Interxion, Dray Walk, London, E1 6QL
Colo-X analysis
Interxion LON2 was the second data centre to be opened in this location and is a smaller alternative to Interxion’s LON1, with the two buildings about 50m apart. The Interxion London data centre campus is unusual, being in among a variety of hip and trendy bars, fashion retailers and nightclubs! But if you want a colocation service in this location, the data centre has the usual Interxion quality, though perhaps not the ultra-low PUE other modern facilities can offer due to the restrictions of retrofitting an existing building that whilst suitable, was never designed to be a data centre.
Quite a few finance firms use the Interxion London site as it is both nearby to the City and offers reasonable average latency to the various London trading venues. Power per rack is up to modern standards, from low power 2kW options up to 5kW or more, with good carrier choice and an established LINX (London Internet Exchange) site. Cross-connects to LON1 and LON3 possible.
Interxion LON2 facility description
Like Interxion LON1, LON2 is a retrofit of a building on the former Truman’s Brewery site in the now uber-trendy Shoreditch area of East London and in particular Brick Lane. The Interxion LON2 data centre comprises 20,000 sq ft located across three floors. Each floor is fairly small, fitted out with a variety of open colocation and dedicated caged areas.
The Interxion London campus is popular with wide variety of sectors, in particular finance/trading firms who find the location offers reasonable all-round latency to the key London trading venues. In particular, the London Stock Exchange is located quite close by on Paul Street whilst the Equinix Slough Campus is 30 miles to the west and Basildon, home of ICE (Intercontinental Exchange, the key futures trading venue in London and also owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)), is 30 miles to the east, thus the location offers a single location with reasonable latency to all (but not the lowest latency, which would require being physically located in each trading venue). Interxion claim there are 200 investment firms, high-frequency trading firms, hedge funds, brokers and banks on their London campus.
Interxion’s LON3’s data centre which opened in January 2019 is almost next door to LON2 and of similar size.
Technical stats
| Size | 20,000 sq ft of net technical capacity |
| Total customer power | 4MW |
| Percentage occupied | 80% – but there is some turnover so space does become available |
| Operational since | 2012 |
| Installed clients | |
| Networks available on site | Interxion claim 90 carriers/network operators available across the campus |
| Standard power | 2.5 or 5kVa per cabinet |
| 24/7 on-site support | Available |
| 24/7 access | Yes |
| Pricing | POA |
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