Service Express: Bedford

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Service Express: Bedford

Year Built: 2010
Lot Size: 5 acres
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The facility originally belonged to Blue Chip Customer Engineering Ltd, a UK-based specialist in IBM systems and managed services. In 2021, Service Express (a US-based data center solutions provider) acquired Blue Chip. Since then, the site has been integrated into their global operations and now serves as the company's European Headquarters.

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Sites within 15 miles of Service Express: Bedford

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2.92 miles Manton Park Data Center
Located on Manton Lane in Bedford, the Manton Park Data Center is a 27,294-square-foot facility acquired by Meadow Partners in early 2024 as a strategic "off-market" investment.
8.17 miles idash: St Neots
12.38 miles Colocker: Milton Keynes
14.06 miles AI Pathfinder: Northamptonshire
The AI Pathfinder data center in Chelveston, Northamptonshire, is a £3.4 billion facility purpose-built for sovereign AI infrastructure.
14.67 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Amazon is planning a two-building campus at Linmere Island, near Houghton Regis, northwest of Luton.
15.02 miles Pulsant Milton Keynes
15.07 miles Level3 Milton Keynes
15.14 miles Safenames: Milton Keynes
16.61 miles Clearstone Energy: Junction Campus
Clearstone Data is developing the Junction DC campus, a high-capacity facility set on 37 acres adjacent to the M1 motorway near Luton.
17.17 miles Thrive Luton
The site was formerly operated by ONI before being acquired in August 2021.
17.70 miles Fujitsu: London North STE04
Located in Stevenage, the Fujitsu London North (STE04) facility is a landmark high-resiliency data center that serves as a core hub for Fujitsu’s UK digital infrastructure.
17.83 miles nLighten: Milton Keynes
nLighten LTN1 (Milton Keynes) was integrated into the nLighten portfolio in September 2023 through the acquisition of Proximity Data Centres.
18.34 miles Nigsun: Stevenage NCS1
The Nigsun Datacentre NCS1 is a Tier 3-standard, carrier-neutral facility located in the A1 corridor of Stevenage, designed to host mission-critical IT infrastructure for cloud providers and enterprises.
18.44 miles Safenames: Wellingborough
The Safenames Wellingborough Data Centre (often referred to as SNDC1) is Safenames' flagship enterprise-grade facility, located in the East Midlands (Northamptonshire).
18.83 miles ServerChoice: Stevenage
Opened in 2008 to great acclaim, Stevenage Data Centre was ServerChoice’s first facility and has been operating continuously with 100% uptime.
18.94 miles Reef Origin: Elevate Quarter Campus
The Elevate Quarter data centers in Stevenage, UK, represent a landmark £900 million ($1.2 billion) co-location project engineered to merge digital infrastructure with advanced medicine.
19.03 miles Reef Origin: Elevate Quarter 2
This facility is part of Reef Origin's Elevate Quarter Campus in Stevenage, UK.

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Service Express is a leading data center solutions provider specializing in multivendor maintenance, managed infrastructure and hardware services. For more than 30 years, Service Express has worked alongside organizations worldwide to deliver results by maximizing infrastructure investments, refining IT strategies and adapting to evolving demands. Service Express continues to be recognized for its commitment to providing long-term, people-powered solutions that build lasting relationships and exceed expectations.

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