Birmingham · West Midlands · England · United Kingdom
Six Degrees Birmingham Central provides commercial colocation and managed hosting from a central Birmingham location. Official material confirms a 5,800 square metre facility opened in 2016.
THE ESSENTIALS
OVERVIEW
Central Birmingham colocation and managed hosting facility.
Find the right amount of space for your equipment.
Single storey 5,800 m2 (over 62,000 ft2) facility with two (2) data halls of 1,000 m2 technical white space each, a total of 2000 m2
Check the power your deployment needs and the systems behind it.
Explore network choice and the connections available to your equipment.
Six Degrees lists for Birmingham Central: "Two dedicated meet-me areas"; "Diverse entry points served by a choice of fibre providers"; "Access to multiple telecommunications providers including BT, Virgin Media, Neos Networks, Colt, Lumen, and Zayo"; "Access to Six Degrees’ Next Generation Network providing data centre to data centre, internet and MPLS connectivity across the UK, Europe and the US". The product overview also names Colt/Level3/Lumen/Centurylink, Telcom, ITS, Vodafone and Cogent.
Connection types distinguish physical presence from remote or partner access.
Review how access to the site and equipment is protected.
Six Degrees lists: "Full perimeter security including PAS 68 rated access gates and dedicated gate house"; "Three single person anti-tailgating portals"; "Electronic access control including PIN and biometrics"; "105 digital CCTV cameras covering internal and external areas" (product overview: ">100 digital CCTV cameras"); "Up to 90-day retention of CCTV"; "Security vetted to BS 7858 standard"; "24x7x365 management and monitoring of all cooling, power and building critical systems".
Check listed standards, their scope and the evidence recorded.
PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, SOC 2, OFFICIAL (IL2/IL3), UTI Tier III aligned
Uptime Institute Tier III Design Certified (Six Degrees wording, Birmingham Central only; Six Degrees' product overview describes this as "Uptime Institute Tier III design certification of plans"). Six Degrees' data centre comparison page lists "UTI Tier III aligned" for all three of its sites. Studley is described only as "Uptime Institute Tier III aligned".
Plan visits, deliveries and access for your team.
Rail
Six Degrees: "within easy reach of Birmingham’s three train stations"
Six Degrees lists "15 parking spaces and a loading bay".
YOUR QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
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