Telehouse brings more data center space online

http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40079&hilite

London, UK, 4 July 2008 - Telehouse Europe, home to the largest internet communications hub in Europe and the longest established provider of reliable and secure data centre facilities in the UK, is adding an extra 1,200 m² of high specification data centre space to meet growing customer demand.

With immediate availability, customers will benefit from: 2kw per footprint, with dual redundant power feeds (A+B from separate UPS systems), n+1 redundancy, hot and cold aisle cooling configuration, and unlimited 24 / 7 first line technical support - all as standard. This latest expansion comes ahead of an earlier announcement by Telehouse to invest an initial £80 million in developing its London Docklands data centre facilities. The move comes in spite of claims from certain industry sources that there is an effective block on data centre expansion and power supply in London.

Commenting on the extra data centre space, Mr Tokuji Mitsui, managing director of Telehouse Europe, says: “For a while we have been nearing full capacity at our Docklands site. This additional space will allow us the flexibility to satisfy customer demand today, whilst the Telehouse South development - set for completion in 2010 - will enhance this going forward.”

Very cool, the demand for data centers or at the very least data center space continues. I wonder if the demand is driven through new business requirements, new projects - “I need a blade farm of 400 blades for my grid project”, or existing data centers reaching their capacity and the point at which the cost/benefit ratio of upgrading isn’t sufficient.