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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

  • 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

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)