LD6: Pushing the boundaries of data centre design

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Equinix.co.uk IBX DATA CENTRE LONDON SLOUGH LD6 BRING YOUR IDEAS TO LIFE

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Equinix.co.uk

IBX DATA CENTRE

LONDON SLOUGH LD6

BRING YOUR IDEAS TO LIFE

LONDON SLOUGH LD6: BRING YOUR IDEAS TO LIFE

Equinix newest London Slough flagship data centre, pushing the boundaries of data centre designEquinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading global interconnection platform, is the world’s largest data center provider. Reflecting more than 15 years and $7 billion of investment, we have 100+ data centers on five continents in 33 of the world’s top business markets. The opening of our new LD6 facility in London Slough continues our steady growth and expansion, enabling us to accelerate business performance for more companies worldwide. Our global interconnection platform offer access to an unmatched choice of partners and customers. We are home to more than 1,000 networks, 1,200 cloud and technology services, 800 financial services firms and 475 digital content and media companies.

LD6 connects to two sister data centers LD4 and LD5 via hundreds of dark fiber links completing the London Slough campus; increasing campus capacity and resiliency. The London Slough campus is one of the busiest network nodes in the UK, and offers latency in the region of 30 milliseconds to New York and 4 milliseconds to Frankfurt, making it an ideal high-performance hub for cloud and content service provision.

PowerEquinix IBX data centres are specifically designed to provide robust power and cooling infrastructure with the highest levels of reliability. Our LD6 centre offers distributed redundant UPS power, delivering industry leading uptime availability for our customers.

Our power features include:

• Electrical Capacity – 12Mw of UPS backed power, 24Mw utility supply

• UPS Configuration – multiple UPS systems comprising 5 x UPS modules in an N+1 configuration

• UPS Topology – distributed redundant topology is used to provide 2 independent UPS back power supplies to each customer cabinet, mechanical services are also supported by UPS

• Standby Power – multiple 1.2mw generators back up each UPS system. A total of 24 generators will be installed to suppor the full site load.

CoolingLD6 uses and innovative cooling system utilising indirect air cooling.this ensures LD6 has a lower carbon footprint than other facilities of this scale.

Equipment:

• Indirect evaporative Cooling Air Handling Units x 80 (40 per phase)

• All AHU’s have dual power feeds from dedicated UPS modules

• 350m deep water extraction bore hole to provide a reliable source of water for the cooling system

• Rain water harvesting is used to reduce water consumption in the office areas

• The office area is cooled by a low energy night time purge system.

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SecurityThe physical security of the Equinix IBX centre is our highest operational priority. Each IBX utilizes an array of security equipment, techniques and procedures to control, monitor and record access to the facility including customer cage areas.

To ensure the highest level of security we provide:

Physical – 2.4m perimeter security fence. speed gates regulating vehicle access with good deliveries accessing site via a vehicle trap to prevent tailgating. at the visitor entrance, we have reinforced walls and full height turn styles, full height in and out turnstiles

Human – 24x7 security guards

Electronic – 24x7 monitoring, digital CCTV backed by 90 days of digitally recorded material, biometric palm scanner at the entrance, photo ID access card, intruder alarm

ServicesCompanies across the globe bring their most valuable information assets to Equinix for the exceptional service they receive. The teams at our IBX centres are their greatest asset, providing exceptional insight and expertise around the clock, every day of the year.

ConnectivityIn an increasingly digitally-driven world, our customers use our interconnection solutions to leverage the carrier-dense ecosystem within our IBX centres for faster and more reliable network performance.

The Interconnection features of our LD6 IBX include:

• Campus environment with diverse dark fibre routes between LD4, LD5 and LD6

• Access to 100+ carriers

• Direct access to LINX and European exchanges

• Access to virtual finance centre

• Complete cloud service ecosystem

• An Equinix Advertising Internet Exchange (Ad-IX) hub

Fire Detection and SuppressionEquinix IBX centres are constructed with cutting edge fire detection and suppression systems that limit the potential for damage in the event of a fire.

• VESDA is very early smoke detection apparatus.

• Site wide fire alarm using ionising and optical smoke detectors.

• Hi-fog is triggered by a ‘double knock’ control within the fire alarm system to prevent false activation.

• Hi-fog suppression system.

LD6 Site Specs

Total space: 8000 m2

KVA per m2: 1.5

Highest KVA per cabinet: 12

LD6 Certifications

ISO 9001: 2008ISO 27001OHSAS 18001: 2007SSAE16 / ISAE 3402Certified LEED Gold Award

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Equinix.co.uk

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), connects more than 4,500 companies directly to their customers and partners inside the world’s most networked data centers. Today, enterprise, cloud, networking, digital media and financial services companies leverage the Equinix interconnection platform in 33 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

By connecting directly to their strategic partners and end users, customers are forming dynamic ecosystems inside Equinix. These interconnected ecosystems enable companies to optimize the performance of their content and applications and protect their vital digital assets.

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