Detailed Information on the Crystal CMS European (UK) Data Center Facility

Facility

• Building: Steel frame with in-situ contrete slabs 
• Site: The ground floor rated to 50KN/m2. The first floor rated to 12KN/m2
• Height: 3000mm clear between the raised floor and the lower ceiling
• Floor: Anti-static 600mmx600mm steel tiles with a 4.5 kN point load capacity (0.01 ohm per centimetre) and 750mm heavy duty raised floor system
• Fibre entry: Preinstalled 54 (110mm) ducts from three elevations
• Cabling: Copper, UTP and fibre managed via pre-cabling system to rack via DDF and ODF

Security

• ISO9001:2000 secure access procedure. 
• Three stage access to site - entry door, mantrap and reception - with three levels of security.
• Bandit glass mantrap and air lock. Full height in and out turnstiles.
• 24/7 manned security guards
• 24/7 monitoring, photo ID access cards
• Biometric verification scanners
• Digital CCTV with minimum of 31 days of digitally recorded material
• Monitored perimeter doors
• Anti-pass back system
• Intruder alarm, Equipment alarm

Environment

• Temperature set point: 22 +/- 2C
• Redundancy: N+1 configuration
• Cooling Capacity: 1KW/m 
• Humidity set point: 48% +/- 15%

Power

• Power feed: 24MVA fully rated diverse supplies
• Power on site: 230V AC or 400V three-phase AC 
• Generators: N+1 configuration - 24MVA generator with maximum 20 second on load time
• 36 hour on site fuel autonomy
• Refuelable during use and 240 minutes fuel delivery callout contract in place on 24/7 basis
• Batteries: N+1 configuratoi - 12MVA - 10 minutes autonomy
• Grounding system: TNCS
• Lighting: High frequency, low energy, CAT II luminaries

Fire suppression

• Two stage fire detection
• Aspiration system: Multiple zoned system utilizing forward light scattering analysis
• Point detection: Addressable Analogue point detection system using a combination of optical and ionization detectors operating a double knock protocol
• Suppression: Nitrogen propelled system. Independent 5m zoned system ensuring localised control. No evacuation required and no effect on electrical equipment.