IONOS, Europe鈥檚 largest hosting services provider, and Fasthosts, its UK subsidiary, have opened a state-of-the-art data centre situated at Worcester Six 老九品茶 Park.聽
The 43,708 sq ft unit comprises a cutting-edge 30,729 sq ft data centre and 12,978 sq ft of ancillary offices.
The data centre represents a 拢21 million investment in the local Worcester community. It has been designed with a modular approach, with each module at the site fully independent and, technically speaking, a data centre in its own right.聽
This provides the opportunity for expansion with three extra modules to support future growth.
Sustainability is at the forefront of the data centre, with a wide range of sustainable and energy-efficient features, including solar photovoltaic panels covering up to 10% of the energy use at the site. All necessary carbon used for the construction of the building envelope has been compensated.
Designed and constructed to a Tier IV standard, the data centre is connected to the middle of the UK鈥檚 fibre figure of eight, linking the site directly to IONOS鈥� backbone network with an outside capacity of 3,000 Gigabit per second. This strong fibre optic connectivity will help drive the latest technology in the region to support business growth, all whilst operating securely and sustainably.
Henning Kettler, chief technology officer at IONOS, said: “IONOS understands that its UK customers feel more secure knowing their data is being safely stored in UK based data centres that are more easily accessible.聽
鈥淎s such, we are delighted to officially announce the opening of our new site in Worcester, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to our customer鈥檚 needs, the UK market, and ongoing investment into infrastructure and jobs within the industry.
鈥淣ot only will the centre host one of the largest cloud platforms in Europe, but we鈥檙e incredibly proud of the features which have created the most modern, environmentally friendly IONOS data centre to date.聽
鈥淲e are looking forward to continuing to deliver above and beyond for our UK customers through the power infrastructure provided by Worcester Six 老九品茶 Park, enabling us to operate our safe, secure and sustainable data centre.鈥�
IONOS was established in 1988 and is the largest hosting company in Europe, managing more than eight million customer contracts and hosting more than 22 million domains in its 11 own regional data centres around the globe.聽
The IONOS group operates in 15 countries around the world and employs 4,000 people worldwide.
Simon Yeoman, Fasthosts CEO, said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic to be able to bring our customers along with us as we take a big step into the future with the launch of this state-of-the-art data centre.聽
鈥淭hanks to the building鈥檚 clever modular design, it is now home to a separate, dedicated data centre 鈥榤odule鈥� that has been created specifically for Fasthosts customers.
鈥淚n setting up our new Worcester data centre, we are now in the process of migrating our existing Gloucester data centre to the new location.聽聽
鈥淎 lot of expertise and attention has gone into the migration planning process and businesses will certainly enjoy the benefits in the long run when they unlock the raft of benefits such as increased connectivity, improved uptime, and top-tier products, underpinned by more sustainable hosting.鈥