Blue Square House Data Centre - Maidenhead
The Blue Square Data Centre based in Maidenhead, Berkshire is one of the UK's leading data centres. The data centre has been built from the ground up with connectivity and resilience in mind.
The Blue Square data centre is used for all our shared/reseller hosting clients as well as our dedicated server customers.
The data centre is also carrier neutral which is important as it is not tied to any one particular IP transit provider ensuring that connectivity is kept at a maximum by offering full redundancy and the ability to switch providers as and when required.
Some of the key features of the data centre are shown below:
- 450mm raised floor void
- Redundant parallel UPS system @ N+1
- Close control down flow air conditioning units @ N+1
- Data Centre staff on-site 24/7
- 2MW substation with 11KV feed
- Backup diesel generator
- Fire detection and gas suppression system
- 2.5 metre palisade security fence around perimeter
- PAC security access system
- 24/7 recorded CCTV on every rack aisle and all entrances
- Multiple fibre routes out of the building, diversely routed
- Multiple 10 gigabit ethernet network connections to London
- Cat6 shielded structured cabling
Cadogan House Data Centre - Reading
The Cadogan House data centre is based in Reading, Berkshire and is one of the UKs most established providers of high quality hosting services.
The Cadogan House data centre is used for all our VPS server clients as well as off-site monitoring and backup solutions.
Some of the key features of the data centre are shown below:
- 10,000 ft² gross floor space
- Standard 45U 19” server racks
- Raised floor throughout the data centre
- Fully gated with a barrier system
- Redcare GSM system security monitoring
- Full CCTV & infrared monitoring of all data centre areas with 24 hour recording
- Smoke and fire detection and monitoring systems
- 600kVA available site power
- Independent HV substation (dual fed – part of loop)
- N+1 UPS feeds to each rack as standard
- Redundant N+1 configuration Airedale Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) down flow units
- Cooling system in hot isle/cold isle configuration
- Multiple gigabit connections to London Telehouse East and Telehouse North
- Diverse and multiple fibre entry points for increased reliability, redundancy and disaster recovery
- Selected fibre network providers and Tier 1 ISPs operating full BGP4+ for maximum network reach, traffic balancing and automatic rerouting.
- Multi-gigabit redundant IP Transit connectivity