Thurrock County Council gets new data centre

The data centre was required as the operational location and IT systems had reached end of life.  This led to a critical timeline to ensure handover for the new facility was achieved on time and within budget.  The project was split into two phases, the first comprising the design, build and testing (including acceptance testing) of the new data centre, the evaluation of existing critical and essential power, and decommissioning of the existing ICT infrastructure.  Phase two is an on-going five-year programme of planned preventative and reactive maintenance, including emergency call-out services.

The new data centre room includes Resilient Data Centre energy efficient air-conditioning in N+1 configuration, Riello MPW UPS, a built-in 65KVA generator, 840U of server space, raised access flooring, environmental monitoring, biometric access control, CCTV and Novec fire suppression.  The project also included all ground works and connection to existing electricity supplies and back-up generators located on other parts of the site.

Chris Wellfair, Projects Director at Secure I.T. Environments, added “We have worked hard for over a decade to ensure that customers can trust our name when it comes to the delivery and maintenance of their data centres.  For the public sector in particular, where people rely hourly on access to council services, we take great pride in being a part of councils achieving their digital vision.”