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Centro datacentre

Robin Balen, Managing Director, comments:

The next phase of expansion at the Centro datacentre is an exciting time for Gyron. Our philosophy has always been that customers will respond enthusiastically when presented with a state of the art datacentre, a flexible approach, fantastic customer service and great value for money, and we’ve been bowled over by the volume of positive feedback about our facility from both new and existing customers. The contract figures speak for themselves, especially given the challenging wider economic conditions.

The fit out works will add an additional 360kW of IT capacity within the datacentre at Hemel Hempstead, over 85% of which has already been contracted for. Work on the expansion space is due to complete on the 1st of June, exactly 1 year after the Centro facility first opened its doors to customer equipment.

Ben Miller, Operations Director, continues:

Our approach from day one when designing the Centro facility was to ensure that the datacentre infrastructure was completely modular. This has allowed us to rapidly expand operations at the site to meet unprecedented demand for our services, and also increase the specification of our services when needed to suit specific customer requirements. This next phase is no exception and we look forward to delivering this additional capacity shortly.

State of the art power and cooling systems have been specified for the expansion area, along with a custom hot-aisle containment system designed in-house, allowing a best-in-class target Power usage Effectiveness (PuE) of between 1.3 and 1.4, whilst simultaneously providing enhanced 2N redundancy on the power infrastructure.

For further details on this and future expansion space at the Centro facility, please contact the Gyron sales team.

-ENDS-

About Gyron

Gyron was formed in March 2000, and offers colocation and a wide range complimentary managed services from two facilities — the London Hosting Centre in the heart of the London Docklands, and the Centro datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. Both datacentres are supported by 24/7 on-site teams of engineers and offer redundant power, cooling, and connectivity, all covered by 100% uptime service level guarantees. For more information, visit http://blog.gyron.net/.

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With over 70% of the capacity of our first phase of fit-out already sold to customers, we’re already planning the roll out of additional capacity at the site. For more details and pricing, contact sales@gyron.net!

Datacentre lobby area. All lighting is motion activated to save energy.

Secure areas with fire panels, separate VESDA systems, and access control

Suite 1 with first two pods live, and plenty of expansion room

2x 20 rack pods in Suite 1 with hot aisle containment

Suite 1 Plant Room showing DFUs, FM200 bottles and distribution boards

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Centro feature in HotLINX 18

Gyron, a leading UK provider of colocation services, have announced that their new Hemel Hempstead based Centro data centre facility opened for business on the 1st of June 2009 with over 70% of the initial capacity pre-sold.

Conveniently located close to the M1 and M25, the facility is set within a secure 50,000 sq ft compound and has 3MVA of HV power through redundant supplies, and multiple fibre providers on-site. The facility has been fitted out to a high specification, with all infrastructure installed with a minimum of N+1 redundancy, and certain key elements at 2N. A state-of-the-art IP CCTV system and access control system provides security, including man-traps and biometric iris scanners.

The facility uses highly energy efficient design principles, with enclosed rack hot aisle containment and economical chilled water cooling allowing standard rack densities of 4kW, rising up to a maximum of 24kW. Colocation space is available from individual racks up to private suites, complemented by a wide range of connectivity and management services. All power, cooling and connectivity services are covered by comprehensive 100% uptime Service Level Agreements.

“Gyron has been providing colocation services for over nine years now, with five of those as a member of LINX. We have established a wide reputation for our high specification, no-nonsense services and look forward to building on this at our new Centro facility in Hemel Hempstead” said Gyron Director, Robin Balen. “We’re very pleased with both the level interest and number of agreements already signed with both existing and new customers at the new facility”.

For more information on Gyron’s new data centre and other services please visit www.gyron.net, call +44 845 888 6900, or email sales@gyron.net. Centro Data Centre

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HV feed from EDF fully tested and energised

UPS batteries ready for installation and testing

Final UPS connections and testing

Access control system installed and tested

Splicing and testing fibre connections for our DWDM ring

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Finalising lagging for the chilled water pipework

Setting flow rates for the chilled water valves

Commissioning the air conditioning chillers

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3MVA HV transformer installed within secure compound

HV feed from our dedicated substation being terminated

First of 24 LV cables connecting the transformer and switchgear panels

Final connections being made on chilled water pipework

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LV cable ready for installation

Cables ready for 2,500A interconnect to Suite 1 LV panel

2,500A interconnect between switchgear panels installed

LV distribution cables installed on to heavy duty traywork

A+B 32A under-floor commando outlets being installed in Suite 1

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Chillers arrive on-site with a Rig Lift

Offloading first chiller on to the pre-prepared plinths

Preparing to position the second chiller

Both chillers in place and ready for pipework connections

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Unloading delivery of CRACs

Interior view of CRAC unit

CRAC bases positioned in the Suite 1 Plant Room

First CRAC unit installed on to base

First three CRAC units installed

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