London 1

NTT Ltd. is one of the largest IT providers in the world. The company has now set a further milestone with the London 1 (LON1) Data Center, which was opened in December 2020. LON1 is tripling NTT’s capacities in the UK. The multi-tenant building leaves nothing to be desired. R&M’s bespoke cabling solution plays a major part in the realization of this.

A network of more than 160 data centers makes NTT Ltd. the third-largest carrier- and cloud-neutral supplier in the industry. The Global Data Centers Division, set up in 2019, unites NTT’s own and integrated sites in more than 20 countries. The consolidated area of server rooms totals 500,000 square meters and is constantly being extended.

The most recent mega-complex: the London 1 Data Center in Dagenham, East London. The first construction phase took just a few months. It offers a colocation area of 12,800 square meters with a capacitance of 32 MW IT load. Once completed, the London 1 Data Center will provide 25,600 square meters of IT space and 64 MW IT load.

Multiple-use

Colocation customers enjoy a wealth of possibilities here. On the opening, Masaaki Moribayashi, Senior Executive Vice President, Services NTT Ltd. said: «London 1 offers a flexible, scalable and secure infrastructure as well as individually customizable solutions. It was designed for a wide range of NTT customers and partners.»

The options for colocation customers start with an individual rack – which they install themselves or use as part of the NTT full-stack service. They are given space for fail-safe cloud and SaaS applications or workload distribution. The number of carriers providing their services within the London 1 Data Center is increasing continuously.

The data center also contains a Technology Experience Lab. This is something only on offer from NTT. In the lab, customers and developers can try out and demonstrate innovative hardware, software, and cloud services under live conditions. This saves them from having to make their own infrastructure investments. Topics featured include cyber security, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology.

Proximity to LINX

Fiber optic lines, multi-service interconnection platforms, and cross-connect cabling are available for millisecond-fast connections into the global network. Expert NTT personnel can also be consulted, providing remote-hands services.

With the Dagenham site, NTT offers short transmission paths to the London Internet Exchange (LINX) in the Docklands. The peering point is just 15 km away.

Florian Winkler, CEO of the Global Data Centers EMEA Division at NTT, says: «Our British data centers are of crucial importance for the global economy and guarantee interruption-free service 365 days a year.» The pandemic has shown just how important this connectivity and reliable infrastructure are when it comes to operating internationally active companies.

NTT guarantees multiple redundancies and availability of 99,999 % in compliance with Tier III classification. High-quality services on the basis of its own global IP network are a matter of course at NTT. All data centers offer a range of direct access points to telecommunications networks, cloud providers, and other Internet exchanges.

Technology at its best

NTT pride itself on offering the best environment for their clients and expect nothing less from their service providers. R&M’s long-standing technology cooperation with NTT, enhanced by the involvement of Indigo Telecom Group, proved to be a successful combination.

Having delivered ODF solutions to NTT on several sites over many years, R&M understood NTT’s requirements; every project is slightly different, however, resulting in new challenges.

For LON1, R&M was asked to provide an ODF solution that would allow LC to MPO connectivity between MMR and the client. To adhere to NTT’s design concept both in terms of technology, solution, usability, and general product aesthetics, the engineering team in the UK, with support from the Swiss design team at headquarters, re-engineered the HD Combi ODF for an LC/MPO solution and took it from concept to delivery to site within six weeks.

Thanks to NTT’s request and R&M’s quick reaction time, the company now has a new ODF LC/MPO product range that offers high performance, high-density OS2/MM fiber connectivity on a small footprint, excellent patch cord management to facilitate efficient administration and avoid downtime, and fast and efficient deployment to NTT customers.

Furthermore, R&M provided expert support and logistics management from the very beginning. The smooth communication with the certified R&M partner Indigo Telecom made a decisive contribution to achieving the project goals quickly. Despite the pandemic-related challenges, it was possible to get London1 up and running in December 2020. NTT LON1 is a fantastic facility and a credit to the NTT team. It is one of the most remarkable projects R&M had the pleasure of being involved in.

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