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Backbone Connect EC1 Datacentre
This purpose built datacentre facility is located just outside the City of London (EC1V) and is well served by Angel, Old Street and Farringdon Underground stations.
This facility is ideal if a Central London location is critical, it also offers direct access to the worlds largest IP network with excellent transatlantic connectivity. Availability is limited but we can offer single, contiguous, and suited areas.

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Overview:
- Owned and operated by the Worlds largest collocation provider
- Individual Cabinets to Full Caged/Private Suite Areas Available
- Located just outside the City of London served by Angel, Farringdon and Old Street Tube stations
- Minimum of N+1 architecture throughout
- Managed services and intelligent remote hands available
- Carrier Neutral Facility
- Power available from 10amps to 32amps
- Space Available Now
Technical Details
Key Features
- Modern data centre facility situated on the northern fringes of the City of London
- Technical space arranged over four floors
- “Shell and Core” arranged over five floors
- Total Size: 25,143 m²
- Available fully fitted space: 13,755 m²
- Available Shell and Core: 3,000 m²
- Maximum site power: 20 MVA
- Carrier connectivity: Level 3, Colt, BT, C_W, Interoute, 51 Degrees,
- Thus, Fibrenet, Energis, Tiscali/Nets
Mains Power
- Dual-redundant 20MVA, 33kV dedicated underground mains feeds, 4x 11kV supplies from ring supplied from two substations
- Three (five ultimate) x 3.8MVA 11kV diesel-driven emergency power generators. Automatic start in less than one minute to feed 100% of the facility.
- Fuel storage for 24 hour continuous operation at 100% load
UPS
- Three separate systems of five x 625kVA Hybrid Rotary UPS modules providing 2500kVA output each with N+1 redundancy
- Total facility UPS capacity: 7500kVA N+1
- 15-minute battery autonomy per UPS module
- Dual-redundant A and B distribution possible
DC
- Four x 6000Amps -48VDC power system for Telecom network Equipment
- Four hours of battery autonomy
Environment
- Cooling Criteria: 750W/m², 21°C+/- 2°C, 50%RH +/- 10%
- Underfloor cooling air distribution
- N+1 Perimeter down-flow chiller water cooling units
- 13x1100kWr Air-cooled package chillers giving 12,100kWr with N+2 redundancy
Physical
- Minimum floor-to-ceiling clearance: 2,570mm from top of raised floor
- 550mm average raised floor height, depending on floor
- Raised Floor Loading 14kN/m²
- Structural Floor Slab 21kN/m²
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
- CCTV monitoring and recording of all access points and circulation are
Fire Strategy
- Very Intelligent Early Warning (V.I.E.W.) detection — above and below raised floor
- Smoke extract system at 12 air changes per hour
- Double-interlocked pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system
Security
- Full electronic access control system, based on Proximity cards, PIN keypads, and Biometric Palm-scanners for colocation rooms
Building Maintenance System (BMS)
- 24x7 local monitoring and logging of environment alarms and conditions
- Critical alarm repeating to London and Denver
- Full perimeter under-floor leak detection linked to building monitoring system
Telecom Infrastructure
- Facility designed to accommodate standard rack/cabinets of 2,200mm nominal height
- Power distributed underfloor, fibre and copper cabling distributed overhead (fibre within a managed containment system, copper within a heavy-duty racking system)
- The building has two fibre access point
General Facilities
- Dedicated loading area
- Storage area (125 sq.m)
- Two goods lifts (maximum loads — 3,950kg and 4,400kg)Introductory Offers
Package Offers
- 1 x 47u Cabinet From £995 per month
- 5 x 47u Cabinets £4,495 per month
- Private Suites and Caged Areas Available
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