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Equinix Telecity Unit 2 Powergate Business Park Powergate, Volt Avenue London NW10 6PW Flexible, advanced United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 7001 0101 [email protected] and efficient by design. www.telecitygroup.com 02 / Telecity Data Centre, Powergate

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An advanced data centre. Built to deliver maximum resilience, flexibility and choice. Powergate provides 15,000m2 of data centre space and 29 megawatts (MW) of customer capacity. Delivering flexible power densities of up to 20 kilowatts (kW) per rack, the facility offers highly resilient infrastructure, superb power availability and choice of networks.

Many of the world’s leading organisations Powergate incorporates many new rely on Powergate, including financial technologies and designs that place the institutions, cloud operators, content facility at the forefront of environmental companies, healthcare corporations, efficiency. energy firms, and mobile businesses. Advanced and efficient by design Each organisation places its trust in our Powergate provides fully resilient power onsite engineers to provide responsive, and cooling capacity of up to 20kW per expert and hands-on support round the rack as standard. clock. Carrier-neutral Performance from a proven data centre You can directly connect to an Since its opening, Powergate has unparalleled choice of networks, established itself as London’s most international carriers, content delivery advanced data centre and has networks, ISPs and peering points. experienced unprecedented demand – which is why we have invested £120m to Setting the standard more than double our data hall footprint Like all Equinix Telecity data and power capacity – ensuring your centres, Powergate is designed to business has room to grow. meet international standard for environmental strategy and quality. As a proven data centre, customers rely on Powergate to deliver flexible, Expertise you can trust accredited, always-available data centre Our operational expertise is industry solutions. leading. You are not just relying on our data centres, you are trusting our Leading the data centre industry experts. As multiple award winners for data centre design, we are drawing on our knowledge Prime location and experience gained from Powergate Situated close to the centre of London Central London location phase 1 and of building and operating within zone 2 and near the city’s data centres across that lead many transport links, Powergate is M25 the industry for resilience, connectivity, easily accessible and delivers superb reliability and performance. availability of power and networks. Powergate

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Flexible, scalable power densities deliver up to 20kW per rack. 05 / Equinix Telecity Data Centre, Powergate

Outstanding data centres. Expertise you can trust.

Committing to excellence Our data centres are certified to the Powergate provides your business following international standards: with a wide range of benefits.

More power as standard and peering points. This lowers latency The data centre delivers high-density and points of failure, enhancing the end- ISO 27001 power up to 20 kilowatts (kW) per rack user experience and helping you reduce Information Security Management. as standard, allowing you to do more with communications costs. less. Making installation easy Flexibility to scale to your needs Powergate features a logistics centre The data centre’s flexible and modular with a loading bay, a secure storage area design means its infrastructure can scale for short-term equipment storage, and ISO 9001 and adapt exactly to your organisation’s dedicated secure staging rooms. The Quality Management. requirements and long-term strategic logistics centre receives and processes needs. By delivering high-density power deliveries 24 hours a day, seven days a as standard, the data centre can manage week. This combined with our 2.5 tonne even the most demanding infrastructure. goods lift helps makes installation easy. ISO 14001 Highest levels of resilience and Supporting you 24x7x365 Environmental Management. redundancy Equinix Telecity has a team of data Powergate has been designed as a Tier 3 centre experts dedicated to supporting data centre with several Tier 4 features. Its your business. Staffed 24 hours a day, high levels of resiliency and redundancy, customers have access to our skilled coupled with our people’s engineering engineering, managed services and OHSAS 18001 expertise, will ensure your critical systems networking professionals. Each one Occupational Health and Safety are secure and always available. committed to delivering exceptional service and solutions. Management. Maximising energy efficiency and reducing costs Maintaining for the future The data centre’s energy-efficient design We have a rigorous and comprehensive and innovative technologies will not only maintenance programme for Powergate. help you meet your sustainability targets. Every day, over 100 checks are performed Payment card industry As energy efficiency is built into every on the core infrastructure and building data security standards aspect of the building, your business will management systems. also enjoy lower costs. Unrivalled connectivity options As a carrier-neutral data centre Powergate provides you with an unparalleled choice EU Code of Conduct for data centres of connectivity networks, international – Corporate Status carriers, content delivery networks, ISPs Benchmarks for data centre efficiency and best practice.

Carbon Trust Standard Recognises our commitment to cutting carbon emissions. 06 / Equinix Telecity Data Centre, Powergate

Resilient and redundant.

Inside the generator enclosure A data centre you can rely on. Designed and built by engineering experts, Powergate is a standard-setting data centre that ensures your critical systems are always available.

Power Cooling Powergate provides robust and A robust HVAC system delivers stable reliable power with flexible densities air flow, temperature and humidity for and configuration between 4kW and efficient equipment operation. 20kW per rack. Designed to Tier 3, the HVAC system provides a minimum of N+1 redundancy 29MW of UPS conditioned power at 2N. and all CRAC units and pumps have Redundant 66kV HV power dedicated back-up UPS systems. system diversely-fed from the Our design and investment in cooling grid with a dedicated onsite systems will ensure the data centre step-down substation. achieves a class-leading PUE of 1.35. Back-up diesel generation at N+1 Minimum N+1 redundancy on to support site load in the case of chilled water cooling system. HV failure. Fully concurrently maintainable, Maximum diversity and separation of dual path secondary chilled UPS system and power distribution water distribution. through dedicated A & B supplies. Close Control Units (CCUs) provide conditioned air to the data floor, at a minimum N+2 redundancy. Cooling towers enhance efficiency and maximise the use of free cooling. Centrifugal chillers with variable speed compressor drives enable excellent full and part-load operation. 07 / Equinix Telecity Data Centre, Powergate

