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Virtus Data Centres Announces Plans to Launch Green Data Center LONDON2
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November 07, 2013

Virtus Data Centres Announces Plans to Launch Green Data Center LONDON2

By Kelsey Brown
TMCnet Contributing Writer

London-based Virtus Data Centres Ltd. recently announced its plans to expand its data center enterprise, starting the development of LONDON2, yet another of its sites to be positioned in West London.


The new data center will speak to the growing need for the company’s scalable, reliable, and on-demand colocation services. The center will also exist as the first London site to launch energy efficient technology, with its fresh-air and evaporative cooling functionalities. The technology boasts a power usage effectiveness of below 1.2. Such a rate offers Virtus clients significant savings.

With the combination of the evaporative technology and the usage of solar panels, well groundwater, chimney racks, and UPS systems, among other technologies, LONDON2 hopes to establish itself as the most energy efficient center in London. Its impact on the environment will be minimized by 100 percent green power that results from renewable resources and heat pumps, which will recirculate heat from IT equipment.

London Mayor Boris Johnson expressed his excitement over the newest Virtus development, saying, "I'm delighted that Virtus has chosen to invest in London again. London is leading the global digital technology revolution and is the world’s leading technology hub with great British technology, creativity, and innovation. Up and coming companies like Virtus are at the heart of that whole explosion of talent in London and I’m delighted to see them using so many state of the art ways of saving energy and improving efficiency.”

Steve Norris, chairman of Virtus Data Centres, echoed Johnson’s thoughts, noting, "Virtus is one of London’s technology success stories, growing fast in the 3 years since we opened the door of our first site in Enfield. That growth is fueled by the boom in technology, media, and mobile activity in London. We wanted our LONDON2 facility to be right at the cutting edge of environmental efficiency and we’re proud of what we’ve started. We’re also looking at other sites for LONDON3. Virtus’s on-going commitment to innovate in-line with the way businesses need data centre space ensures that our customers can rely on maximum flexibility, quality, service, and value.”




Edited by Blaise McNamee


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