The team have finished the raised floor at the Bournemouth colocation facility, this as you can see has transformed the site.

Most of the floor is now complete at the Bournemouth Colocation facility, a floor paint has been put in place to stop dust and seal the floor.

The sealant being put in place under the floor.

The railings and ramp being installed to allow easy access to the raised floor.

Work continues at the Bournemouth collocation facility with the raised floor.

The team are progressing well with most of the floor complete now.

The struts being laid out on the floor to support the equipment that will be installed at a later date.

One side of the room completed.

The raised floor has started being installed at the Bournemouth collocation facility. This enables cold air to travel under the floor to the designated cold aisles as well as providing an area for cabling to be run in.

The team hard at work installing the first section of the raised floor at the Bournemouth Colocation Facility.

The raised floor at Bournemouth Colocation facility after one day of work.

The main electrical mains panels continue to be populated.

These components are vital the successful running of the facility and will allow us to deliver high capacity resilient power to customers.

The automatic changeover switch installed at the Bournemouth collocation facility used by the generator system in the event of a power failure.

An extractor fan has been installed at the Bournemouth Data centre which will vent the FM200 gas from the fire suppression system should it ever be needed.

This will allow the room to be made safe. Whilst FM200 gas is not extremely harmful to humans it’s not advisable to breathe it in so systems such as this should always be installed.

The extractor fan, which will vent FM200 gas at the Bournemouth Colocation facility.

C4L’s Bournemouth data centre has continued its rapid progression, with the first of the trunking and electrical systems being installed.

Trunking and electrical board at the Bournemouth data centre

Holes have also been created for the venting of FM200 Gas, and delivery of the Air Conditioning units.  Given that this is an office block, delivering heavy CRAC units was going to be problematic, hence a doorway was created.

The doorway through which the CRAC units will be delivered.

The hole through which the FM200 will be extracted, in the event of a fire.

The first layer of whitewash is being applied at the Bournemouth colocation facility.

Further layers of paint will be added in due course, as the transformation into a data centre takes shape.

The first whitewash has been completed at the Bournemouth colocation facility

With the Bournemouth data centre build well underway, the first elements of the colocation facility have arrived in the form of Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS).

These UPS units will supply the data centre with power before the generator kicks in, in the event of a mains power failure.

A UPS unit being unloaded for the Bournemouth colocation facility

A UPS being moved into the first plant room

C4L are pleased to announce we have begun the building stage of our Bournemouth colocation facility. 

Due for completion in late December 2009, the Bournemouth colocation facility is being built to Tier 2 specifications.  The first phase will provide space for 40 racks, all of which will be in lockable blocks. 

The building is well underway and you can watch live progress of the site at www.bournemouthdatacentre.co.uk

The Bournemouth colocation site prior to work starting 

A few days in and our Colocation site is well into the gutting stage.