“ ACROSS THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE , THE PLACEMENT OF DATA CENTRES IS BECOMING A SCIENCE IN ITSELF , AND THE UK IS SEEN AS A GLOBAL HUB ”
Q . WHAT ARE NTT ' S PLANS FOR THE UK ?
» NTT is committed to the UK ICT industry – we ’ re currently building a London hub of data centres as part of a £ 500mn data centre investment plan . At the end of 2020 we opened our London 1 Data Center in Dagenham , London . With 25,600 sqm of IT space and a maximum IT load of 64 MW , this location has tripled our data centre footprint in the UK and makes
1.5 % Powering data centres requires up to 1.5 % of our global electricity usage , and this is expected to increase ten-fold by 2030 .
NTT the third largest data centre company globally . The reason we have a huge focus on expansion projects in the UK is because of its connectivity . Dagenham in East London was selected as the location for London 1 Data Center due to its proximity to the Docklands . This area is established as the UK ’ s Internet hub and backbone for the global network that facilitates most of the London Internet Exchange ' s ( LINX ) infrastructure .
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