IONOS, one of Europe’s largest hosting services providers, and Fasthosts, its UK subsidiary, have opened a state-of-the-art data centre situated at Worcester Six Business Park. The data centre was officially opened during an event on October 18 2022, hosted by the two companies in the presence of local stakeholders and guests.
The 43,708 sqft unit comprises a cutting-edge 30,729 sqft data centre and 12,978 sqft of ancillary offices.
The data centre represents a £21 million investment in the local Worcester community. It has been designed with a modular approach, with each module at the site fully independent and, technically speaking, a data centre in its own right. This provides the opportunity for expansion with three extra modules to support future growth.
Sustainability is at the forefront of the data centre, with a wide range of sustainable and energy-efficient features, including solar photovoltaic panels covering up to 10% of the energy use at the site. All necessary carbon used for the construction of the building envelope has been compensated.
Designed and constructed to a Tier IV standard, the data centre is connected to the middle of the UK’s fibre figure of eight, linking the site directly to IONOS’ backbone network with an outside capacity of 3,000 Gigabit per second. This strong fibre optic connectivity will help drive the latest technology in the region to support business growth, all while operating securely and sustainably.
