Lumen: East India Dock Rd London Data Center

🏢 Global Switch London North / Lumen East India Dock Data Center

Address: 240–243 East India Dock Road, London E14 9YY, United Kingdom

City / Region: London Docklands, Tower Hamlets

Continent: Europe

Nearest Airport: London City Airport (~4 km / 2.5 mi)

⚙️ Facility Overview & Capacity

• Located in East India Dock House, a Grade II* listed building originally built as the Financial Times printworks and later converted into a global-scale data center 
• The facility spans approximately 6,668 m² (~71,800 sq ft total building space), with around 2,676 m²(~28,800 sq ft) of fully fitted colocation (white floor) space 
• IT Power Capacity: Rated at 4 MVA utility feed, backed by dual 11 kV underground mains and redundant N+1 UPS systems 
• Additional reports suggest the broader campus—even encompassing adjacent buildings—offers up to 29 MW of power capacity, enabling support for intensive, high-density environments.

🧊 Cooling & Environmental Management

• The data center uses advanced cooling architecture, including indirect air-cooled systems spread across multiple floors, designed to sustain power densities around 2 kW per rack. It was one of the first multi-storey, indirect-adiabatic-cooled facilities in the UK and achieved BREEAM Excellent sustainability certification 

🔐 Security & Certifications

• Physical Security: Multi-layer access control (including biometrics and badge entry), staffed mantrap zones, 24/7 CCTV monitoring, and intrusion detection systems.
• Certifications: ISO 27001, ISO 50001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, PCI DSS, and SOC 1 / SOC 2 on the Global Switch London North campus 

🌐 Connectivity & Service Portfolio

• Carrier-Neutral Hub: Connects to multiple global network providers, offering access to peering exchanges such as LINX, DE‑CIX, and others in London Docklands.
• Services Offered:
• Colocation (rack-level to large-scale suites)
• Bare-metal hosting and private cloud on-ramps
• High-performance network services: Metro Ethernet, IP VPN, MPLS, Wavelength
• Managed services and remote hands support

🚀 Strategic Highlights & Ideal Use Cases

• Strategically positioned within London’s key digital corridor, offering ultra-low-latency access to financial institutions, cloud platforms, and content delivery networks.
• Built on a six-storey technical floor design, adaptable for high-performance computing, fed by robust backup power and highly resilient infrastructure.
• Ideal for enterprise, fintech, global network deployments, edge compute operations, and hybrid cloud resilience strategies.