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BIS completed the 22,500 square feet facility in a 26 build began in February 2008.
The facility is N+1 throughout is a tier III offering and has a Power Usage Effectiveness rating of 1.4, the company said. The ability to charge for power on a metered basis was presented because it was a complete refit and the company said it opted to kit out the facility with the necessary meters at an early stage.
Samantha Keating, sales director at BIS said: "It is an unusual model - charging power on a metered basis - where before if you have a 32 amp provisioned supply, that was what you paid for even though you wouldn't use it. As a new bulid we thought long and hard about it and took the opportunity to offer metered charging."
"We bought a tier 1 spec facility and had to build out with a tenant in situ, without bringing the tenant down and we achieved that. We would refer to this a boutique data center which will host a smaller number of larger tenants. We're big in the insurance market and we already have a number of Lloyds syndicates, and a large ISP has moved into there already. A smaller facility means less risk with fewer people coming and going."
Keating said the company has moved into IT managed services in response to market demand with more customers asking for basic server support or even application support which it offers at "aggressive price points" compared with traditional suppliers. "We're doing a lot in terms of managed services. Yes, some want pure colocation others want to hand over basic server management and others want to go further," she said.
The facillity offers a kilowatt per sqare metre of power with each server room having its own standalone supply. "The whole facility is build with N+1 resiliency. BIS has already sold 30% of Anchorage Point and we believe that the datacenter will be fully occupied in the near future. As the current market conditions toughen, we believe that BIS' position as a debt free, independently owned service provider will prove very attractive,' said Keating.
BIS completed the 22,500 square feet facility in a 26 build began in February 2008.
The facility is N+1 throughout is a tier III offering and has a Power Usage Effectiveness rating of 1.4, the company said. The ability to charge for power on a metered basis was presented because it was a complete refit and the company said it opted to kit out the facility with the necessary meters at an early stage.
Samantha Keating, sales director at BIS said: "It is an unusual model - charging power on a metered basis - where before if you have a 32 amp provisioned supply, that was what you paid for even though you wouldn't use it. As a new bulid we thought long and hard about it and took the opportunity to offer metered charging."
"We bought a tier 1 spec facility and had to build out with a tenant in situ, without bringing the tenant down and we achieved that. We would refer to this a boutique data center which will host a smaller number of larger tenants. We're big in the insurance market and we already have a number of Lloyds syndicates, and a large ISP has moved into there already. A smaller facility means less risk with fewer people coming and going."
Keating said the company has moved into IT managed services in response to market demand with more customers asking for basic server support or even application support which it offers at "aggressive price points" compared with traditional suppliers. "We're doing a lot in terms of managed services. Yes, some want pure colocation others want to hand over basic server management and others want to go further," she said.
The facillity offers a kilowatt per sqare metre of power with each server room having its own standalone supply. "The whole facility is build with N+1 resiliency. BIS has already sold 30% of Anchorage Point and we believe that the datacenter will be fully occupied in the near future. As the current market conditions toughen, we believe that BIS' position as a debt free, independently owned service provider will prove very attractive,' said Keating.