Telehouse International Corporation of Europe has opened up two additional floors at the Telehouse South data centre in London Docklands.
Floors six and seven will be available from this month, with each providing up to 2.7 MW of capacity.
The news follows Telehouse’s refurbishment upgrade of Telehouse South in October 2023. Originally opened in 2022, the facility will provide up to 18 MW of capacity and house over 4,000 racks upon full development.
The facility is interconnected with the existing Telehouse London Docklands Campus via 7,000 dark fibres across two diverse routes.
The eleven-story building is powered by renewable energy from wind, solar, biomass, and hydro sources. The cooling system operates at higher water temperatures for improved efficiency, reducing power demand and enabling year-round low-carbon heat rejection using the UK’s ambient temperatures. By eliminating the use of water for adiabatic cooling, the system has been designed to minimise reliance on natural resources and achieves low water usage efficiency.
Telehouse also plans to recycle waste heat to provide low-carbon heating to nearby homes and businesses, as well as other areas within the building.
“The opening of two additional floors at Telehouse South marks another significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to meeting the capacity demands of the market and providing unrivalled connectivity services,” said Mark Pestridge, Executive Vice President & General Manager at Telehouse Europe.
“As businesses continue to navigate the complexities of digital transformation, Telehouse remains dedicated to delivering secure, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure solutions that empower our customers to thrive in today’s dynamic environment, while meeting their scalability and connectivity needs of tomorrow. Organisations are rapidly adopting AI and cloud services, therefore we’re actively exploring opportunities to leverage the global expertise of our parent company, KDDI, to meet the growing demand for AI-ready data centre infrastructure.”