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BIS’ City of London data centre offers 10,000 square feet of managed colocation space in the heart of London’s historic financial district.

This Tier 3 gateway and hosting facility provides 24 x 7 manned security. Power is provisioned by dual redundant 20 MVA, 33 kV dedicated underground cable feeds, 4 x 11 kV mains supply ring from from two transformer substations and a 1kw/m2 cooling criteria.

Power & Resilience

  • Dual redundant 20Mva power feed
  • Redundant 3.8MVA 11kV diesel driven emergency power generators
  • Fuel storage for 24 hour continuous operation at 100% load
  • Each generator starts automatically in less than 1 minute to feed 100% of the facility
  • 3 x separate systems of 5 x 625kVA hybrid rotary UPS modules
  • UPS capacity of the facility is 7,500 kVA N+1 with a 15 minute battery autonomy per UPS
  • A&B dual bus systems for cabinet power delivery
  • 16amp and 32 amp single and three phase power options
  • 4 x 6,000 amps / 48V DC power with 4 hour battery autonomy

Connectivity

  • Carrier Independent
  • National and international MPLS
  • Metro and national Ethernet at 10/100/1000 Mbits
  • SDH - 2 meg to STM-1
  • Resilient IP Bandwidth and BIS core 10Gbit/s resilient ring network

Security & Access Control

  • Perimeter door monitoring and alerting
  • Monitored/Recorded by CCTV 24 x 7 by security control room
  • Integrated card access and biometric access control
  • 24x7 manned security personnel
  • Security systems linked to BMS and BIS NOC

Environmentals

  • 4 x server rooms at cooling criteria of 1kw/m2
  • N+1 perimeter down flow chiller water cooling units to maintain redundancy and resilience
  • 550mm raised floor height, raised floor 14 kN / m2 and structural floor slab 21 kN / m2
  • Underfloor pressurised air circulation
  • Very Intelligent Early Warning (VIEW) fire detection system located to within 1m2
  • Pre-action type mist based sprinkler
  • Zone detection fire alarm system
  • Fire detection and suppression linked to BMS

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