Colt London Goswell Road

Colt's Goswell Road facility is a large data centre 1km north of London's financial district, the City of London.

Although it's operated by international fibre carrier Colt, the data centre is run on a carrier-neutral basis. The data centre was run by Level 3, which was acquired byCenturyLink, which rebranded as Lumen. Lumen's EMEA companies were sold to Colt in 2023.  

hSo:wholesale services available at Goswell Road

• Colocation
• IP Transit
• Data Centre Interconnects

Colt London Goswell Road Miscellaneous Information

• Technical space arranged over seven floors
• Colocation Space: 12,212 sq m
• Total Physical Space: 25,143 sq m
• Maximum Site Power: 20 MVA

Power

• Mains Power: Dual redundant 20MVA, 33kV dedicated underground main feeds, 4 x 11kV supplies from ring supplied from 2 sub-stations.
• Generators: 4 (5 ultimate) x 4.3MVA and 2 x 2.0MVA diesel driven emergency power generators giving 21.2MVA. Automatic start in less than 1 minute to feed 100% of the facility. Generator fuel for 24-hour continuous operation at 100% load.
• UPS: 3 separate systems of 5 x 625kVA Hybrid Rotary UPS modules providing 2500kVA output each with N+1 redundancy. 1 system of 5 x 500kVA UPS modules providing 2000kVA total output with N+1 redundancy. Total facility UPS capacity: 9500kVA N+1. 15 minute battery autonomy per UPS module. Dual redundant A&B distribution strategy. Underfloor power track distribution system.

Environmental

• 750W/sq m average cooling capacity over the gross space
• Temperature regulated to below 26 degrees C
• Humidity regulated overall to 50%RH +/- 20%
• Technical areas positively pressurised to minimise dust ingress.

Physical

• Minimum floor to ceiling clearance: 2,570mm from top of raised floor
• 550mm average raised floor height, depending on floor
• Raised Floor Loading 14kN/sq m
• Structural Floor Slab: 21kN/sq m
• 2 goods lifts (maximum loads - 3,950kg & 4,400kg)

Fire Prevention

• Very Intelligent Early Warning (V.I.E.W.) detection above and below raised floor
• Smoke extract system at 12 air changes per hour
• Double interlocked pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system

Security

• Remote 24x7 security monitoring
• Full electronic access control system, based on proximity cards with photo and PIN keypads
• Biometric Palm-scanners in addition for Colocation Areas
• Locks on colocation suites and cabinets
• Intruder detection system on escape and riser doors
• CCTV monitoring and recording of all access points and circulation areas

Building Monitoring System (BMS)

• Location Operations and Control Centre
• Network monitoring system with critical alarm repeating to Regional Management Centre
• 24x7 local monitoring and logging of temperature and humidity conditions and alarms
• Full perimeter under-floor leak detection linked to building monitoring system

Telecoms Infrastructure

• Facility is designed to accommodate standard rack/cabinets of 2,200mm nominal height
• Power distributed under floor
• Fibre cabling distributed overhead within a managed containment system
• Copper cabling distributed overhead within a heavy duty racking system
• The building has three fibre access points

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