DataCentred MediaCity

Profile
DataCentred’s provide a secure facility for customers to either site their own equipment or to use our cloud infrastructure, from our 32,000 square foot, tier 3 facility, located on the MediaCityUK campus in Salford Quays. The facility provides diverse power grid feeds with back-up power generators and two separate UPS delivering secure, uninterruptable power supply with the capacity to handle a customer’s future growth requirements. Our carrier neutral facility provides multiple choices of telecommunications carrier delivering network resilience, avoiding lock-in and avoiding lengthy installation lead times.
Facility
1872 sq m of data centre raised floor, 2 halls, single floor
Self contained industrial unit, secure perimeter fencing
Accommodates approx. 850 800*1000* 47u cabinets
Pods of up to 48
Secure goods access
Secure storage
Build room
470mm raised floor, average loading 12kN/sq m
3.7m floor to ceiling height
Electrical and structured cabling below floor. Within Pods, above floor on raceways
Diverse fibre access
Independent carrier meet me rooms
Support and Monitoring
BMS system for monitoring all plant components
24*7*365 remote hands support service available
Direct access to skilled engineering teams
Electrical
Dual electrical feeds to pair of transformers (2N, A&B)
2N standby generation with 24 hour (max load) of fuel held on site
5 hour indefinite refuelling contract
2N UPS with 10 minutes autonomy (static on A supply and rotary on B supply)
32A A&B supply to racks as standard operated on a balanced load basis
High density loads up to 30kW through containment Pod design
Chilling
Warm aisle containment
Effective chilling for high density cabinets
Warm air vented through duct to 3.5m false ceiling void
N+1 CRAC air handling units in each data hall, each fed from A & B supplies
N+1 Direct Exchange air conditioning units for reduced water leakage risk, fed from A & B supplies
Fire & Security
VESDA with smoke heads above & below floor
FM200 fire suppression
Robust 2m palisade fencing around site with intruder detection
Security Gate for site and delivery access
CCTV monitored locally from control lodge and remotely
All staff security screened to meet BS7858
Stringent but flexible access procedures
24*7*365 customer access
Card system restricts data hall access to authorised staff
Pre-clearance of visitors