LONDON, U.K., June 10, 2020 — Kao Data, a provider of advanced, hyperscale-inspired data centers for the UK’s Innovation Corridor, has announced a dedicated ‘Built-to-Suit’ service for the hyperscale community in the UK. The service enables Kao Data to fund, design, build and operate Open Compute Project (OCP-Ready) data center capacity, for organizations dependent on scalable, resilient, digital infrastructure.

With financial backing from one of the UK’s largest investors, the new ‘Built-to-Suit’ service enables Kao Data to offer attractive, low cost financial terms for hyperscale cloud service providers looking to fund and rapidly develop new data centre capacity around London’s perimeter. As part of the service, Kao Data’s leadership team will oversee all developments, enabling clients to benefit from the guidance, insight and expertise of award-winning industry professionals who are well positioned to manage the challenges of industrial scale data center construction projects.

“Our Built-to-Suit model presents a significant opportunity for hyperscale providers, removing many of the financial, contractual, logistical and technical complexities often experienced on large data center builds,” said Paul Finch, Interim CEO and COO, Kao Data. “By working with Kao Data’s established team of engineering and operational specialists, hyperscalers can significantly shorten the development and build cycle of their future data center deployments.”

The Kao Data ‘Built-to-Suit’ service provides the ability to:

• Fund – With access to funding options through market-leading UK investment, Kao Data provides hyperscalers with structured, flexible finance on highly competitive terms.
• Design – Award-winning expertise in customizable data center architectures delivers highly optimised designs to complement hyperscale global facility portfolios.
• Build – Kao Data’s optimized supply chain reduces construction complexity to deliver hyperscale-inspired data centre developments, on time and on budget.
• Operate – An Integrated Management System and suite of UKAS (UK Accreditation Service) ISO standards, deliver the highest levels of operational excellence, sustainability and 100% availability.

The four key components of Kao Data’s ‘Built-to-Suit’ service can be utilized to provide customizable data centers that specifically meet hyperscale requirements. Where necessary, certain elements can be excluded to accommodate the most suitable commercial model and deliver a market-leading lower TCO.

A unique location for hyperscale

Located in Harlow, at the heart of the UK Innovation Corridor and less than 20 miles from central London, Kao Data is one of the UK’s largest data center campus developments. Operational in 2018, it provides world-class digital infrastructure and scalability for a further 30MW of technical capacity.

The campus offers an important strategic location in the East London availability zone, providing a high capacity, ultra-low latency fibre network within the euNetworks North London Artery; a key route for hyperscale connectivity from Dublin, across the UK and into Europe’s FLAP data center network.

“Developing hyperscale data centers can be costly, time consuming and complex. Our Built-to-Suit service streamlines the process and provides megawatts of readily available capacity on an already operational, planning-approved campus,” said Spencer Lamb, Vice President, Kao Data. “A key component of our bespoke approach is our ability to flex the model and incorporate the relevant components for each hyperscaler.”

About Kao Data

Launched in 2018, Kao Data develop and operate advanced data centers for high performance computing. From our hyperscale inspired campus in the heart of the UK’s Innovation Corridor between London and Cambridge – we provide HPC, cloud, AI and enterprise customers with a world-class home for their compute.

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Source: Kao Data