1 December 2009
BT customers can now increase the size and protect their IT infrastructure at will following a new agreement with Europe’s newest, largest and most technically advanced, tier 3+ data centre.
BT has taken 380 racks at NGD Europe, Next Generation Data Limited’s newly-launched 750,000 sq metres facility near Newport. Rollout began in August and will be ready for customer use by February 2010.
As part of a seven year agreement BT Engage IT, BT Business and BT Global Services customers’ IT capacity and power can be boosted on demand at the secure, out-of-London centre. This investment extends BT Global Services’ data centre facilities; it has 38 customer facing data centres around the globe.
Customers can now typically save over £70,000* over previous hosting options and be able to better capitalise on sales or customer service requests at busy data processing times such as Xmas and school holidays.
NGD Europe opened as a brand new facility earlier this year with the pledge to invest £200 million over five years to create one of Europe’s largest data centres. The site has a direct connection to a power sub-station only 1 km away to deliver a huge 180 MVA of supply, ensuring no surges or drop offs. The service can be provided using 100 per cent renewable energy and is the only tier 3 data centre outside of London with no planned downtime.
BT Business currently provides IT and communications to more than a million UK businesses. BT Global Services currently provides data centre services including co-location, web hosting, managed applications and IT professional services to more than 2,000 customers around the globe.
As part of the agreement, BT Business will also supply cabling, APC racks and connectivity technology to support the service facility's customers.
"In our experience, UK firms are crying out for a secure data facility that allows them to increase the size and capability of their IT systems and keep running as normal, come what may. Using NGD Europe they'll be able to save thousands in running costs in the next year alone," said John Dovey, director, ICT BT Business.
"We are delighted to welcome BT as one of the first major anchor tenants at NGD Europe," said Simon Taylor, chairman and co-founder of Next Generation Data Limited. "Having such a prestigious organisation as BT on board is a wonderful endorsement for us and re-affirms the facilities and flexible approach we offer fully satisfies the next generation data centre requirements of large organisations searching for the ultimate in space, power, cooling, connections and security, at far more affordable prices."
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In the year ended 31 March 2009, BT Group's revenue was £21,390 million.
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About Next Generation Data
Next Generation Data is an independent privately-owned data centre operator offering customers the highest quality of service, flexibility, scalability and cost effectiveness. NGD Europe, the company's newly opened data centre located near Newport, South Wales, is one of the largest and most technologically advanced of its kind in Europe.
NGD Europe is a purpose-built Tier 3 facility offering 75,000 sq metres of highly secure flexible space that can be arranged into self-contained data halls of various sizes all with independent services, resilient power and cooling systems. This makes it especially suited for accommodating larger scale businesses requiring far more cost-effective space-only solutions by enabling them to consolidate their existing space- or power-restricted operations under one roof.
For further information, visit www.nextgenerationdata.co.uk
* Saving is based on a typical customer requiring 40kw to power his equipment. Previous BT data centre option would have required 20 rack spaces at an approx cost of £12,500 each. Using the new NGD facility, the same customer would now only require 10 rack spaces at £17,860 each. This is a saving of £71.400.
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