TC2 – London Docklands Technology Centre

Physical features

• Building size – 705,000 sq ft
• Data centre – 62,501 sq ft
• 24/7 SunGard Control centre
  providing on-site 24/7 technical staff

Power

• Two separate mains feeds from the utility provider
• Minimum N+1 redundancy of power to the data centre
• Diverse A and B supplies to every cabinet
• UPS units in N+2 configuration
• Diesel back-up generators in N+1 configuration
• 50 hours of fuel stored on site for generators
• Emergency provisions in place for extra fuel.

Environment

• Minimum N+1 redundancy on the cooling system
• Temperature in data centre space maintained at (22ºC +/- 2ºC)
• Humidity maintained at 50% (+/- 10%)
• Analogue addressable fire detection system in all areas (conforms to BS6266)
• Early warning VESDA system installed in the plant & data centre areas
• Inergen gas protection in the data centre

Communications

• Access to multiple communications providers delivered from SunGard managed racks
• Multiple access building entry points for diverse routing of communications
• Tri-angulated connectivity to multiple SunGard data centres giving greater diversity and resilience of communications providers.
• Roof space for satellite communications.

Physical Security

• 24/7 Security guards
• External and internal CCTV cameras digital recording to disk
• Proximity access control system
• Secure managed loading bay
• Intruder and door alarms with external infra-red detectors