Six Degrees announces launch of major new ‘Birmingham Central’ data centre facility

LONDON – September 6th, 2016 – Six Degrees, the converged technology infrastructure provider, has today announced the opening of a major new data centre in the heart of Birmingham. Located alongside the city’s thriving ‘Silicon Canal’, the brand new 5,800m² state-of-the-art facility will deliver high performance energy-efficient data centre space to meet the increasing demands of businesses across the Midlands and the UK.

The launch of the new ‘Birmingham Central’ facility adds an exciting new chapter to Six Degrees’ long-standing commitment to invest in the region, with the new addition to the portfolio perfectly complementing the diverse footprints of the company’s existing South Birmingham and London based data centres.

Mike Ing, COO at Six Degrees, commented: “This is a significant investment from Six Degrees that helps to cement Britain’s second city as a major digital hub for the future. It also establishes us as one of the leading players in the Midlands hosting marketplace.”

As one of the largest data centre properties in the Midlands, the new facility has been designed to the highest standard. It is Uptime Institute Tier III Design Certified, meaning that its performance and reliability have been independently assessed. Each data hall delivers 1.5MW of capacity with industry-leading energy efficiency capabilities at a design PUE of 1.3, almost halving the power consumption for customers migrating from legacy facilities.

Timothy Arnold, Colo Technology Director at Six Degrees, stated: “Birmingham Central will better enable our new and existing customers to take full advantage of our converged proposition, with our own on-net Next Generation Network, enterprise cloud services and IP telephony designed with the highest levels of reliability in mind. With two flagship data centre facilities in the Midlands, we can offer best-of-breed opportunities for disaster recovery and back up.”