With 87 per cent of businesses currently using public cloud in some form, central London data centre City Lifeline is announcing its plans to open a new data hall to keep up with high demand. The new hall, named the Shoreditch Suite due to its location at the heart of Tech City, will see City Lifeline take a further step in the expansion of the London data centre. The current part of this multi-phase development includes a new 11,000 volt …
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Social change and the Data Centre industry
Social change and the Data Centre industry The world is changing faster than ever. The economic centers of power are shifting, from West to East, and from North to South. Economic liberalisation is one driver, as is the speed at which capital moves seamlessly around the world - and the general demographic trends of people moving from insular communities in the countryside, to faster paced environments in towns and cities. But the biggest driver is technology. Manufacturing and IT technology …
Is the Data Centre facing extinction?
Is the Data Centre facing extinction? Enterprise data centres, government data centres, commercial data centres and colocation houses have seen a massive expansion over the last 15 years or so. Every organisation in the world uses more computing power today than it did five years ago and five years ago used more than it did ten years ago. Even small children who can barely walk use more computing power. Is there any end? And how can the world cope with …
The ‘networked world’ and what it means for data centres
The ‘networked world’ and what it means for data centres The world of work, play and living is changing. The economic models we have all dealt with for many years are based on ideas that relate to enterprise manufacturing and do not fit the interconnected digital work. The networked society gives us the strange idea of billion dollar corporations that own nothing – just our trust in them and our willingness to give them our information which they can then …
Why should we back up the backup?
Why should we back up the backup? A short while ago, we told you the story of our upgrade from a single, rather elderly, backup generator to a shiny new pair of N+1 diesel generators - giving us Tier 3 status at the same time. But why is it so vital to have this ‘belt and braces’ approach? Is it just about the standards, or is it really more about the customer? We think it’s most definitely the latter. The …
Are UK data centres at risk from energy price rises?
Are UK data centres at risk from energy price rises? Hardly a day goes by recently where there isn’t a story in the news about rising gas and electricity prices. Focus tends to be on residential rates, but business rates are affected too - and with the added complexity of daily standing charges on top of a fixed unit rate, plus VAT at the full rate and the Climate Change Levy (CCL) - it’s no wonder that businesses like data …
Which way is the Cloud blowing?
Which way is the Cloud blowing? Whatever we may think and however much or how little we believe the marketing hype, Cloud computing offers benefits to both users and providers - which cannot be achieved in any other way. The take-up of Cloud may not have been as instant as some would have liked us to believe in the early days, but it is unquestionably the way the world has been going, and will continue to go. In our last …
London vs the rest of the country
London vs the rest of the country Data centre colocation plays a significant role when it comes to housing today’s IT operations. For many businesses, it’s an attractive alternative to investing in building and maintaining a sizable space - to house and operate power hungry servers, telecoms and network equipment. The notion of operating this equipment offsite brings with it many benefits, but the decision is not as clear cut as that. There are a number of considerations to take …
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Reasons to choose City Lifeline ...
- We are tier 3
- We provide carrier choice
- We offer dark fibre
- We are in central London
- We are independent
