City of London Data Centre

Our data centre is located within the heart of Europe's centre of global finance - London's Square Mile.

The centre offers a combined net capacity of 1,520 m² (16,000 ft²) of high quality, resilient and secure space, across 4 separate data halls:

• Data Hall 1 = 493m² (5,309 ft²)
• Data Hall 2 = 534m² (5.747 ft²)
• Data Hall 3 = 274m² (2,957 ft²)
• Data Hall 4 = 216m² (2,328 ft²)

Key features at a glance

• 24 hour Manned Security, CCTV & Intruder Alarmsv
• 24 hour on site Network Operations Centre (NOC)
• 4 x 1MW Generators
• 0.75 kW/m² power density
• N+1 Air Conditioning Systems
• Dual zone fire detection & INERGEN suppression system
• Up to 63A MCCB's within PDUs
• Dark Fibre Capability & Diverse Fibre Entry
• Carrier Neutral
• 6 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
• Mirrored Switchgear

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)