Total Gross Area of Buildings 1 & 2

• 6,000m2
• Set in 9 acres of secure grounds

Technical Space

• Hall 1 – 1,520m2
• Hall 2 – 1,520m2

Structure

• Purpose-built brick construction building
• Floor loading 8kN/m2
• Maximum raised floor to ceiling height 5m
• Raised floor with 600 x 600mm anti-static floor tiles
• Raised floor void 700mm

Security

• Gated access control
• Inner and outer secure fencing
• Proximity access control to all areas
• Biometric controlled access to data centre space
• Microwave perimeter security linked to CCTV
• External CCTV with night vision over entire site
• Internal CCTV monitoring
• Digital recordings of CCTV to disk
• Door intruder alarms
• 24 x 7 manned security gatehouse
• Secure managed loading bays

Power

• N+1 redundancy
• Mains power to the site via 4 diverse supplies to substations in grounds
• Upgrade of power supplies available from utility
• Diverse A & B supply to all cabinets
• All lighting PIR controlled LED leading to 90% energy savings in lighting
• Monitored power consumption at rack, PDU and switchgear level UPS
• 6 UPS units (3 per Hall) providing N+1 redundancy Generator
• 4 x 1250KVA and 2 x 2200KVA generators N+1 with space for additional generators

 

Controlled Environment

• N+1 redundancy on chilled water cooling system
• Temperature maintained in cool aisles at 25° C +/- 2°C
• Humidity maintained at 50% (+/- 10%)
• Free Air Cooling Chillers mean up to 8343 hours of free cooling per year
• Heat recovered to provide heating to common areas Fire Detection & Suppression
• Double knock fire detection system installed in all plant and technical spaces
• Dry pipe mist system to provide localised fire protection
• Wet system in service corridors Telecommunications
• Access to multiple providers from managed Telco Interchange Rooms
• Multiple access building entry points for diverse routing
• Roof space for satellite communications

Carriers with Fibre Onsite

• BT
• Cable & Wireless
• Virgin Media

Building Management

• Dedicated building management team
• On-site 24 x 7 M&E support
• BMS Monitoring

Racks

• Rack power available to customer requirement
• Cold Aisle Containment as standard

Network Operations Centre

• 7 x 24 Network Operations Centre
• 7 x 24 Remote hands service
• Installation service to ensure air flow management maintained and equipment installed as per manufacturers requirements.

Additional Services

• Rest areas with comfort seating, kitchen cooking and eating areas
• Meeting and conference rooms Environment
• Modern highly efficient equipment installed as part of £12m upgrade programme
• Data centre upgrade follows the requirements for the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency’ and the guide lines of The Green Grid.
• Data centre participant of the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres