Leicester Data Centre

Our Leicester data centre is situated I kilometre north-west of the city of Leicester.

The Leicester centre provides a total capacity of 620 m² (6,696 ft²) of high quality, resilient and secure space across 2 data halls.

• Data Hall 1 = 300 m² (3,239 ft²)
• Data Hall 2 = 320 m² (3,457 ft²)

Key features at a glance

• 24 hour Manned Security, CCTV & Intruder Alarmsv
• 24 hour Network Monitoring
• 1Mva Generator
• 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)