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Essex data centre project enters final phase

Construction of the KAO Data London One data centre in the Harlow Enterprise Zone, is entering its final phase. Switch rooms are virtually complete and powered up and UPS generators and battery racks are online. To minimise any risk of human error with the electrical systems, the three distributed redundant systems from 11kV to rack are colour coded - Feed A is Amber, Feed B is Blue and Feed C is Cyan. Data halls are nearing readiness for hardware and…

JCA on show at DCD Zettastructure 2017

Europe's most anticipated digital infrastructure transformation event Continuous growth in cloud demand and IoT technologies, which are mission-critical for the digital business, is set to dramatically transform data centre architectures over the next few years. With acceleration of hybrid IT, ownership of IT infrastructure is radically shifting, disrupting business models and the ecosystems of digital infrastructure providers, moving business towards the server less data centre of the future. For the first time, JCA is exhibiting at this ground-breaking event, being held over…

Data centre project achieves ‘excellent’ BREEAM certification

We are delighted to announce that the first data centre being built by JCA at the Harlow Enterprise Zone in Essex on behalf of KAO Data has achieved a BREEAM Excellent Design Certification. BREEAM is the world’s leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings, measuring sustainable value in a series of categories. The certification is an impressive credential for the attention that’s been paid to keeping a low carbon footprint for KAO Data and its customers.…