With that amount of diesel..
they could run a garage, would solve the problem of the diesel going off
In a world where data centre duties are increasingly relocated to lower cost territories in the East and beyond, why would anyone want to set up shop in the heart of London? Even if there was a requirement for your data to be UK-based, surely a location in the shires where rents are lower would make sense. City Lifeline …
City datacentres are for the city boys with their financial data, or those who are too rich to care. Everyone else is either in docklands or in a real cheap DC on the outskirts of town, Park Royal, Slough, Gatwick - that sort of area.
PS: Looking at munin in the iphone browser is not an iphone app.
Pretty sure that was a data centre previously as I helped liquidate the old firm in there a bit over 10 years ago. They ran huge amount of Compaq gear back then.
I think it was called 'Crisscross communications' and they sold access all across Europe.
As the prievious infrastructure would already be in place it would explain why it is based there and not out at Docklands or some other low rent area.
Reminds me of all the hours I spent installing kit in cramped racks with little support from the rest of the company. Real muscle stuff. Good times though.
The MTU diesel engine hails from Friedrichshafen, and was built in the old Zeppelin motor factory.
One of those VIIC diesels, I suppose?