Modular data centre developer Galileo Connect is to build a new, "sustainable" data centre near the Bank of England printing works, just outside London, as part of its 540 million expansion plan.
The company recently acquired the three acre site in Loughton, Essex and will complete construction of the 40 million development in October 2008. The company is also building a 200 million data centre in Paris, which it hopes to finish by September next year. Another data centre in Canberra, Australia has also been confirmed.
The company said the UK data centre will be greener than other data centres as it claimed that the ideal size of the data hall to be 1000 square metres with a power density of 1500 Watts per square metre. With Tier IV power and cooling, the data centre can accommodate 400 "cabinets".
"Sustainability is the issue of the day, and it's a topic that our industry has to take seriously," said Julian King, chief executive of Galileo Connect. "Our approach is born of over a decade of study in to the architectural, engineering and operational issues involved in the provision and ongoing management of highly resilient data centres. We are confident our new "modular" concept will address this issue and serve the global demand for secure data centres that are environmentally sound."
