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London, 3rd September 2012 <\/p>\n

<\/strong>Colt, Europe\u2019s leading information platform, has been awarded the Uptime Institute\u2019s<\/a> Tier III Certification of Design Documents for two halls inside its London 3 facility. The award certifies that the design meets all the requirements set out by the Institute\u2019s global benchmarking system for Concurrent Maintainability and thereby minimises the risk of a service disruption by ensuring 99.98 percent uptime capability.<\/p>\n

The Tier III Design Certification is an independent assessment of the capability of the design to continue to sustain computer room operations during any maintenance activity. This requires considerable attention to detail in the design and is awarded only to the best in class.<\/p>\n

\u201cColt\u2019s modular design approach to enterprise-class availability, as demonstrated by the Uptime Institute\u2019s Tier III Design Certification, demonstrates an important step forward for the industry\u2014a robust infrastructure solution with rapid speed of deployment,\u201d says Vince Renaud, Uptime Institute Senior Tier Certification Authority. \u201cThe rigorous review inherent to Uptime Institute Design Certification assures clients that each and every detail of a high-availability design is in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cColt\u2019s flagship facility in London is renowned for its operational excellence, state-of-the-art technology, resilience and security,\u201d says Guy Ruddock, VP Design and Delivery at Colt. \u201cAs the international language of accountability and certification for the data centre industry, this award distinguishes Colt from self-certified data centre providers, whose Tier III claims for concurrent maintainability are often dubious.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colt\u2019s unique modular approach is carried throughout the design of UPS and Critical Cooling Systems. This allows the maintenance, removal or replacement of critical components without affecting the resilience levels, therefore still being fully resilient against a single failure without the cost of installing 2N+1 infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Colt became the first data centre operator in Europe to be accredited with the Uptime Institute\u2019s Management & Operations (M&O) Stamp of Approval which it was awarded for its London 3 site. <\/p>\n

London 3 is one of Colt\u2019s flagship facilities and is renowned for its operational excellence, state-of-the-art technology, resilience and security. Sited 40km (25 miles) from the centre of London, the facility potentially provides over 10,500m2<\/sup> of data centre space with a total power provision of 33 MVA. The facility is just outside of London\u2019s major ring-road, the M25. This means that if there is an emergency lock-down across London, or the M25 has been completely closed, the data centre is still accessible. <\/p>\n

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