TELEHOUSE EUROPE FURTHER EXPANDS IN LONDON DOCKLANDS

Posted on: 04/07/2008

Telehouse Europe, home to the largest Internet communications hub in Europe and the longest established provider of reliable and secure data centre facilities in the UK, is adding an extra 1,200 sq m. (12,917 sq. ft.) of data centre space to meet growing customer demand.

With immediate availability, customers will benefit from: 2kW per footprint, with dual redundant power feeds (A+B from separate UPS systems), n+1 redundancy, hot and cold aisle cooling configuration, and unlimited 24x7 first line technical support – all as standard. This latest expansion comes ahead of an earlier announcement by Telehouse to invest an initial £80 million in developing its London Docklands data centre facilities. The move comes in spite of claims from certain industry sources that there is an effective block on data centre expansion and power supply in London.

For a while Telehouse has been nearing full capacity at its Docklands site. This additional space will allow the organisation the flexibility to satisfy customer demand today, while the Telehouse South development – set for completion in 2010 – will enhance this development.

According to a recent edition of The Economist magazine, data centres are now essential to nearly every industry and have become as vital to the functioning of society as power stations are. The importance being placed by businesses on outsourcing their critical data centre and facilities management needs is clearly being reflected by demand from both new and existing customers.

In 2006, Telehouse achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (Information Security) and ISO 9001:2000 (Quality Management) accreditations across all its sites in the UK and France. It is currently working towards becoming the first data centre facilities to attain ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System) accreditation. Telehouse facilities in London Docklands have become the biggest internet communications hub in Europe, with over 700 customers including telecoms carriers, internet service providers, media companies and corporate customers. Telehouse is also home to the London Internet Exchange (LINX), one of the world's largest Internet Exchange Points.

Five out of seven of the UK's largest Internet exchanges all use Telehouse co-location facilities. In Europe, Telehouse operates five data centre facilities across London and Paris, providing 30,000 sq. m. (323,000 sq. ft.) of data centre services.