ServerChoice: London Data Centre
About London Data Centre
London Data Centre is operated by ServerChoice and is located in Central London, United Kingdom, with ServerChoice identifying the facility as a Zone 1 / Farringdon location. The site is positioned to serve core London business districts including the City, the West End, and Shoreditch / Silicon Roundabout, placing it within one of Europe’s most important financial, commercial, and digital infrastructure markets.
Its location supports enterprise deployments that require close proximity to London’s government, financial, legal, media, and technology ecosystems while maintaining access to major rail, Underground, airport, and metro fiber routes. ServerChoice presents the facility as a resilient central London colocation environment with a focus on availability, high-density rack delivery, connectivity, and operational support, making it suitable for production infrastructure, hybrid IT, and latency-sensitive workloads.
⚙️ Facility Highlights
- Minimum N+1 resilience across infrastructure components.
- 6 MW total UPS-conditioned power available.
- N+1 UPS redundancy.
- N+1 generator redundancy with 12 MVA on-site generator capacity.
- 24 hours generator runtime at full load.
- Innovative in-row cooling architecture in N+1 configuration.
- Rack densities from 3 kW to 10 kW per rack.
- Technical delivery across 91,000 sqft over 4 floors.
- Resilient power feeds to racks.
- Floor loading of over 500 kg/m2.
- 24/7 on-site remote hands support.
- Dedicated 24/7 loading bay and on-site car parking.
- ServerChoice states its data centres are renewable-powered and references broader sustainability initiatives across its platform.
🔐 Security & Compliance
- Multi-layer physical security architecture.
- 24/7 site access.
- 24/7 on-site manned security.
- Multi-factor and biometric access controls.
- Pedestrian and vehicle airlocks.
- Time and date access logging.
- HD CCTV archiving for 90 days.
- VESDA fire detection.
- Fire suppression via Water Mist and IG55.
- ISO 27001 alignment.
- ISO 9001 alignment.
- PCI DSS alignment, with ServerChoice also stating PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider status at company level.
- GDPR relevance for UK-hosted and European data-processing environments.
🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access
- Carrier-neutral connectivity model.
- Cloud-neutral positioning.
- Multiple Tier 1 carriers on-site.
- 2 diverse building entry points listed in the factsheet.
- 2 diverse Meet-Me Rooms listed in the factsheet.
- ServerChoice’s London page references 20+ diverse entry points to the building.
- LINX presence.
- BGP/IP transit available.
- Leased lines and waves available.
- Dark fibre available.
- MPLS available.
- Strong low-latency access to central London business districts and transport nodes, with ServerChoice listing approximate access times to Farringdon, Old Street, Moorgate, the City, Heathrow, and Luton.
💼 Who It Serves
- Enterprises and multinational organizations needing a Central London infrastructure footprint.
- Cloud, SaaS, and managed-service providers requiring carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation.
- Telecom operators and ISPs seeking access to Tier 1 carrier connectivity and LINX presence.
- Financial, legal, media, and technology organizations operating in the City, West End, and Shoreditch corridors. This is an inference from the facility’s stated Zone 1 / Farringdon positioning and target geography.
- Organizations deploying hybrid IT, business continuity, or multi-site London architectures.