The Bunker receives planning permission for The Bunker2
New data centre will offer out-of-town N+1 redundancy.
14 July 2009, The Bunker today announces that final planning permission has been granted for The Bunker2, 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 Bunker2; will be situated 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 perfectly 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.
Peregrine Newton, CEO, The Bunker, commented “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 Bunker2. “Sustainability was a key factor in the design of The Bunker2 and the materials used and construction techniques will reflect this.”
The Bunker2 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.
Advanced features of the facility will include state of the art 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.
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Editor’s Notes:
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 delivers secure managed hosting and data centre solutions from within Europe’s most secure data centres.
Our Data Centres, which are outside the M25 yet within easy reach of London, are ex-military Nuclear Bunkers purpose built to house the UK’s air defence systems. We run 24/7/365 and our NOC monitors systems both nationally and internationally and is staffed around the clock by system and network engineers and security staff.
Our technical leaders are recognised experts in security and cryptography, renowned for their work on Apache-SSL. The Bunker is ISO 27001 accredited and we are a Microsoft Gold Partner. We use Open Source software where appropriate as we believe it can offer great benefits in security, stability and cost effectiveness. Through our in house networks team and via close working relationships with a number of selected network providers, we deliver a multi-homed, no single point of failure transit network between our sites and the Internet.
The Bunker works with over 130 clients, large and small. Our clients are Financial Services Organisations, Technology companies, local government and other regulated businesses that value a premium service built around security.
Our service is proactive, high quality, sometimes innovative, but always practical, responsive and secure. We never forget the enormous trust our clients vest in us. As an organisation we understand that our success relies upon our reputation and our reputation is earned by continuing to fulfil this trust and afford peace of mind.
The Bunker Protocol™
All Bunker-based applications are protected by The Bunker Protocol™, our proprietary, Ultra* Secure process framework that includes:
Military-Grade Data Centres – in our underground bunker outside the M25 in Kent and our mirror facility in Newbury, both protected by integrated processes for physical, digital and human security
Hardened Source™ – Our unique combination of state-of-the-art, best of breed mechanical and electrical infrastructure technologies
Tierless Support™ – no ‘first tier helpdesk’; tierless support – direct 24/7 access to qualified hands-on support teams
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