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LD8 London IBX® Data Centre
The Equinix LD8 London data centre is a major colocation facility in the heart of Europe’s largest financial market. The LD8 colocation data centre in London offers access to dense concentrations of financial services, internet service providers, IT and cloud service providers and financial enterprises.
Equinix employs great security and power redundancy measures in its data centres, providing greater assurance of reliability and protection of infrastructure and reduces the likelihood of connectivity going down, avoiding disruption of enterprise operations and mission critical applications.
LD8 Data Centre Location
The LD8 London data centre is located within 6 miles of London’s city centre and spans two buildings at London’s Docklands facility — 6/7 Harbour Exchange Square and 8/9 Harbour Exchange Square. It is strategically located around central London for improved disaster recovery and business continuity — necessary features for financial businesses.
Equinix LD8 Address: 6/7/8/9 Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 9GE, UK
Secure. Scalable. Performance.
LD8 Data Centre Technical Specifications
The Equinix LD8 London data centre is housed in a 10 floor building at 6/7 Harbour Exchange (HEX 6/7) and 8 floor building at 8/9 Harbour Exchange (HEX 8/9). HEX 6/7 has a floor load capacity of 500 kg/m2 and 67,812 ft2 (6,300 m2) of colocation space, while HEX 8/9 has a floor load capacity of 450 kg/m2 and 69,631 ft2 (6,469 m2) of colocation space.
With immense power and cooling capacity, as well as state of the art physical security features, the LD8 facility is one of the most powerful and important data centres in London.
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Power & Cooling Density
HEX 6/7 – 2 kVA per cabinet
HEX 8/9 – 1.0 – 1.5 kVA per cabinet
Cooling Redundancy
HEX 6/7 – 4 x chillers floors 1 – 6, 3 x chillers plus DX condense floors 7 – 9
HEX 8/9 – 12 x DAC units plus DX condense
Standby Power Redundancy
HEX 6/7 – 3 x 2,500 kVA at N+1 floors 1 – 6; 2 x 1,700 kVA at N floors 7 – 9
HEX – 8/9 2 x 2,500 kVA and 2 x 550 kVA diesel generators
Certifications
This carrier neutral London colocation data centre site is PCI DSS compliant and certified for a number of international standards, including Information Security Management (ISO). The LD8 London data centre holds the following certifications:
• ISO 9001
• ISO 22301
• ISO 27001
• ISO 45001
• PCI DSS
• SOC 1 Type II
• SOC 2 Type II
• Cyber Essentials
• EU Code of Conduct
Sustainability Certifications
The LD8 data centre in London is green by design, adhering to energy efficiency practices such as using a low energy indirect evaporative cooling system, borehole water extraction for its cooling processes, and 100% renewable energy. It also holds the following certifications:
• ISO 14001
• ISO 50001
• LEED Gold (pending)
For secure, on demand colocation in London, connect to the LD8 data centre with Beeks.
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Why Equinix Data Centres?
The carrier neutral Equinix LD8 data centre in London is in line with Equinix standards, which promises the highest level of environmental management, security, resilience, and quality.
The LD8 data centre site is one of Europe’s most dense IBX data centres in the UK with unrivalled access to over 30 major European markets and internet exchanges. LD8, along with the LD4, LD4.2 and LD5 London data centres, provide on demand colocation facilities that enable customers to be part of Equinix’s rich industry ecosystem.
With our London colocation services and Equinix’s data centres in London, financial firms get a direct connection to London’s thriving financial centre.
Why Beeks?
Beeks is a leading provider of data centre space and managed cloud solutions for financial markets. We offer clients in the financial sector secure, on demand compute and trading infrastructure built for scalability, security, and performance to key financial hubs globally.
We provide rack space in state-of-the-art colocation data centres in London and other major financial cities, including New York, Hong Kong & Tokyo, giving you the edge you need to compete in the fast moving global financial markets.
Our cloud solutions and expertise are fully focused on financial enterprises and capital markets, ensuring that your company can connect with efficiency and data security while benefiting from direct access to the networks that are relevant to your business.
All Beeks colocation infrastructure — whether one of our London data centres or another data centre around the world — is monitored 24/7 from our Global Network Operations Centre and our Smart Hands (remote hands) services.
Financial Colocation Services in London
With Beeks, your firm can deploy colocation hosting in London via dedicated servers or virtual private servers. Choose from a number of virtual private server packages or dedicated server packages to suit your needs.
Our LD8 colocation service in London offers connectivity to all the major cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle. The LD8 Equinix data centre also offers a connection to multiple peering platforms, including LINX (London Internet Exchange) and LONAP (The London Access Point).
Connect your business to major financial markets in Europe or global networks with Beeks and the Equinix LD8 London data centre.