Rackspace has opened a new data center in the UK

Rackspace has opened a new British data center to meet the growing demand for cloud services. The company claims that the data center in Crowley is one of the “greenest” in the UK: its energy efficiency ratio is 1.15. This is below the average of 1.7.

The launch of the data center is associated with cooperation with the company Digital Realty, which expands its business by renting premises from Rackspace.

Mark Renick, executive director of Rackspace, said : “We have partnered with industry leaders, thanks to which we have designed and built an environmentally friendly and at the same time reliable data center. It will allow us to provide world-class customer service. ”
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The new data center can accommodate 50,000 servers, while occupying an area of ​​15 acres. Its capacity is 6 megawatts, but in the future it may be doubled.

Customers from all over the world will have access to the new Rackspace data center, but the company believes that European customers will mostly be using it.