Global Switch London East Data Centre
London Docklands (3 Nutmeg Lane, E14 2AX), UK · Operational
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchStrategic location in London Docklands, a critical hub for international fibre routes and connectivity [270, 271]. - Focus on sustainability initiatives and advanced cooling technologies to address energy demands [268, 269]. - Continuous development and expansion within the London campus to meet growing demand for data centre services [273].
Key engineering challenges
Delivering sustainable, resilient, and secure digital infrastructure for large-scale operations [267]. - Managing high power and cooling demands, including the use of liquid cooling for AI and HPC workloads [268, 269]. - Integrating with Europe's densest fibre network cluster and direct access to major subsea cables [270, 271]. - Ensuring high availability and redundancy to prevent outages (e.g., lessons from past incidents like battery room fires) [272].
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Global Switch
- Lead contractor
- —
- Lead designers
- —
- Project type
- new build; upgrade
- Scale
- 11-floor purpose-built data centre, 450,000 sq ft of net technical capacity, up to 45 MW of power and cooling capacity [265, 266].
- Disciplines
- Electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; civil engineering; data centre architecture; network engineering.
- Standards & frameworks
- Industry best practices for large-scale, carrier-neutral data centres.
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