Opened in 1990, it was the first purpose-built colocation data centre in Europe. Telehouse North has been the primary home of the London Internet Exchange since 1994 and continues to be one of the most heavily connected data centres in the world.

Telehouse operates five data centers in London, four at its Docklands campus in East London, consisting of Telehouse North (opened 1990), Telehouse East (opened 1999), Telehouse West (opened 2010), and Telehouse North Two (opened in 2016.) Telehouse Metro, which opened 1997, is located near Silicon Roundabout.

Telehouse North

Telehouse North is a 7 floor multi-storey steel and concrete construction with 9,717 square meters of colocation space.

Telehouse East

Telehouse East is a five storey data centre originally built in 1999. The average power per rack is low, between 1 to 2 kW per rack

Power:

• Average power per rack - 1 to 3kW
• 3 x multiple diverse power route incoming feeds
• 4 x Generators with N +1 redundancy
• 15 mins of UPS battery autonomy with N+1 or N+N redundancy depending on location

HVAC:

• Air conditioning at N 1 redundancy
• The heat rejection system is 30% glycol and condensed water which utilises dry heat rejection condensers on the rooftop
• Full function, closed control air conditioning system, with cooling, humidity and de-humidification control
• Room design temperature: 22 degrees C, plus or minus 1 degree C. Room humidity: 50% rH. Plus 10% or minus 10% rH
• External Temperature Design: 35 degree C Dry Bulb
• Redundant “A” and “B” pipe work route to the roof top condenser system and N 1 pump system in the North Building to circulate the glycol condensed water to the data centre in-room air package equipment

Fire Suppression:

• Early smoke detection alarms (VESDA) installed throughout the facility
• Fully addressable two stage fire detection system that monitors both under-floor and the room itself
• Fully addressable two stage fire detection system that monitors both under-floor and the room itself
• Dry sprinkler fire detection system to meet BS 5306, 3115 and with LFEPA approval.
• Ceilings, walls, floors and doors comply with RF90 (fire resistance 90 mins) in DC areas, telecom and plant areas

Compliance:

• ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Standard
• ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System Standard
• ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information Security Management
• PCI – DSS (Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard) Attestation
• BS 25999-2:2007 Business Continuity Management
• The Carbon Trust Standard