the scottish datacentre scene

THE SCOTTISH DATACENTRE SCENE

CHARLIE BOISSEAU27.3.13

1. INTRODUCTION2. OUR DATACENTRE JOURNEY3. THE (NOT SO) GRAND TOUR4. CONCLUSIONS

THE SCOTTISH DATACENTRE SCENE

FLUENCYEDINBURGH

FLUENCYEDINBURGH

SPOT THE PROBLEM?

THE (NOT SO) GRAND TOUR

There’s nothing in Inverness!

INVERNESS

ABERDEEN• 2150 ft2

• 800kVA Primary Power

• 630kVA Backup Power

• N+1 Cooling• BT & C&W Fibre

ABERDEEN• Tier 3• 3,300 ft2

• 10,000 kVA Total Power

• BT, C&W & SSE Fibre

DUNDEE

• Tier 3+• 200 Rack Capacity• 550kVA N+1 Power• 300kVA N+1 UPS• BT, Virgin, SSE, C&W

DUNDEE

GLASGOW• 11,000ft2• 200kVA Primary

Power• Soon - 1MVA Power• N+1 Cooling• FM200 Suppression• BT, C&W & Virgin

Fibre

GLASGOW• 12,300ft2 Data Floor• 1000kVA Power• BT, Virgin, Thus,

Geo, Level3 & Cogent Fibre

• 0.75kW/m2 Cooling

EDINBURGH

• Tier 3• 10,000ft2• 1.2MW Primary

Power• 1.2MW N+1 Backup• FM200 & Argonite

Suppression• BT, Virgin, C&W

Fibre

EDINBURGH

• 32,000ft2• Dual 3.2MvA Primary

Power• N+1 Cooling• FM200 Suppression• BT, C&W & Virgin

Fibre

(SCOLOCATE)

EDINBURGH

• Tier 3• 75,000ft2• 2 x Primary 3MW

Feeds• Full N+1 Backup

Supply• 14 Fibre Operators• 30+ Carriers

DID I MISS ANYONE?NOTABLE ABSENCES:

BT, SSE, VARIOUS BANKS & OTHER PRIVATE DCs

CONCLUSIONS