The Bunker reports that final planning permission has been granted for The Bunker 2, a new 12,000m2 high specification carrier-neutral London contingency data centre on its existing military level, ISO 27001 accredited security site in Sandwich, Kent.
The Bunker 2 will be at the hub of the main UK to Europe Internet routes, offering high-speed, non-London reliant links to Europe, the US and traditional ‘at risk’ London Internet hubs, while positioned to provide London-based data centres with long awaited N+1 redundancy. The new facility will be supported by 2000m2 of rentable support and office accommodation manned 24/7/365 by CRB screened security and technical personnel.
What they say
Peregrine Newton, CEO, The Bunker, said: “We are delighted to have received full planning permission for this new facility. It will provide a highly secure, low risk Internet hub outside of London to service clients who wish to house internet-connected systems in the UK, without being reliant on high risk London zones.”
“Our design brief was to create a facility that was inaudible, invisible and green.” said Simon Neal, director of data centre services, The Bunker 2. “Sustainability was a key factor in the design of The Bunker 2 and the materials used and construction techniques will reflect this.”
The Bunker 2 conforms to PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) best practice for low energy and renewable data centre design facilitating the creation of a green data centre that in turn will achieve a very good BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating while maintaining the military grade quality which is its heritage.
Features of the facility will include cooling, fire protection systems, specialised high density areas and scalable power for future expansion, all backed up with 24/7/365 onsite qualified technical support and unrivalled levels of security.
An N+1 redundancy is a system configuration in which multiple components (N) have at least one independent backup component to ensure system functionality continues in the event of a system failure. To be at a level of N+1, the overall system integrity should not be impacted by the failure of any one component, and should continue to function at acceptable performance levels after the loss of any component.
About The Bunker
The Bunker offers secure managed hosting and data centres, which are outside the M25 within reach of London. They are ex-military Nuclear Bunkers purpose built to house the UK’s air defence systems. They run 24/7/365. The Bunker works with over 130 clients, large and small: Financial Services Organisations, Technology companies, local government and other regulated businesses.
