Our Data Centre, the leading provider of colocation services to web hosts in Ireland.

All our servers are located in one of Ireland's leading data centres, the Serve Centric facility in Blanchardstown.

Built in 1999 by the Worldport Group as their European Super Centre with unrivalled specifications, Serve Centric took over the state-of-the-art facility in 2002. The facility provides a secure redundant network with rigorous physical security.

The purpose-built data centre covering 125,000 total square feet with a 10 Megawatt power capacity is designed to accommodate a wide range of services in a secure environment. The facility was designed on an n+1 principle with full generator and UPS back-up. Within the facility there are 20 Custom Suites, 4 Communications Suites and 4 Customer Labs. The Custom Suites offer dedicated, private and secure rooms that range in sizes from 900 square feet to greater than 4500 square feet. Each of the data suites has independent HVAC controls for local temperature management.

The Data Centre is carrier neutral with multiple network providers and diverse fibre paths.

The data centre boasts the following features;

Connectivity

• Carrier neutral with multiple network providers and diverse fibre paths. Current providers to the centre include Cable & Wireless and Global Crossing.
• No single point of failure between gateway and cabinet

Power

• Duel power feeds into the data centre
• Power delivered through dual redundant ups units
• Generators capable of delivering 10mw of power

Logical security

• Network level security to guard against flooding attacks or IP spoofing
• Regular independent security tests are carried out

Security

• Physical on site security for 24/7
• CCTV monitoring on perimeter and all internal sensitive areas.
• Proximity cards on all internal doors with iris scanners to technically sensitive areas.
• All access is electronically logged
• Intrusion detection system on doors and break glass detection on windows
• Electronic combination locks on front and rear of all cabinets.

Environment

• Temp maintained at 23'c +/-2'c
• Humidity maintained at 55%
• Fully redundant cooling systems
• Connectivity up to gigabit Ethernet
• Internal cabling cat 5e and duplex 62.5 micron fibre

Fire protection

• Vesda (Very early smoke detection) fire protection in air intakes to provide early detection
• Analogue addressable system to provide exact location
• 24/7 Monitoring