February 6, 2015March 16, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 53

Cabling continues this week, along with completion of final routes around the facility for cable runs. Our Emergency Power Off (EPO) system also took shape this week, which is an added safety feature that will allow the site to be blacked out should there be any major issues requiring a total power off (fire, electric shock etc).

Preparations for network riser between ground floor and first floor

First floor side of network riser completed, awaiting basket protection lid

Cable run holes in meet me room, which feed out to both data floors

Cable run holes in lift shaft, ahead of flexible conduit connections

Emergency Power Off (EPO) system being installed

All elements of the EPO system have been deployed in red

Another EPO junction and control box in the meet me room

Custom red face plates for EPO connection to core UPS units

Red continues all the way to the rear of the UPS, where the final connection is made

January 26, 2015March 9, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 52

Fantastic progress yet again this week, as various elements of the project come together as we continue to head towards making the site ready for initial occupancy.

Power supply for meet me room VESDA being installed

Clips for VESDA pipework installed on wall and ceiling grid

VESDA pipework being fitted in meet me room

VESDA pipework in first data hall reaching completion

Power for core UPS systems installed

Speedy Fuels delivery – generators now ready for commissioning

Our first two generator sets are now fuelled and ready for commissioning in the coming weeks

Power feed for fork lift charging station installed in warehouse / loading bay

Network cabling run in for cooling system control units

Cabling for the future second data hall on the ground floor awaiting their final pull into the meet me room

An exclusive look at our custom made APC quarter rack enclosures

Our new BT duct installed on Old Jamaica Road

January 16, 2015March 2, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 51

Much progress has been made again this week across many areas of the project, as we head towards our launch.

Small VESDA unit installed for sampling air in the meet me and electrical intake rooms

Power outlets installed for the A side of the core UPS system

Custom made cooling control box installed for backup AC supply in meet me room

Conduit run into top of outlets ahead of commissioning

Testing operation of the backup AC controller

Secondary cooling controller being installed for primary cooling from main evaporative system

VESDA system being installed in first data hall

A-side power distribution installed in cold corridor

B-side power distribution installed in cold corridor

B-side power distribution installation under way in cold corridor

Supplies in place for first two generators, ahead of finalisation

Generator feed breakouts to external compound, including custom junction boxes for control cables

VESDA pipework installation begins

VESDA pipework leading to first containment pod

VESDA pipework reaching the far side of the first data hall

VESDA pipework backbone which feeds back to the control and analysis unit

Next week will see many of the elements completed, along with a primary emphasis on finalising all cable runs ahead of a period of commissioning.

January 6, 2015February 23, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 50

Cabling, termination and commissioning continues this week, as we head towards taking the site live very soon.

Power cable reaching the electrical intake room on overhead containment system

Cable coiled together for one of the generators, ready for taking outside through the cladding onto the cable ladder

Cabling pulled through awaiting break out to generators in external compound

Power cables exiting facility to generator compound

Power cables being tied into containment basket internally

Power cables for one generator set tied into the cable ladder system

A look at the cable path down the side of the generator set

A look at the containment frame being fitted above the meet-me room infrastructure

Meet-me room containment frame in place

Containment frame complete with basket, ready for livening up any manner of connectivity requirements

Backup / failover AC system being fitted into meet-me room

Containment for AC feeds to external condenser being fitted

Copper piping feeds run to external cladding

External pipework and cable containment installed, along with bracket for external condenser

External condenser in place ahead of gas and electrical connections being made

External portion of the backup / failover meet-me room AC system completed

Internal portion of the backup / failover meet-me room AC system completed

December 19, 2014February 16, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 49

Cable pulling and system commissioning is now in full swing here at the London Central facility, which is a very exciting time for our entire team. Things are coming together very quickly now, and the data centre will soon have power and connectivity flowing through it as we head into a testing phase shortly thereafter.

We took delivery of our forklift this week, which will be employed to move heavy equipment around our campus moving forwards - it will be getting a full respray and livery soon

We took delivery of our new forklift this week, which will be employed to move heavy equipment around our campus moving forwards – it will be getting a full respray and livery soon