Extra Power Helps Equinix Expand in London
For major data center providers, more power equals more colo space to sell. That's the case for Equinix (EQIX), which has arranged for additional power from the electric utility serving its London LD2 data center. Power capacity issues in London have limited the growth of a number of providers at a time when colocation space is at a premium.
Equinix also upgraded the building's cooling infrastructure, uninterrupted power supply (UPS) and generator backup systems, allowing it to open additional colocation space to customers in a new suite. The concept was developed in partnership with existing customers who have seen their power requirements increase significantly in recent years.
"This power upgrade has enabled us to help our existing customers grow as they seek to access more computing power," said Wynn McCabe, sales director of Equinix UK Ltd. "It has also allowed Equinix to release more colocation space which has been in demand for some time now. Furthermore, performing a complex upgrade in a live environment is particularly challenging and the team has achieved this while providing seamless power continuity to customers."
LD2 is in a prime location close to the UK's Silicon Valley. As one of the first sites to be opened, LD2 has a strong customer base and is served by 17 network providers including Abovenet, Cable & Wireless, Colt, Exponential-e, Global Crossing, Verizon and Virgin Media. The site is connected to Equinix's LondonCity, London Park Royal, and London Slough data centers.
Data center developers in London are working closely with local utilities to line up power for a number of new facilities under construction. New projects are underway for TeleCityRedbus, Easyspace, Colt, IXEurope and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). This surge in data center building was predicted in a 2006 survey by DataCenterDynamics of attendees at its London conference.
Equinix recently completed its $555 million acquisition of IXEurope, giving the company an additional 14 data centers with 380,000 square feet of space throughout Europe, including centers in London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Dusseldorf and Geneva.
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>>Equinix short-listed for two British Computing Socitey (BCS) Awards
Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral datacentres and Internet exchange services, has been recognized by the British Computing Society (BCS) for its success in building a financial community exchange for customers in Europe.
Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral datacentres and Internet exchange services, has been recognized by the British Computing Society (BCS) for its success in building a financial community exchange for customers in Europe.
The BCS Awards recognise achievement and innovation in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and Europe, and Equinix has been short-listed as a finalist in the “supplier organisation of the year” and the “financial sector organisation of the year” categories. It joins the likes of Barclaycard Business, Citigroup, RBS Group and System Associates, competing for a place on the winning podium.
Equinix has been selected based on its IXFX financial exchange community solution, in particular for its work in Germany with Deutsche Boerse Systems (DBS). Together they have launched the first proximity services for an exchange in Europe – creating an eco-system of different exchange members within a single location close to the exchange. These exchange members depend on execution speed, and milliseconds can make the difference between success and failure.
Over 40 companies have relocated their systems close to the exchange’s technical infrastructure in the Frankfurt-based Equinix datacentre and traders benefit from immediate benefits of reduced latency and costs – helping to shave milliseconds from the time to process orders through the exchange.
"By moving our core Eurex trading system from Chicago to Equinix in Germany and using their proximity service, we are seeing a net reduction in latency from around 130 milliseconds to less than 20 milliseconds,” says Ricardo Naon, chief information officer, Nico Trading. “Our automated trading systems benefit from, among other things, low message latency so this upgrade is making the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful trade, especially in high-volume commodities markets."
The BCS Award winners will be announced on the 6 December at the award ceremony in London.
Posted by: Paolo Gorgo at October 25, 2007 01:50 PM