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Lumen: Crawley Data Center

Lumen Crawley Data Center is located at 5 Gatwick Road, Crawley, UK. The data center is 109000 sqft. There is a total of 109000 sqft in raised floor space for colocation. It has access to 12.0 MW of power. We found 326 data center locations within 50 miles of this facility. Certifications for this location include ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, SOC 2.
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About Crawley Data Center

Crawley Data Center

5 Gatwick Road (Manor Royal / Kelvin Lane), Crawley, UK

(Coordinates: longitude −0.16605, latitude 51.13560)

Overview

This site lies within Crawley’s Manor Royal Industrial Estate—minutes from Gatwick Airport—and hosts significant colocation infrastructure: notably Digital Realty’s LGW15 & LGW16 units and Redcentric’s Gatwick Data Centre. These facilities serve enterprise and cloud operators via major UK interconnect corridors (M25/M23)

Facility Size & IT Power Capacity

  • Digital Realty Crawley Unit 1 (LGW15): ~119,500 ft² (11,100 m²) net technical space with typical IT load of ~12 MW and N+1 UPS redundancy 
  • Digital Realty Crawley Unit 2 (LGW16): ~109,000 ft² (10,140 m²) across four data halls, delivering ~12 MW IT capacity, with N+1 UPS and N+2 cooling redundancy
  • Combined campus permits support up to 72 MVA incoming power via dual 132 kV feeds and comprehensive backup generator capacity (~72.6 MWth across 17 generators)
  • Redcentric Gatwick Data Centre (Kelvin Lane): Roughly 10,000 ft² of raised-floor colocation space, supporting up to 3 MW of IT load, with around 400 cabinets and typical densities near 5 kW per rack; high-density options available up to 45 kW with supplementary cooling.

Services & Connectivity

  • Colocation offerings: cabinet leasing, private suites, managed hosting, remote‑hands support, cage deployments and DR/backup configurations.
  • Connectivity: carrier-neutral infrastructure with diverse fibre routes, on‑site meet-me room, access to multiple Tier‑1 providers, and proximity to London exchange hubs 
  • Support services: 24/7 on-site operations and remote‑hands support, secure access monitoring, and network engineering assistance.

Infrastructure & Power Resilience

  • Power design: multiple 132 kV grid feeders (A & B supplies), redundant UPS systems, large-scale diesel backup generation, and concurrent maintainability architecture 
  • Cooling: ASHRAE-compliant cooling with N+1 or N+2 redundancy, including adiabatic cooling systems and hot-aisle containment; high-density racks available up to 45 kW capability with enhanced cooling support (4D facility) 

Security & Certifications

  • Security: biometric access control, card/key systems, CCTV surveillance, 24/7 facility staffing, perimeter fencing, and gated compound policies 
  • Certifications: ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, SOC 2 (Digital Realty & Redcentric)

Sustainability

Both facilities operate on 100% renewable energy, employ energy-efficient cooling (including adiabatic towers), optimized PUE metrics, and align with BREEAM environmental standards