Stellium 1 Certified OCP Ready™ Data Centre

What is the Open Compute Project and what is OCP Ready™ certified?

OCP was initially started by Facebook and several other technology companies to create a data centre design that would reduce cost and boost efficiency. The first Facebook facility built in Prineville, Oregon was a big success so the group decided to make the design information available to all through an open source format. These efforts ultimately led to the formation of the Open Compute Project Foundation.

OCP recognised the need for a certification program for colocation data centre such as Stellium, and the OCP Ready program was created.

The goal of the program is to identify Colocation data centre providers and facilities where an end-user can deploy OCP IT equipment without complications.  The majority of Open Compute hardware is deployed as a fully-populated rack. Data centre facilities must be able to easily accommodate racks of these weights and dimensions and be able to deploy multiple racks of such equipment at scale. In addition, the density of compute to meet scale demands and efficiency goals raises the bar for power and cooling specifications for racks.

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Because the program’s standards are open-source (like some software), operators know what a given rack needs to do in terms of size, capability, and power before it arrives onsite. The operator knows that the data centre needs to be designed and laid out to support this class of equipment.

OCP Ready^TM certification allows Stellium to demonstrate that an independent body has reviewed the basis of our infrastructure design. It confirms that state-of-the-art customer technology can be installed and operated efficiently in our accredited OCP Ready^TM data centre.

Further information on the OCP Facility Recognition Program can be accessed here.

Is your certification important for high-powered compute hardware end-users?

Yes. For current and prospective OCP Users it allows them to review the attributes of our Tier 3+ UK data centre and determine with confidence that we have the right facility to accommodate the OCP Open Racks and IT gear standard.

What areas within your UK data centre were audited to meet certification?

Stellium 1 achieved OCP compliance across all five functional areas within our data centre that the OCP program scrutinises including; Power, Cooling, IT Space Layout and Design, Facility Management and Control, and Facility Operations.

Our Newcastle-based data centre delivers a highly connected, sustainable colocation option for OCP project owners.

The Stellium 1 data centre offers the combined benefits of OCP compliance, a cool North of England climate (Newcastle: 22 deg C versus London: 32 deg C (June 2023), 80 MW (designed to scale to 180 MW) of REGO-certified renewable power, and a facility that has continuously achieved multiple additional certifications from ISO to Cyber Essentials to BREEAM.