Global Switch London 2 is Europe's largest purpose-built data centres with a gross size of 705,498 sq ft. The Tier-4 facility is located in the heart of the UK's internet infrastructure, and is underpinned by a minimum N+1 standard for power and cooling systems, delivering an optimal operating environment to clients 24x7.

                

                

• Purpose built datacentre from ground up.
• Gross area: 705,498 sq ft.
• Steel frame, concrete floors, metal faced cladding and glazing.
• Typical floor loading of 10kN/m2.
• 5m slab to slab height equating to 4.25m clear height to underside of deepest beam.
• Raised floors with anti-static tiles and a minimum height of 600mm installed in fully fitted areas, providing minimum clear height of 3.65m to underside of deepest beam.
• Column spacing primarily based on a 6m grid additional info.
• Passenger lifts x 6 (8 people max per lift).
• Goods lift (7.5 tonnes).

• Minimum N+N resilience on chilled water cooling system.
• Temperature in technical space maintained at 22ºC
  (+/-2ºC).
• Humidity range of 50% (+/-10%) in technical areas.
• Up to 25 air cooled chillers installed, supplying 1.4MW of cooling per chiller.
• Close control units (CCUs) provide conditioned air to technical space.
• Diverse chilled water distribution pipe work (ring main type) throughout facility.

• Minimum N+N redundancy on power supply.
• Mains power supplied via 2 x 132kV incomers.
• Diverse A&B supply, distributed via 11kV ring main units.
• 3.1MW of power per floor plate.
• Power/cooling systems supported by up to 33 no-break RotaryDiesel UPS sets.
• On-site diesel tanks (4 x 119,000 litres) support 50 hours at full capacity with 8 hour, 24x7 fuel delivery callout contract in place.

• Analogue addressable fire detection system in all areas (smoke and heat) with manual break-glass units.
• Very early smoke detection and alarm system (VESDA) in the return air-flow of CCUs.
• Gas suppression system using centrally stored Inergen to technical and selected landlord areas.
• Sprinklers in corridors and selected plant rooms, with water ingress protection and monitoring provided where required.
• Dry risers to all floors.
• Smoke and gas extraction.

• Access to multiple telecommunications providers located in dedicated Meet Me Rooms (MMRs), via diverse dedicated connections.
• Diverse cable entry points (x4) with combination of 110mm ducts and 32mm sub ducts.
• Basket trays in three-sided format to all data risers – fully access controlled.
• Multiple connection points to each suite
• Roof space availability for satellite & antennae equipment within Global Switch.
• Direct interconnects to over 30 datacentres across Europe.

• Dedicated 24x7 facilities management team.
• BMS system monitors M&E operation within facility to:
  • ensure stability of the environment.
  • monitor key electrical and mechanical systems.
  • enable interface between key systems.
  • provide data gathering.
  • interlink life safety systems in the event of fire alarm activation

• Premises Controllers manage facility security 24x7.
• Access control using proximity card readers.
• Intruder alarms to all areas with external infra-red barrier.
• Multiple CCTV cameras (interior and exterior).
• Secure managed delivery and loading area.
• Biometric hand scanners at suite doors.
• Mantraps deployed at main entrance