TelecityGroup, a European provider of network independent data centers and managed services, has announced that work had started on fitting-out an additional 550 square metres of hosting space at its Oliver's Yard data center in central London. The expansion comes ahead of the planned opening of TelecityGroup's new 2kW per square metre data center, Powergate, in west London, scheduled for Q2 2008.
The facility expansion will be available for customer occupation from Q1 2008 and will support services of up to 1.5kW per square metre. A dedicated high-density suite was completed at Oliver's Yard earlier in the year.
Mike Tobin, CEO of TelecityGroup, says: "We're expanding the Oliver's Yard data center in response to ongoing demand from TelecityGroup customers for a range of services at our City-based site. The additional capacity will provide customers with the highly secure, connected environment they require to support the growth in their business objectives.
*Note: The additional data center space referenced in this announcement was disclosed as recent and planned expansion to London 7 on page 40 of the Telecity Group plc prospectus dated 24 October 2007.