Datum Datacentres

Datum Datacentres is a UK colocation provider that runs carrier-neutral data centres in the London and South East region and in Manchester. Its Farnborough site, FRN1, sits inside a technology park and houses secure space for the business-critical IT of enterprise and service-provider clients. A second Farnborough build, FRN2, is under construction.

What Datum Datacentres offers

• Colocation — rack space in purpose-built halls, with Farnborough able to hold more than 1,000 racks.
• Connectivity — carrier- and cloud-neutral facilities, plus a dedicated fibre network for links across the UK.
• Service management — in-house support, a named client service manager, environmental and usage reporting, and a helpdesk with remote hands at all hours.
• Resilient power and cooling — a 2N power design and pressurised free cooling aimed at energy efficiency.
• Partner services — an ecosystem of carriers, cloud partners, managed service providers and lifecycle service providers.

Who it works with

Enterprise and service-provider clients, including organisations running hybrid compute and connected disaster-recovery set-ups.

Key facts

• Based in: Farnborough and Manchester, UK
• Rack density: up to 30kW per rack as standard at FRN1
• Latency: under one millisecond to the City of London from FRN1
• Contracts: flexible terms