Data Centres
Glasgow Data Centre
Our data centre, is located approximately 5km from the heart of Glasgow's merchant city centre. Built on a 0.7 acre site and constructed especially for the purpose of large scale server hosting and colocation.
The centre offers a combined gross capacity of 1000m² (12,300 ft²) of high quality, resilient and secure space, across 2 separate data halls:
- Data Hall 1 = 410m² (4,445 ft²)
- Data Hall 2 = 358m² (3,855 ft²)
Key features at a glance
- 24 hour Manned Security, CCTV & Intruder Alarmsv
- 24 hour on site Network Operations Centre (NOC)
- 1MW Generators
- 0.75 kW/m² power density
- N+1 Air Conditioning Systems
- Dual zone fire detection & suppression system
- Up to 63A MCCB's within PDUs
- Dark Fibre Capability & Diverse Fibre Entry
- Carrier Neutral
- 2 x 500 kVA UPS (N+1)
- Controlled Environment - room temperature 24°C +/- 2°C
- 0.75kW/m² cooling density
- 12kN/m² raised floor system - 600mm void
Data centre features at a glance
Maximum Security
- 24 x 7 x 365 Manned Security & Monitoring
- Smart Card access policies
- Internal and External CCTV systems
- Security breach alarms
Stable Environmental Conditions
- 24 x 7 environmental monitoring systems
- Constant evaluation and testing of all systems
- N+1 redundant Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) system
- Fully redundant air handling units provide constant fresh airflow
- Raychem Fluid Detection
- FM200 fire suppression equipment
Power
- Dual independent power feeds, backed up by dual battery string Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) systems (deployed as standard)
- 2 Megawatt diesel generators - protect services from any single power failure
Interconnectivity
- Diverse fibre routing via multiple carriers
- Truncated internal cable network
- ODF/DDF (Optical Distribution Frame/Digital Distribution Frame) bandwidth
- Cross Connection to a number of Tier 1 carriers
- Internal inventory systems track all cables, circuits and cross-connects
- Scalable architecture including multiple redundant core switches and routers
Technical Support & Services
- On site technical engineers 24 x 7
- All technicians are employed direct by iomart
- On site Network Operations Centre (NOC)




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