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Colo-X Description
The United Kingdom data centre market is amongst the largest in Europe and this is partly driven by its importance as a communications hub for Trans-Atlantic network systems, linking Europe with North America. Colo-X is extremely active in this market (it being our home turf so to speak). We have closed dozens of deals in the Docklands, the main area of interest to wholesale clients such as carriers or ISPs. We are also active in the newer markets such as the ring of new sites emerging around London, either for wholesale clients seeking diversity to Central London or enterprise customer salso looking for DR locations or even just colocation facilities closer to their own ffices and staff (and so avoiding the need to go to Docklands). And finally, very much a new theme, we are active sourcing data centre services in the regional UK market where good quality data centre facilites are now available, thus meaning local businesses no longer have to go to London for their data centre needs.
Market Background
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Sentry42 Data Centre Norwich
-High quality new build
-Up to 7kW per cab as standard
Vtesse Cirrus Data Centre, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
-Up to 30,000 sq ft of net tech possible
-Diverse 5MVA power feeds
-50km from London Docklands
Thames Valley Hosting Centre, Reading, Berkshire
-12,000 sq ft of net tech
-3.5kW or 16Amps per cabinet to Tier3 standard
-Managed hosting or colocation
-Connectivity to Docklands
iomart Maidenhead, Berkshire
-Recently expanded and upgraded in 2011
-Now part of the iomart Group
Custodian – Maidstone
-Current floor is 3300 sq ft,
-20 % occupied
-Total 150 racks, up to 16 Kw per rack
-Annualised PUE 1.2
-Able to supply up to 38,000 Sq ft of floor space within 4-6 months
Onyx – DC1 Newcastle
-Flagship Data Centre
-5 minute walk from the centre of Newcastle, easily accessible from the A1 and twenty minutes away from Newcastle International Airport.
iomart – Leicester
-Total capacity of 620 m² (6,696 ft²)
-Approximate Capacity still available – 95%
iomart – Nottingham
-Total Space – 4,400ft2
-Approximate Capacity still available – 80%
Node4 Northampton
-New high quality facility opening April 2011
-40,000 sq ft gross, 720 footprints
Blue Chip, Bedford, Bedfordshire
-High quality site built to 2x(n+1) as standard
-PUE of 1.1 targetted, EcoCooling, Carbon offset
-Strong accreditations
-Competitive pricing
Aegis – Godalming, Surrey
-Proposed new scheme
-Construction yet to start
Next Generation Data – Newport, Wales
-Massive real estate style facility
-750,000 gross space
-BT and Logica signed as first tenants
-Dedicated build to each client
Node4 – Wakefield, Yorkshire
-High quality 13,000 sqft facility in Wakefield, Yorkshire
-Opened in summer of 2009
-Inteconnects to other Node4 PoPs and data centres
-4kW per cabinet and upwards
Wildcard NE5 – Newcastle
-1,200 sqft net tech in Newcastle
UK Solutions South – Studley, Warwickshire
-Opened 1998
-First of two UK Solutions facilities at this location
UK Solutions North – Studley, Warwickshire
-Claimed Tier IV standard
-Opened September 2008
-8KW per cabinet as standard, 16KW available
-Major carriers, LINX Node, LoNAP Node, NYiX Node
Centro – Hemel Hempstead
-4kW per rack standard up to 24kW possible
-24x7 onsite support
-Managed connectivity to Docklands
Blue Square Maidenhead
-Up to 16Amps per cabinet
-Strong ISP and hosting community
Network-i Slough
-16Amps per rack via A+B feeds
-Quality Tier3 facility
-Competitively priced
Blue Square Milton Keynes
-Claimed Tier4 standard
-25,000 sq ft
-Up to 8kW per rack
Welwyn Data Centre
-Shell and Core scheme for large scale clients
-Sold on a leasehold basis
-COLT have taken 30,000 sq ft entirely for one client
Sentrum Woking
-200,000 sq ft site sold as a real estate solution, i.e. lease
-Retail colocation space available via various resellers/tenants
-Generally fitted out to Tier3 standards and 1.5kW/ sq m
SSE Data Centres – Fareham, Hampshire
-Impressive new Facility
-Able to offer high power cabs, up to 30kW
-Operator part of UK top 30 company
Knowledge IT North Tyneside Facility
-New facility opened Q4 2007
-Tier3 standard
-DR services available
DSM – Peterborough
-Highly secure East Midlands data centre
-Remote location designed for resilience
4D – Byfleet, Surrey
-7,000 sqft facility located in Surrey near Byfleet
-Offer shared, quarter, half or full racks
Node4 – Derby
-6,500 sqft Node4 facility in the Midlands
-Interconnected with Node4 data centres in Wakefield and Northampton (due 2011), and Node4 PoPs in Docklands and Manchester
The Dataport – Isle of Man
-Established Isle of Man facility and operator
CWCS Managed Hosting – Nottingham
-Facility in Nottingham
Databanx – Newcastle
-Facility in Newcastle
St James House – Bracknell, Berkshire
-Decent carrier access
-Connectivity diverse of central London
-8Amps per cabinet max
Telford HQ DC3
-Facility in Telford, Staffordshire
Telstra Cambridge Hosting Centre
-Telstra Cambridge facility
The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd – Kent
-Former military underground bunker
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