Data company puts nearly £1m into power upgrade

MANCHESTER data company Datacentreplus has invested nearly £1m to increase its power capacity.

The company founded and run by managing director Mashukul Hoque is also looking for a second site in the Greater Manchester area of about 15,000sq ft to 20,000sq ft in size.

Hoque said: “The investment is not only a response to accommodate current loads, but a move to future proof the data centre as it rapidly expands, allowing for the uptake in data centre services such as colocation, cloud and dedicated servers.

Hoque continued: “As we move to a society becoming more heavily dependant on the transacting of data, it has become somewhat a commodity – the rising adoption of cloud technologies is evident of this.

“Upgrading the power capacity of the data centre is no easy feat.  It took us just over a year as it is a highly complex process, including major ground works to lay new power cables. However, it was eased by our unique location that puts us in a position to make such an upgrade possible in this space of time.”

The extensive upgrades involved tripling the current total power capacity and the installation of higher capacity Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) to provide the data centre with increased resiliency.

 

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