Fire detection and suppression Security and access Building Management Systems (BMS) Linked to our Building Management Powergate adopts a layered approach Our sophisticated BMS manages and Systems (BMS) and monitored to security and access, operating from the monitors the core aspects of the data continuously from the network outer perimeter and inwards centre’s mechanical and electrical operations centre, our fire detection to the building. Our robust access infrastructure, from power supply, and suppression systems minimise control procedures allow you and your temperature and humidity to fire the risk, and suppress quickly to localise nominated staff and contractors, easy detection and suppression, and and prevent problems spreading. access to enter the facility at all times access and security. throughout the year. High sensitivity smoke 24/7/365 monitoring by detection systems. Integrated digital video camera onsite personnel. surveillance throughout the exterior Audio and visual alarms. Fully addressable two-stage fire and interior. detection system that monitors Monitoring and managing Unified security-breach alarm with the underfloor, room and ceiling critical parameters. void space (smoke and heat). access monitoring. System performance and facility Secure monitored single-person entry. State-of-the-art water mist fire data generation. suppression system. Independent client card and biometric PMS (Power Monitoring System) Network-monitored and fully integrated identification access system. A Regional Monitoring Centre (RMC) fire-protection system. 24/7/365 manned security. provides support to the local team, Secure managed delivery and monitoring all critical systems, BMS and loading bays. EMS alarms throughout the Equinix Telecity UK estate, ensuring events are escalated. 08 / Equinix Telecity Data Centre, Powergate

Powergate data centre. Giving you the flexibility to grow. Powergate delivers the capacity, power, resilience, redundancy and flexibility required to support your business.

Powergate Facilities

On-site water and Secure plant corridor Dedicated loading bays diesel storage – 48 hours

On-site parking Well-appointed offices

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Powergate Data Rooms Powergate provides 15,000m2 of customer capacity in 20 zones over 2 floors.

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Designed to maximise energy efficiency.

Inside the pump room Delivered to reduce costs. Powergate has been designed to deliver exceptional energy efficiency that helps reduce environmental impact and data centre operational costs.

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) Sustainability and transparency The architectural design of Powergate Energy efficiency is central to our incorporates many sustainable transparent approach to power charging. features, including: Powergate is designed to achieve an Rainwater harvesting industry-leading annual average PUE Waste management of 1.35 at full design load – and we pass High recycling levels the benefit (and lower power costs) Sustainable landscaping derived from this efficiency directly Reusing waste heat on to our customers. Use of sustainable materials Energy-efficient technologies Committed to excellence in Powergate features many processes environmental efficiency and technologies that increase efficiency We adhere to stringent industry standards and reduce costs: and lead the market in environmental Maximising the use of free cooling initiatives: from the chilled water system. ISO 14001 – an internationally Energy efficient cooling towers recognised accreditation for and UPS technology. organisations that demonstrate superior environmental management. Use of waste heat from the data centre to heat office space. EU Code of Conduct for data centres – Corporate Status. Joule House has Chillers with excellent ‘turn-down’ been audited and is operated to the characteristics to match capacity Code’s best practices for maximising with load. energy efficiency. Hot and cold air segregation. Carbon Trust Standard – recognising Motion-activated light controllers our commitment to reducing our that reduce energy consumption impact on climate change. and heat load. 11 / Equinix Telecity Data Centre, Powergate

Unrivalled connectivity.

Patch panel Unparalleled choice. As a carrier-neutral data centre Powergate provides you with an unparalleled choice of connectivity options.

We deliver direct access to the widest Managed connectivity service possible selection of international and with multiple carriers local fixed lines, broadband and mobile You can connect directly to our IP networks, exchange points, Multihome service, which allows you to content distribution networks, financial distribute content through multiple Tier 1 services companies, and cloud hubs. carriers and IXPs, without the complexity of maintaining multiple contractual and This wide choice of connectivity options peering relationships. allows your business to connect quickly and cost-effectively. It also enables Pan-European connectivity across you to link easily with other enterprises, our data centre network helping your organisation profit from new We deliver seamless connections to business opportunities. all other Equinix Telecity data centres. A DWDM network, supporting ethernet Connectivity over MPLS and FC services, connects Direct connectivity to a wide range our Docklands, City and Powergate of onsite carriers: data centres, and extends to our Abovenet European sites. BT Cable & Wireless Global peering and connectivity China Telecom Europe Ltd Connectivity with LINX, the London Cogent Communications Internet Exchange is available onsite, Colt Telecommunications bringing you global peering and euNetworks connectivity options. Exponential-e Flexible and resilient Gamma Telecom connectivity infrastructure Geo IX Reach 'Meet me' rooms on each floor adjacent Jersey Telecom to the data halls offer diverse network Level 3 connectivity, enabling you to connect Qwest Communications quickly and easily with partners and Sprint providers through cross-connects. Verizon Business Diverse fibre entry points into the building. Our DWDM network service also provides access to over 400 additional connectivity providers through our European data centre network. Visit Powergate. Take the tour.

Powergate is an advanced industry leading data centre. Built to deliver maximum resilience, power density, flexibility and choice. To meet our team and take a guided tour of Powergate, contact us on: +44(0)20 7001 0101 or email: [email protected] For a digital walkthrough of Powergate data centre, visit: Close Control CRAC units www.telecitygroup.com/powergate

Outstanding data centres. Expertise you can trust. TelecityGroup has been acquired by Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX) the interconnection platform for the world’s leading businesses. www.telecitygroup.com

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