{"id":13806,"date":"2015-04-23T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=223212"},"modified":"2015-04-23T15:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:23:30","slug":"rackspace-moves-managed-cloud-into-uk-digital-realty-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/rackspace-moves-managed-cloud-into-uk-digital-realty-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Rackspace moves managed cloud into UK Digital Realty facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rackspace<\/a><\/p>\n

Rackspace has moved its managed cloud platform into Digital Realty’s new Sussex datacentre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Rackspace has launched its latest UK datacentre this week, moving its cloud platform into datacentre giant Digital Realty\u2019s new facility Crawley, West Sussex facility.<\/p>\n

Digital Realty said the datacentre is among the most environmentally friendly in the UK. It delivers Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 and deploys ‘indirect outside air’ cooling technology instead of mechanical cooling, which according to the company means the overhead energy required to operate the datacentre has been cut by almost 80 per cent.<\/p>\n

Rackspace said the 130,000 square foot datacentre will house its managed cloud services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis data centre is the epitome of intelligent 21st century infrastructure engineering.\u00a0 We partnered with industry leaders to design and deliver one of the most environmentally friendly and reliable data centres in Europe. Our customers depend on us for their mission critical managed IT services and this new data centre furthers our commitment to delivering world class services to those customers,\u201d said Mark Roenigk, chief operating officer of Rackspace.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our tenth global datacentre and this expansion will enable us to grow with our customers for many years to come.\u00a0 We are proud of the energy efficiency achieved with the innovative design that will become the starting point for boosting the adoption of more efficient technologies in the UK and Europe.\u00a0 We are honoured to operate and provide a positive impact in the Crawley community,\u201d Roenigk said.<\/p>\n

The facility provides 6MW capacity across two halls, which will eventually double to four in the near future with a total 12MW capacity, and was built to house up to 50,000 servers. It\u2019s also Open Compute-compliant, so it can house Open Compute Project-based rack designs, which no-doubt factored into Rackspace\u2019s decision to move into the facility; the company is an active participant in the open source hardware project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the addition of the Crawley site, the Digital Realty \u2013 Rackspace collaboration, which began in 2011, has been extended to a third continent. We are delighted to see Rackspace establish its new managed cloud data centre with such outstanding eco-credentials,\u201d said William Stein, Digital Realty\u2019s chief executive officer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith competition growing for facility services across the UK and Europe, we are pleased Rackspace choose Digital Realty as a provider to collaborate on this bespoke facility in Crawley,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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