Virtus LONDON1, Enfield

Colo-X analysis

The Virtus LONDON1 Enfield data centre is a very high-quality, if relatively small data centre, in Enfield, North London, which originally opened in 2011. Existing tenants include several IT service providers and financial-based enterprise clients. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, the site was almost fully occupied – but high-quality retail rack space as quarters, half or individual racks is available via several service providers. Total capacity is 32,000 sq ft of net tech of 4.2MW.

Virtus LONDON1, Enfield facility description

The Virtus Enfield facility can offer 32,000 sq ft of net technical capacity across two floors and six self-contained data centre halls, ranging in size from 2,000 sq ft up to 5,500 sq ft or 300kW up to 700kWm. There is also flexibility to combine or subdivide halls.

8MVA is connected via two separate power feeds with 4.2MVA of net power for clients. Virgin Media are contracted to provide diverse rings to Telehouse Metro and Telehouse East in Central London. But as a carrier-neutral site, other networks can be accessed.

Virtus are one of the fastest growing UK data centre operators, with 11 massive facilities either open or under construction in the London market providing a combined 175MW or 850,000 sq ft of net technical capacity.  Their primary focus today is the 8 data centres in West London, with four of a combined 84MW in Stockley Park (LON5, 6, 7 and 8) and five on the Slough Trading Estate offering 75MW (LON3, 4, 9, 10 and 11), with the original small 4MW site in Enfield LON1 and LON2 in Hayes.  Virtus became a wholly owned subsidiary of ST Telemedia in October 2017, an investment vehicle of the Government of Singapore.

Virtus have had enormous success in the booming demand from hyperscale cloud providers that has arisen since 2016 and most of their recent developments in West London are believed to have been leased on a single tenant basis to these large scale users.  In the Virtus Enfield site Colo-X works with a long established partner who can offer 1/4, 1/2 or individual full racks.

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