastructure.
Step 2
Map the facility in three dimensions
3D tracking follows personnel movement and gives visibility into restricted raised-floor spaces.
Step 3
Alert on the exceptions
Unauthorised path deviations trigger instant notification, so guards are deployed when there is a reason to.

What changed

Lower cost, and a stronger posture.

Both moved in the same direction, which is unusual.

Over $2 million a year

Reducing the number of guards stationed at each location saved over $2 million in yearly operating costs.

People sent where they are needed

Real-time alerts enable strategic guard deployment rather than continuous standby at every site.

Gaps that close themselves

Camera health monitoring flags cameras that go down before they turn into blind spots.

In their words

Why it mattered here.

From the Facility Security Coordinator.

By reducing the number of guards we had to keep at each location, VOLT saved us over $2 million in yearly operating costs. But the real value is that our security posture actually improved while we reduced expenses.

Facility Security Coordinator
Major financial institution