Technology / Data Centres
Ultraspeed data centres are handpicked by senior members of the Ultraspeed team on the following merits:
Security
Physical security is critical at all data centres. For example, at Ultraspeed's primary London site clients go through two security checkpoints before accessing the data centre accompanied by an authorised member of staff. Visitor's details, including photo ID, are recorded at the data centre and in a transaction log.
power distribution
After many years of seeing how this is done badly in data centres, Ultraspeed insists that power is delivered under the floor and Ethernet/fibre cabling is kept overhead, ensuring that interference is kept to a minimum. Routing Ethernet overhead also means it neither takes up valuable space under the floor of the data centre, nor prevents the flow of air to the racks.
Environment
All of Ultraspeed's data centres utilise fire detection and prevention systems. For example, VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection and Activation) is used in the London data centre. Cooling is important for the performance and reliability of all hardware; for example, Ultraspeed ensures that temperature at the London site only fluctuates within a controlled range. A hot/cold aisle system is in effect, with cold air pumped up from the floors and the central columns in the racks. Warm air is then collected and recycled using heat vents in the ceiling.
Power
Power availability is absolutely critical, so each rack is provided with 3 8kw feeds. All Ultraspeed data centres are efficiently and sustainably designed, the Amsterdam data centre running solely on renewable energy.
