M247 Ltd Manchester Datacentre Build Blog

Building work progress – 20/1/12

Phil — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:42:45 +0000

The first stages of the building of the new floor are now taking place. The RSJs are in place ready to support the concrete floor. The buildings are now fully knocked through upstairs as well.

Building work progress – 11/1/12

Phil — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:57:38 +0000

The building work is progressing well. The staircase has now been removed ready for the new floor to be put in. The doorway has also been knocked through downstairs to join the two buildings.

Building work started

Phil — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:04:12 +0000

Building work has started on phase 1 of our second datacentre build-out. Phase 1 involves the removal of the staircase and the building of a new floor in one of the buildings which will give extra room for our UPS’s.

This is the first 3 days of progress.

New build – DC 2

Phil — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:29:08 +0000

We have started the build-out of our new datacentre here in Manchester. Over the coming weeks we will be updating on the progress and posting photos and videos of the build-out. Today’s photos give an idea of how everything looks before the major work is done. Matt got our first security camera up and we also had the pleasure of removing the For Sale signs.

1u colocation packages

jon — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:22:56 +0000

Our 1u colocation package has recently been updated to include 0.8amps of power as standard, this allows you to run almost any single CPU server!

Cloud Hosting Launched

Matt — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:42:40 +0000

We are very pleased to announce the beta launch of our Cloud Hosting platform based on Xenserver.

Currently we are running 2 clusters here in our Manchester datacenter however we have plans to launch clusters in Frankfurt, East coast USA and West coast USA.

Manchester Colocation Website Launced

chrisbyrd — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:12:16 +0000

We have today launched a new website for IceColo – our Manchester Colocation brand

The website also contains lots of information about the major Manchester Network deployment required by our networking division GlobalAXS to support the datacentre.

27th May – Photos of our Colocation Facilities

chrisbyrd — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:54:08 +0000

As part of their case study, our UPS manufacturer sent a photographer to take some pictures of our completed datacentre. See below for the results

3 April 2009

Mat Buckle — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:09:44 +0000

With the ‘move’ from London now finished everything is up and running. The datacentre is in the finishing stages with jobs such sorting and furnishing taking place. With the racks flat packed and brought from London we can also begin the process of building our 2nd pod which should be under demand shortly.

March 8th Update – we’re online!

chrisbyrd — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:26:26 +0000

Apart from a final ’snag list’ of cosmetic touch-ups, the datacentre is now complete

The fully resilient network is now operational
The N+1 close-control cooling is up and running
Local Authority Building Control have signed off all the works
Electrical infrastructure is fully complete, certified and online, including generator and N+1 UPS protection and power conditioning
The numerous fire detection and suppression systems are now active
Security systems are online, including detailed internal & external IP CCTV, proximity door access and priority-response RedCare alarm system

There are now more than 200 live operational servers online at the facility, with another 300 due to be moved over the coming weeks.

The finishing touches are being completed to the office areas, with a view to our permanent sales, technical support and NOC operations moving here within the next couple of weeks.

See below for some photographs of progress over the past week or so…