05 December 2016
Stellium has also built a 40km metro fibre network to connect its new site in Newcastle.
New company Stellium says the three data centres on its campus in Newcastle are now fully operational.
Built to BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and ‘Outstanding’ standards, the Tier III+ campus has a PUE rating of 1.16.
The site also has its own dedicated power supply from an adjacent National Grid interconnector. This provides up to 80MVA via four 20MVA 11kV feeds from two dedicated SSE substations.
Stellium has also invested in a 40km metro fibre network in Newcastle. The multi-duct network is said to be the first of its kind to be built in the city, and connects the company’s data centres to multiple long-haul and international carriers. Stellium says this will ensure that clients have low latency, high capacity connectivity to London, Europe and the U.S.
Stellium was setup by Noel Meaney, founder of Citadel100 Datacenters, euNetworks and Seafibre Networks. He says the Newcastle campus has been designed to offer the power, scale and flexibility that enables customers to configure the data centre to their own requirements.
“The way we store, manage, manipulate and move data is driving and creating new market opportunities,” says Meaney. “Data centres are the hub of modern business operations and can no longer be viewed simply as a commodity. Instead, they have evolved to become a strategic business asset.”
Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes describes the North East as a “hotbed for digital innovation”, and says the new data centres cements the region’s position as the fastest growing tech sector outside of London.
“Combined with the £30m National Institute for Smart Data Innovation on Newcastle Science Central and world-leading and renowned research at our universities, having this kind of infrastructure will now allow us to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the explosion in big data.
“These unique assets will provide access to new international markets, attract further investment, encourage business growth and help develop skills and create jobs of the future.”
