Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise , cloud , HPC and AI , has announced the expansion of its Harlow data centre campus , with construction now underway on its second 10MW facility , underpinning infrastructure in the UK Innovation Corridor . Following the recent investment from Infratil Limited and the launch of its Slough data centre , the new facility , named KLON-02 , will build upon the company ’ s high-performance infrastructure , energy efficiency and sustainability capabilities , providing customers with a reduced carbon footprint and low total cost of ownership ( TCO ) over the life cycle .
KLON-02 will offer up to 10MW of capacity and provide an energy-efficient home for almost 1,800 racks of IT equipment across 3,400m 2 of technical space and via four technology suites . Once fully operational , the facility will be NVIDIA DGX-Ready data centre certified and OCP-Ready , enabling high-performance
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computing ( HPC ), Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and enterprise computing users to scale quickly and efficiently by deploying pre-populated OCP Accepted racks or bespoke high-density architectures within its hyperscale-inspired design .
In a similar fashion to KLON-01 , the new carrier-neutral data centre will benefit from access to resilient , low-latency connectivity via major multiple networks including BT Openreach , euNetworks , Jisc / Janet , the London Internet Exchange ( LINX ), LUMEN and Vorboss . Furthermore , Kao Data ’ s continued partnership with Megaport will deliver high-performance connectivity to all major Tier I and Tier II cloud service providers , including Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), Google Cloud , Microsoft Azure and Alibaba Cloud .
Central to the design and build of KLON-02 will be the highest sustainability features , from ensuring the new architecture is BREEAM ‘ Excellent ’ certified and both its technology suites and related cooling infrastructure
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“ KLON-02 will build on the award-winning design and build principles of our KLON- 01 facility , offering greater efficiencies for our customers ’ colocation environments ,” added Paul Finch , COO , Kao Data . “ It ’ s exciting to be able to continue to innovate within our construction , engineering and technical principles , and I am confident our second facility at Harlow will raise the bar again for sustainable , energy-efficient data centres .” �
KAO DATA IS BRINGING ADVANCED COLOCATION CAPACITY AT INDUSTRIAL SCALE TO THE WEST AND EAST OF LONDON . |
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