Servecentric Dublin

Colo-X analysis

Servecentric is Colo-X’s main Dublin partner and have their own private suites within Digital Realty’s DUB10 data centre. Servecentric offer a range of managed colocation solutions starting at 1kW from within their own private 1MW suites.

Besides colocation and network, the Servecentric team offer 24/7 onside cover, and can provide a fully managed migration and installation service. This allows overseas clients to ship hardware and have it installed. The team also offers a wide range of private- or public-cloud services, so are capable of much higher levels of support where needed.

The 5MW DUB10 facility itself is now operated by Digital Realty since they acquired it from Servecentric in 2007. It is one of nine Digital Realty data centres in Dublin, which together offer a total of 35MW.

Both Servecentric and Digital Realty have all the accreditations you’d expect, including ISO27001 and PCI DSS.

Servecentric/Digital Realty DUB10 facility description

This was one of the first data centres to open in Dublin. It was originally constructed at the height of the dot-com boom by Worldport, who spent around USD$70m on the site.

When Worldport went into administration in 2001, the date centre was acquired and operated by Servecentric. to Digital Realty purchased the whole facility from Servecentric in 2007, and it became s one of the American operator’s first European data centres. Servecentric have since remained onsite as a tenant in their own dedicated suites since.

DUB10 now offers 5MW of IT load. As well as Servecentric, it houses a few other large-scale customers including several Irish financial services and public-sector institutions.

Due to its longevity, DUB10 is well served by carriers. There are 17 onsite networks including BT, COLT, Lumen, Eunetworks, Zayo, Virgin and Vodafone. Servecentric is also one of only three AWS Direct Connect locations in Ireland.

Servecentric is still privately owned and one of the longest-established managed-service providers in the Dublin market. They look after approximately 70 clients from the local market, the US and the UK. These users range in size from 1kW (the minimum size for smaller colocation customers) to around 150kW.

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