£3m investment in data centre to dramatically increase its capacity

Fresh investment worth £3m will see Pulsant, a UK edge infrastructure provider, expand its Rotherham data centre capacity by 116% to 380kW.

The new power will accommodate growing regional demand for low latency, high performance, scalable network infrastructure.

At more than 21,000 sq ft, the Rotherham site will see total IT space increase by 30% to support a growing technology sector demand in the Yorkshire and Humber region with edge colocation, hyperscale cloud access, and distributed compute services.

In order to be more sustainable, the site will also pilot non-palm derived hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel to replace fossil diesel in its standby power generators.

Ben Cranham, chief operating officer at Pulsant, said: “Our focus on delivering regional access to edge infrastructure is seeing us invest significantly to meet the growing demand for access to low latency, high performance, compute, storage and connectivity services across the Yorkshire and Humber region.

“Our platformEDGE infrastructure, in Rotherham and across the UK, is supporting the increasing number of business decision makers challenging cloud only strategies on cost and vendor lock-in grounds and their IT counterparts who see the limitations in the hyperscale model.

“The Rotherham data centre investment cements Pulsant’s domain expertise in the edge infrastructure market, adding further capacity to its platformEDGE infrastructure to reach businesses across the UK.”