Greater Than 20 Racks
White Space
Covering an area of more than 4,264m2 of IT space (traditional water-cooled) divided into four 4MW IT data halls – whilst being fully scalable, it’s one of the most efficient colocation data centres in the UK.
To view further images of our currently available whitespace, please see here or book a virtual tour of our data centre here.
Power Availability
Connected direct to the 275KV National Grid. We provide 80 MWs (designed to scale to 180 MWs) of REGO certified green renewable power via four 20MVA 11kV feeds to two dedicated SSE switch-rooms, with a P.U.E of 1.2
Metered Power Contracts
Stellium provides metered power contracts – unlike London where metered Power contracts are generally unavailable. Energy is now 70% of your colocation cost so this is a major issue for your business in terms of transparency.
Cooling
Stellium has no cooling issues – unlike London data centres which experience major cooling issues, Stellium have none.
HPC cooling of client racks from 10 to 100kW using in-row/rear door chilled water cooling. Bespoke designs available for fully immersive cooling up to 200kW per rack can be supported.
Carrier Neutral Facility
Leading businesses interconnect at the Stellium Newcastle data centre and our carrier members are growing every day. The current connectivity providers based at Stelliums Newcastle data centres include; Zayo, BSO Networks, Colt Telecom, Cogent and Vodafone to name a few. See the full list here.
Lowest latency location
Stellium has no latency congestion. In fact we provide some of the lowest latency now available in the UK.
Global Subsea Network
Stellium is the UK landing station for the world’s latest subsea cable networks from AquaComms (to/from the US on the North Atlantic Loop) and Altibox.(to/from the Nordics/Mainland Europe on the Euro Connect cable).
The Global Network is a resilient, ring-based infrastructure providing the highest availability between the East Coast of the U.S., Ireland, and mainland Europe. Capacity Services, Managed Spectrum, Fibre Pair Solutions & Professional Services can be provided throughout these networks. Services are provided across multiple systems to offer true diversity, but can be offered on a single system to suit your needs. For more, see here.
Compliance & Certification
Stellium’s commitment to innovation and high standards of excellence are reflected in the accreditations and recognition we continually achieve for our Newcastle data centre and network.
Our certifications achieved are global standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Open Compute Foundation, amongst others, that recognise the implementation of best practices within the data centre and connectivity industry. Our certifications include; OCP Ready™ certification, ISO-27001, ISO-14001, ISO-9001, ISO-20000, ISO-22301, PSN Network and Cyber Essentials+. See a full list here
Physical Security
The physical security of your deployments is critical to our operational culture and we have the people, systems, processes, and experience to deliver the secure data services you require.
We offer credential-based access control, intrusion detection and unified video surveillance with interior and exterior cameras throughout our Newcastle campus. Two-factor access authentication and man traps are standard at our data centres, along with user-based permissions and managed security zones.
Remote Hands Services
Stelliums colocation services are supported by our smart-hands services that can perform complex on-site tasks on your behalf, including racking and cabling; moves, adds and changes; telecommunications; security; and any troubleshooting that may be required. We deploy Zendesk as a client service interface and ticketing system.
Build-to-Suit Data Centres
Stellium offers the ability to customize the size, design, and resiliency level for your mission-critical data centre needs.
A build to suit lease is a structure that allows you to design and customize a data centre facility to meet specific or unique design needs without a large initial capital expenditure that comes with building and owning a data centre.
Direct Cloud Connectivity
Stellium is Cloud-Ready and offers strategic cloud connectivity solutions incorporating on-site connections between your data centre racks and the cloud. This includes direct cloud connections on-ramp for critical production infrastructure through strategic partners; AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, IBM & Oracle, at up to 100G. For all current cloud providers on-ramp at our Newcastle facility please see here
Cross Connects
Stellium can provide a range of connectivity options including; fibre, UTP/STP or coax to meet your business needs. Our technicians install and manage the connections which run through a secure MMR (Meet-Me Room).
Our cross connects are physically hardwired, ensuring lower latency and better reliability for your networking requirements.
Additional services
Whichever data centre option you choose, Stelium offer supporting fit-out services that prepare you for any eventuality. Electrical distribution installation; Office space fit out and conference facilities – we’re happy to work with you to create the perfect environment to support your data centre needs.
For photos of our data centre office space and conference and meeting facilities, please see here.
An Education and Skills Hub
Northumbria University based in Newcastle has taken a leap forward in prestigious power rankings. Results from the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) show Northumbria University with the biggest rise in research power ranking of any UK university.
The city of Newcastle, combined with Durham, is now host to the largest concentration of researchers outside London creating a northern research powerhouse.
Why Newcastle?
Newcastle is the regional capital of North East England, one of the UK’s core cities and an integral part of the Northern Powerhouse. the United Kingdom government’s super-connected, globally-competitive northern economy with a flourishing private sector, a highly-skilled population, and world-renowned civic and business leadership. For reasons to choose Newcastle as a business location, please see here .
