W E LWY N
DATA C E N T R E
Welwyn Data Centre
BUILDING OVERVIEW
SCHEDULE OF AREAS
The Welwyn data centre is situated within a highly secure
double fenced site and has been designed and built to a high
specification. The data centre is designed to be concurrently
maintainable and the resilient mechanical and electrical design
includes high levels of redundancy. It has been designed to exceed
the requirements of Uptime Institute’s Tier III rating and much of
the infrastructure design is more in line with Tier IV topology.
Total site area: 9.4 acres
Location
Size (sq m)
Size (sq ft)
Main Building
8,930
96,123
DRUPS Building (East)
1,054
11,345
DRUPS Building (West)
1,054
11,345
Construction was completed in 2009 and it was the first data
centre in the UK to be awarded a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
Gatehouse
The data centre has been planned to provide a total of
2,900 sq m of net technical space, arranged over two data halls.
Data Hall 1 has been fitted out and went live in 2010 and will be
available for immediate occupation; the second hall is currently
in shell condition to provide for future expansion space. The facility
also includes offices, logistics and ancillary space, together with
car parking for 30 cars.
Gross Internal Area
Reception
82883
4995,371
11,619
125,067
Size (sq m)
Size (sq ft)
Data Hall 1 (Fitted)
1,450
15,608
Data Hall 2 (Shell)
1,450
15,608
Total Data Centre Space
2,900
31,216
Location
Welwyn Data Centre
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW
Incoming Power
Cooling
• Two incoming HV supplies of 25 MVA
• Chilled Water System designed to N+2 redundancy
• Two diverse on site sub-stations
• Current installed chiller capacity: 4,800 kW
IT Power
• Design capacity: 9,600 kW
• The building is designed to ultimately provide 1,600 W
per sq m of IT power (2,320 kW per hall)
Fire Detection and Suppression
UPS
• Argonite fire suppression system installed
• DRUPS system in N+N configuration
Physical Storage Capacities
• Current installed capacity: 1,188 kW per unit no break
supply (1 unit per side installed)
• Design capacity: 5,940 kW no break supply
• BMS and EMS systems installed to monitor building
and electrical systems
• VESDA early detection and warning system
• 7 days Water Storage
• 7 days Diesel Storage
Security and Physical Protection
• Highly secure site with double fencing around the perimeter
Connectivity
• Vehicle lock to entrance
• Diverse fibre routes to the building
• External and Internal CCTV
• Diverse Meet-Me-Rooms
• Radar based intruder detection
• Carriers present currently include Colt, Vodafone/Cable
and Wireless, BT, Verizon and Level 3
• Biometric access control systems
FLOOR PLAN
Data Hall 1
Data Hall 2
Data Hall
Plant Areas
Offices and
Ancillary Areas
Plans are not to scale.
For indicative purposes only.
Welwyn Data Centre
PROXIMITY TO LONDON
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
A1
The data centre is located in Welwyn Garden City, easily accessible
from central London and is close to the national motorway network.
Enfield
Rail
London Kings Cross
Edgware
27 mins
Romford
Road
A1 (M) - Junction 4
A1 (M) - Junction 6
M25 - Junction 2
DIGSWELL
Central London
2.5 miles
3 miles
8 miles
26 miles
PARK
Air
BR
Luton Airport
Stansted Airport
Heathrow Airport
Shepherd’s
Bush
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14 miles
28 DIGSWELL
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WATER
35 miles
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GATEHOUSE
Mundells,
Welwyn Garden City,
Herts, AL7 1GE
CONTACTS
TERMS
Simon Moore
The building is held leasehold. Further terms are available upon application.
CBRE Data Centre Solutions
St Martin’s Court, 10 Paternoster Row, London, EC4M 7HP
D +44 (0)20 7182 3260
[email protected]
www.cbre.com
SUBJECT TO CONTRACT – January 2015
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