Case Study: Ergon Energy achieves rapid deployment, 25x server performance and simplified operations with Cisco HyperFlex

How Ergon Energy Keeps the Lights on for 850,000 Customers with Hyperflex

Ergon Energy, an Energy Queensland company serving more than 850,000 metered customers across 97% of Queensland, faced a rapidly growing and highly distributed operational network of substations, fibre, high‑speed communications and satellite links — plus an accelerated rollout of intelligent pole‑mounted devices that increased complexity and security risk. To replace a management‑heavy server & SAN model with an on‑premise, single‑vendor platform, Ergon selected Cisco HyperFlex (HX‑Series) hyperconverged infrastructure.

Cisco HyperFlex delivered a complete on‑premise stack (servers, storage, hypervisor/VMware, networking and automation) that Ergon commissioned in about two weeks versus an estimated 4–6 months for a traditional build. The deployment reduced rack footprint to a single rack with two network cables, delivered roughly 25× server performance compared with prior platforms, and enabled new virtual servers to be deployed from template in under 20 minutes — lowering upfront and support costs, simplifying maintenance, and accelerating time‑to‑market. Ergon plans to expand its Cisco HyperFlex footprint further.

Ergon Energy

Simon English

Manager of Operational Technology