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Global Switch 2 or commonly Global Switch
House is Europe's largest purpose built data
centre. It covers some 705,498sqft of space
over 10 floors. When we were looking for a
suitable place to house UK servers
redundancy was high on the list. |
| Having N+1 redundancy on the power and
environmental systems was as clearly a
winner in favour of Global Switch, couple
that with multiple independent fibre
connections it put Global Switch ahead of
the competition. |
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Power |
- Minimum N+1 redundancy on power
supply
- Mains power supplied via 2 x 132kV
incoming connections
- Diverse A&B supply, distributed via
11kV ring mains units
- 3.1MW of power per floor plate
- Power / cooling systems backed up by
up to 33 no-break Rotary Diesel UPS sets
- On site diesel supply (4x119,000
litres) supporting up to 50 hours use at
full capacity with 24/7 fuel delivery
contract
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Environmental |
- Minimum N+1 resilience on chilled
water cooling system
- Technical area temperature
maintained at 22 degrees Celsius (+/-2)
- Humidity range of 50% (+/- 10%) in
technical areas
- Up to 25 air cooled chillers
installed, supplying up to 1.4MW of
cooling per unit
- Close control units provide
conditioned air to technical space
- Diverse chilled water distribution
throughout facility
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Fire detection & suppression |
- Analogue addressable fire detection
system in all areas (smoke & heat) with
manual break glass units
- Very early smoke detection and alarm
systems (VESDA) in the return airflow of
CCU's
- Gas suppression system using
centrally stored Inergen to technical
and selected public areas
- Sprinklers in corridor areas and
plant rooms, with water ingress
protection and monitoring
- Dry risers to all floors
- Smoke and gas extraction systems
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Telecoms |
- Access to multiple telecoms
providers located in dedicated meet me
rooms, via diverse connections
- Diverse entry cable points (x4) with
a combination of 110mm ducts and 32mm
subs
- Basket trays in three sided format
to all data risers - fully access
controlled
- Multiple connections to each data
suite
- Roof space and structural support
for satellite & antennae equipment
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Building |
- Dedicate 24/7 facilities management
team
- Building management system monitors
M&E operation within the facility to
ensure stability of the environment,
monitor electrical/mechanical systems,
enable system interface, aggregate data,
and interlink the life systems in the
event of fire alert
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Security |
- Premises controllers manager
facility security 24/7
- Access control using proximity card
readers
- Intruder alarms to all areas with
external infa-red barrier
- Exterior and interior CCTV camera
systems
- Secure, attended delivery & loading
area
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