Datacentres

A datacentre is a large, secure building that houses thousands of servers (which are basically computers without screens). When you connect to your website or email, you are making a connection to a server in one of these datacentres. We have servers in five datacentres around the world: Berkshire, UK; Hampshire, UK; New Jersey, USA; Virginia, USA; and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

UK datacentre 1 - Maidenhead, Berkshire Some of our UK servers are housed in BlueSquare 3, just 20 miles from London. It is ideally situated for European clients. Specially trained, highly experienced system and network engineering staff actively manage and maintain the facility 24/7 365 days a year. We also have similar facilties at our new green datacentre in Portsmouth. Purpose Built Design 13,000 square foot facility 430mm raised heavy duty flooring 20GBit resilient Ethernet ring available to all customers, linking BlueSquare 1, 2, 3 & MK to London Docklands facilities, with 50ms self-healing capacity Security Datacentre located inside its own secure compound, with 3-metre fencing and electric entry, including anti-tailgate systems 24x7 secure entry via swipe card system, with 6-layer entry Visitors are escorted by authorized personnel at all times Power Conditioning 2 megawatt on-site substation Diverse power feeds to substation Dual AKSA 1.6 megawatt generator connected via C&N ATS systems N+1 PowerWave UPS system HVAC Temperature Controlled Environment N+1 Airedale Air Handling system 22°C +/- 2°C data floor temperature Raised floor to provide uniform cooling distribution

US datacentre - Somerset, New Jersey Featuring a state-of-the-art network, power and environmental infrastructure, this purpose-built SAS 70 Type II certified facility was opened in 2007 in response to the demand for highly secure, fully redundant data centre facilities. It is situated just 43 miles southwest of New York City. Purpose Built Design SAS 70 Type II certified HIPAA compliant 36,400 square foot facility 11,000 square feet of raised floor Category 5e cabling throughout the facility Direct connectivity to main network VESDA smoke detection systems, above and below raised floor Advanced multi-zone, double pre-action, dry pipe-fire suppression system Fully redundant building and security management systems Security One of the first facilities to implement true three factor security 24/7 on-site facility and network monitoring 24/7 security staff, strictly enforced security procedures Visitors are escorted by authorized personnel at all times 24 hour internal and external video surveillance, 60 day minimum retention policy Multiple mantraps with reinforced walls Power Conditioning Facility fed by redundant 2500kva transformers Two Caterpillar generators rated at two megawatts each with 10,000 gallons of fuel capacity Contracted fuel suppliers on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week 144 watts per square foot Liebert PDU units located on the raised floor, rated at 650kva Fully redundant Eaton Powerware UPS Systems HVAC Temperature Controlled Environment 5 - 150 ton Liebert dry coolers 576 BTU's of cooling per square foot Temperature range of 65 - 75 degrees Fahrenheit Relative humidity range from 40% - 60% RH 24 Liebert CRAC units rated at 20 tons of cooling each Raised floor to provide uniform cooling distribution