Medway Data centre is one of our three Scottish sites. Based in Edinburgh, the facility offers colocation, managed hosting and disaster recovery services. Cars have easy access to Medway via the A71 and The City of Edinburgh Bypass. If you’re travelling by rail, you can alight at Edinburgh Waverley Station. From here, you can get the train to Springburn. Then it’s just a 10-minute walk. Edinburgh’s Skylink buses also travel from the city’s airport to Bankhead Medway.
One of our three Scottish sites
Our Medway facility is located to the west of Edinburgh in Sighthill. With easy access from road, rail and air, making it an ideal choice for serving the city and surrounding areas. The facility offers colocation, managed hosting and disaster recovery. The Medway colocation space is “move-in ready”, pre-built and pre-configured for the rapid installation of your hardware, and offers footprints from a quarter of a rack to multiple rack cages.
Data centre features
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287 rack capacity
Available in 42U or 48U, 600mm x 800mm configurations, we offer “move-in ready” pre-built and pre-configured footprints from ¼ rack upwards.
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Reliability
Redundant mains feeds backed up by UPS and diesel generators, with dual feeds to each rack provide a guaranteed level of committed power.
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2 4x 7 environment monitoring
By automated management systems, with Pulsant’s engineers on standby to deal with any alerts.
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Dark fibre connections
Multi-gigabyte transit can be provided through our network of reliable, high-speed diverse-routed dark fibre connections.
Location
Superb access from road, rail and air.
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Edinburgh City Centre
6.2 miles
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M8 Motorway
1.1 miles
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Edinburgh Airport
4.0 miles
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Edinburgh Train Station
5.0 miles
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Edinburgh Park Train Station
1.6 miles
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Edinburgh Park Tram Stop
1.6 miles
7 Bankhead Medway
Sighthill Industrial Estate
Edinburgh
EH11 4BY
Specification
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Dimensions
- 4 data halls on 2 floors, totalling 17,000 square feet
- 287 rack capacity
Credentials
- ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management
- ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
- European Data Centre Code of Conduct Participant
- PCI-DSS SP 2.0. Compliant
Security
- Swipe card & PIN for access, with access recorded
- CCTV with 90-day retention
- Security fencing
- Intrusion alarm system
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Power
- 6.4MW total power provisioning
- Diverse N+1 power supply
- 4.2MW total UPS provision providing N+1 coverage
- 6MW generators providing N+1 coverage
- Dual 16A or 32A single phase and 3-Phase upto 32A
Environmental
- 24 x 7 environment monitoring
- 2.6MW of cooling in an N+1 configuration
- Double-knock and Vesda systems with IG55 and FM200 fire suppression
- Raised flooring
Connectivity
- Multiple diverse-routed resilient internet with site backhaul
- 4 telecommunications carriers and ISPs
- Dark fibre connections available
The benefits of Pulsant colocation
With our colocation service, you simply move your equipment into our data centre and we will look after the costly supporting infrastructure: building fabric, power, cooling, connectivity, and physical security. As your IT needs grow, your data centre footprint can scale accordingly.
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We’ll take care of your systems and data so you can take care of your business
We appreciate that maintaining high levels of uptime is essential: in business-critical or customer-facing IT systems any downtime will result in loss of business and reputation. That’s why we have multiple levels of equipment redundancy to maintain a functioning data centre environment even in the face of major disruptions to IT operations such as power outages.
Every Pulsant data centre is designed from the ground up to be secure and reliable.
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Multiple UPS banks
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Diverse N+1 power supply
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Equipment redundancy
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On-site diesel generators
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Multiple redundant cooling systems
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Multiple diverse network connections
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A local facility for maximum convenience
We recognise that you want your own engineers to have access to your servers, so we have data centres across the UK, allowing you to choose a location that is convenient for you. Your equipment will always be available to your engineers, subject to the access protocols of our data centre security.
Our expert data centre engineers are available and can perform many routine or emergency tasks for you. We call this “remote hands”, where our engineers act on your behalf.
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Ten facilities located across the UK
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Proximity to road and rail links
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24-hour access
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Full range of supplementary services
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Looking after your systems and data is our prime concern
Our data centres offer a high level of physical security for your systems. With multiple levels of access control, internal and external CCTV, on-site staff, perimeter fencing, escorted visitors, you can be sure that your servers are well protected. Pulsant’s ISO 27001 accreditation for IT security covers all of our data centre facilities.
Where you have heightened security needs, we can provide secure cages to isolate your racks or even dedicated private rooms with their own secure access controls.
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Secure access controls
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Internal and external CCTV
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ISO 27001 accreditation for IT security
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Cages and private suites
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Trusted to deliver by leading UK brands
We like to work with our customers as an extension of their team, implementing innovate and creative solutions to deliver performance.
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"They are the extra person or persons in our small infrastructure team, allowing us to relax out of hours knowing our systems are being monitored."
Iain Richardson, Infrastructure Manager
Ward Hadaway
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Colocation FAQs
How can Pulsant help me secure my data and operations, helping to achieve compliance today, during and after Brexit?
We have vast knowledge of and experience in the data centre and hosting market. We have the right staff, accreditations and understanding of compliance and regulation to guide you through the change and help you minimise the impact on your business.
My business can’t afford downtime as a result of poor connectivity; how do you ensure resilience?
We are carrier neutral, with relationships with more than 30 carriers and ISPs. This means there are diverse connections out of our data centres, so there is no compromise on performance, speed or availability.
I need a data centre close to my business. Where is Pulsant located?
We have a network of 10 data centres located across the UK, ranging from London to Sheffield, and Newcastle to Edinburgh. Take a look at our data centre map to find a site near you.
How flexible / scalable are your data centres?
We work with you and your team to determine the space you require within a data hall, rack or suite. Based on our experience, we are also able to help you plan for your growth requirements, and can help you scale up quickly, easily and cost-effectively, when the need arises.
How do I know where my data is?
If you’re concerned about data sovereignty, you can host your data in one of our 10 UK data centres. Our colocation service means you choose the data centre that will host your equipment so that you can access it as needed and meet any regulatory requirements when it comes to location.
Will my servers be safe outside of my premises?
Your servers will be safe in one of our data centres. We take the safety of our customers’ infrastructure seriously. We have the highest levels of physical security in our enterprise data centres, with access control, and 24/7 manned and monitored security.
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