Week 9 has seen some more of the Sutton data centre decommissioned ahead of its closure, as well as the extension of our systems in Docklands. The Docklands facilities we use help form part of our global network, giving us access to carriers and connectivity. By operating our own rack space in other key London locations, we are able to maintain end-to-end control over our systems.

The on-site storage facility at our new data centre has also seen advancements this week, with flooring reaching completion ahead of storage rack assembly.

As you can see, this week has seen a division of work across 3 sites, making for a very busy period in terms of physical work and planning / orchestration.

This week has seen extensive planning for the data floor works to begin in earnest. There have also been finalisations made to the cabling infrastructure feeding the office, as well as preparation works on the core services room ready for cable runs to begin on the network. Because much of the work at the London Central facility has been hidden from view, there are no worthy progress photos for this week, bar one shot showing the flooring in the large ground floor storage area reaching completion.

One area of interest is the secondary team decommissioning the London South (Sutton) facility. The office space has seen a transformation back to its post-refurbished empty state. We took great pride in the building of our Sutton facility, and it is saddening to see it decommissioned, however we are moving on to far bigger and better things in Bermondsey.

We will have some further pictorial updates for you in the coming weeks.

This is a pivotal week for the project, in that migratory planning and preparations will be in full swing alongside build works. Works are now ready to begin on network and power for the data floors, which will see the project enter into it’s second phase – technical engineering.

Further transformations have been made to the offices this week, with completion of various areas including the shower room and board room. Some of the office furniture from Sutton has now been migrated to the new site. Full office operations are expected to function from Bermondsey very shortly.

As you can see, the amenities at the new site are rapidly reaching completion. The final migration of office furniture and systems will be taking place imminently.

Week 5 has been truly revolutionary for the office space, with a tangible change for building site to a space ready for occupation.

The offices are now rapidly approaching a state fit for occupancy.  We will be installing the final items in week six, after which point the office will be migrated.