29th June 2010
Carbon-free Computing Event Attracts Diverse Crowd from Data Centre Sector
Held at the ANDAZ Hotel in Liverpool Street, June 10th, the seminar Carbon-free Computing – A Guide to the Dark Green Data Centre was attended by 30 professionals representing a wide range of disciplines from property agents to data centre managers.
Martin Lynch, CEO, Infinity SDC said “Increasing regulation coupled with concerns about energy cost and security of supply are creating a perfect storm for sustainable data centre computing. It is important that potential customers are able to easily differentiate genuine ‘green’ data centre solutions such as Infinity ONE, from those using ‘greenwash’ to confuse the market.
“Infinity is still the only company in the UK to commit to delivering true dark green energy to power highly efficient IT infrastructure. For customers this means they get both cost efficiency and resilience in the data centre rather than a higher energy bill for buying expensive green energy in a less efficient centre elsewhere”
The Infinity ONE data centre previewed at the event boasts its own dark green energy supply which will be generated on-site at its Suffolk Campus ready for the first customer handovers mid 2011.
Keynote speaker, Trewin Restorick, CEO, Global Action Plan said, “The UK is facing a dilemma. More data centres are required to meet the demands of the digital economy whilst at the same time we have to meet increasingly tight carbon reduction targets. We need to do more with less. Making data centres increasingly efficient will take us some of the way, but ultimately more innovative answers are required.”
Infinity ONE offers a practical solution to this tension. It is surrounded by the agricultural land which supplies an energy crop to generate an eventual 8MW supply. The crop is grown together with food crops in a beneficial rotation. A by-product of this process is a nutrient rich ‘digestate’ which is returned to the land where it both fertilises and conditions the soil resolving one of the UK’s greatest environmental challenges soil erosion. Infinity ONE whilst autonomous from this green power supply, remains fully backed by the National Grid and also benefits from other ‘green’ infrastructure including fresh air cooling and ground source heat exchange.
For more details please contact Infinity SDC on 01908 488044 or visit www.infinitysdc.com.
About Infinity
Infinity SDC provides a unique, outsourced data centre design, build and operations service to private and public sector organisations. Focused on measuring Total Cost of Ownership Infinity’s service contracts, enable businesses to take full advantage of lower operating costs at a time when capital is highly constrained.
The company is fully committed to reducing both the energy waste and the carbon footprint of the IT sector and has adopted recommendations within the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency. Working in partnership with local agriculturalists, planning permission has been obtained for a sustainable, biomass-fuelled data centre campus using dark green energy generation on site at its Infinity ONE location.
Infinity TWO is possibly the last major data centre development to be able to comply with current planning requirements inside the M25. This major development in excess of 100,000 square feet of technical space provides Tier 3 data centre capacity in a readily accessible location being just 15 minutes from Liverpool Street station but away from all risks including flooding. Current energy efficient designs are available at a PUE as low as 1.2
Both sites are located along major telecoms carrier’s main fibre routes to Central London and utilise common design standards to provide with dedicated and resilient M&E systems to each of Infinity’s customers. Together with high levels of physical security, the provision of independent power and cooling infrastructure helps ensure availability of IT services to all of Infinity’s customers.
Infinity SDC is funded by leading private investors and holds assets of over 300,000ft2 for data centre development within the South East. Please visit www.infinitysdc.com for more information.
15th December 2009
Infinity ONE Carbon Neutral Data Centre Wins Datacentre Leaders Award
Infinity’s new sustainable biomass generation plant at its Infinity ONE data centre campus has won a major UK award for its forward-looking approach to solving carbon emissions and energy use by the sector
8th December 2009
Infinity Dark Green Energy Data Centre Takes a Step Closer
The UK’s first operational data centre to be powered entirely using on-site green energy has taken a step closer to completion with the commencement of installation of anaerobic digester plant and biomass generators at the Infinity ONE campus in East Anglia
3rd November 2009
New Infinity Tier IV Datacentre Brings Unrivalled Uptime to London
Europe’s first Tier IV data centre certified by the Uptime Institute is nearing completion at Infinity TWO ready to host non-stop IT services from Computacenter
Infinity will deliver Europe's first Uptime Institute certified Tier IV data centre facility at the end of 2009. The facility is being constructed at the company's Infinity TWO site at Romford and will meet the need for affordable and highly resilient datacentre stock in the London area. The datacentre is a joint initiative with IT solutions and services provider Computacenter.
3rd September 2009
Infinity SDC Announces MITIE Strategic Construction Project for London Data Centre
New affiliation adds construction strength to leading UK outsourced data centre service provider.
Infinity SDC has announced the appointment of MITIE Technology and Infrastructure Limited, for the construction project at its Infinity TWO facility in Romford, London. The appointment extends the existing relationship with MITIE on the £100 million development with MITIE providing a central development management team as well as dedicated project management and build teams for each customer project.
Martin Lynch, CEO, Infinity SDC said “We are delighted to extend our relationship with MITIE, a company which has gained an enviable reputation for delivering data centre projects on time and on budget. MITIE’s construction skills and services are a perfect complement to the Infinity professional team which provides exceptional experience in the design and operation of data centres.”
Mark Stokes, managing director, MITIE Technology and Infrastructure Ltd., said “We believe that Infinity TWO will lead the way for a highly efficient and resilient data centre development inside the M25. We are proud to be associated with this prestigious, two storey development. which is a good fit with the MITIE ethos.”
Infinity develops Tier 3 data centres to customers’ specifications using in-house designs, including an enhanced high efficiency system utilising DRUPS and water cooled chillers with cooling towers which will achieve a PUE of 1.4. MITIE is a leading proponent of sustainable technologies, winning significant business within the NHS for energy efficient solutions using heat recovery schemes and ground source heating and cooling systems.
Formerly a distribution warehouse, the Infinity TWO facility will support up to 100,000 square feet of secure data centre space on its ground and mezzanine floors, with all plant (including generators) housed within the building shell. Uniquely, Infinity provides each of its customers with dedicated and resilient M&E systems, from the HV transformer (including generators, UPS and chillers) to IT equipment cabinets. Together with high levels of physical security, the provision of independent power and cooling infrastructure helps to ensure the availability of IT services located at Infinity TWO.
Infinity TWO is situated in a low risk area with full planning permission granted. It is located 5 miles inside the M25 with plentiful public transport links to the City, and is adjacent to the A12 major fibre route from Docklands to Central London. Currently, over 30% of the space has been contracted to customers. For more details please visit www.infinitysdc.com.
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Infinity SDC provides a unique, outsourced data centre design, build and operations service to private and public sector organisations. By offering service contracts, businesses are able to take full advantage of the low operating costs which is beneficial in the current economic climate due to the restrictions on organisations’ access to capital funds.
The company is fully committed to the drive to reduce both the energy waste and the carbon footprint of the IT sector and has adopted recommendations within the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency. Working in partnership with local agriculturalists, planning permission has been obtained for a sustainable, biomass-fuelled data centre using dark green energy generation at its Infinity ONE campus.
Infinity SDC holds assets of over 300,000 sq. ft. for data centre development within the South East. Please visit www.infinitysdc.com for more information.
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