SC-1 Data Centre

OVERVIEW

When planning our data centre build, we had 3 main objectives in mind:

* Build an extremely energy efficient data centre, which is kinder to the environment
* Provide a high level of redundancy across all major components
* To be located in an easily accessible area

Our facility offers a server hall providing a total capacity of 4050 ft² of high quality, resilient, secure and energy efficient space.

GREEN THINKING

Our data centre utilises the very latest technologies to make it extremely energy efficient.

We use Denco's Ambicool cooling system, which was recently highly commended at the Cooling Industry Awards. The Ambicool system uses indirect free cooling, utilising the cold external air during the winter and colder months.

By combining this system with Minkels' revolutionary "Cold Aisle Enclosure", which vastly increases cooling efficiency by only cooling within the enclosure and not the data hall as a whole, our cooling system is 40% more energy efficient than a traditional data centre with hot aisle/cold aisle arrangement and no free cooling.

LOCATION

Our data centre is located in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. This is an ideal location, just minutes from Junction 7 on the A1 Motorway and only 30 miles from central London. It’s also easily accessible from further North along the A1 corridor.

Stevenage Railway Station also provides excellent links into London (20mins to Kings Cross) and to the North/East of England.

KEY FEATURES

* 2 × 550 kVA Standby Diesel Generator
* Denco Ambicool Air Handling Units (N+1)
* Dual VESDA fire detection & FM200 suppression system
* Dual 32A Power Feeds to each cabinet
* Fully Diverse Fibre and Resilient Connectivity
* 4 × 160 kVA Riello UPS (N+1)

* Controlled Environment - room temperature 23°C +/- 1°C
* 46U Cabinets housed in latest energy efficient “Cold Aisle Enclosure”
* 24hr Manned Security, CCTV & Intruder Alarms
* 24hr Network/Environmental Monitoring
* Advanced Access Control System

Data centre features at a glance
Power

* 1 mVA power feed
* 2 × 550 kVA Standby Diesel Generator
* 4 × 160 kVA Riello UPS (N+1)
* Dual 32A Power Feeds to each cabinet

Connectivity

* Diverse fibre routing via multiple carriers
* 10Gb Cat6a S-FTP internal cable network + fibre option
* Multiple redundant core switches and routers

Optimal Environment

* Denco Ambicool Air Handling Units (N+1)
* 46U Cabinets housed in latest energy efficient “Cold Aisle Enclosure”
* VESDA fire detection system (N+1)
* FM200 fire suppression equipment
* 24 × 7 environmental monitoring systems
* Constant evaluation and testing of all systems