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More Midlands space saves CO2 from London Datacentres

 

FRIDAY 4th APRIL 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

UKS, a Midlands based company with 10 years IT infrastructure hosting experience, today announced a state of the art new Datacentre facility opening soon on their existing campus. “UKS North” is a purpose built 10,000 square foot building designed from the ground up to offer the highest levels of cutting-edge co-location services, with a focus on limiting environmental impact.

 

The new Tier 4 based facility is the highest specified, purpose built Datacentre outside London designed with 100% A/B (N+N) power and cooling power systems. Split into three suites it offers a combination of shared and dedicated areas. Single person man-traps, 24x7 security and an exclusive 1.8 acre site contribute towards a strong security ethos. It will be fully operational by June 23rd, 2008.

 

Cooling systems are the single largest power user in a datacentre. UKS North utilises “free air cooling” taking air from the atmosphere to reduce CO2 emissions from refrigeration, saving over 20% on the entire facility's footprint compared with a traditional datacentre. From on-site cardboard recycling to efficient lighting, the environment has been considered to ensure UKS and it's customers can fulfil their own corporate responsibility objectives.

 

The UKS site is supplied with a diverse, multi carrier communications infrastructure from a number of national telcos and UKS' own network for expert delivery of IP transit, MPLS, IP-VPNs and the popular LINX From Anywhere services.

 

Daniel Lowe, Operations Director commented;

 

“ The continuing squeeze on Datacentre space in the UK has created the perfect environment for UKS to continue to grow its successful hosting services. Having built a reputation for excellent reliability married with a price sensitive view over the last 10 years, we are already seeing huge demand for space in our new building. The rising cost of services in London means that more and more people are looking outside the capital to host their mission critical IT systems. UKS can provide seamless connectivity back to the main UK datacentres through its MPLS services. UKS has proven that it can provide the right levels of service without incurring undue network delay, dispelling myths that the Midlands is “too far”!

We already have a strong core of customers in finance, public sector and the media, as well as a variety of IT/communications services providers. With our strong financial history we have been able to plan and deliver this expansion without external investment – our new customers can count on UKS as a secure partner in the future. ”

 

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