This new facility, the first to open in central London for several years, is at the forefront of datacenter innovation. It will offer approximately 5,000 square metres and 10MW of customer capacity. The new datacenter has been designed to provide 4kW of customer power per rack as standard, more than twice the current industry average, with high powered zones offering up to 20kW per rack. Energy-efficient design principles have been used throughout the building utilising technologies such as free air cooling and sophisticated intelligent' climate control systems to reduce energy waste. In addition, multiple connectivity options available on site are enhanced by the presence of the London Internet Exchange, LINX, which will offer customers a high level of national and international peering and connectivity to the internet.
Adriaan Oosthoek, managing director, TelecityGroup UK and Ireland says: "Our new Powergate datacenter offers a highly resilient, connected and secure hosting environment supported by some of the most sophisticated datacenter technology available. It is ideally placed for businesses who want to locate their mission critical infrastructure in a London-based facility, while offering enough distance from the Docklands and City to be used for disaster recovery purpose.
The Powergate launch follows the opening of the new Amstel Business Park facility in Amsterdam, announced on 7th April 2008, bringing the total number of TelecityGroup datacenters in Europe to 20. TelecityGroup recently announced plans to build a new datacenter in Paris, its third in the French capital, which is expected to open in the second half of 2009.