Gyron has announced that it had commenced work to bring online an additional data centre in Hemel Hempstead. When open for customer occupation in Q1 2012, the new Maylands facility will complement the existing Centro facility, also in Hemel Hempstead, that was opened by the company in 2009.

The new facility is set within a secure private 170,000 compound with 66,000 sq ft of data centre space and 22,000 sq ft of associated offices and disaster recovery areas. The site will feature dual redundant 8MW power supplies from two dedicated on-site HV substations, as well as diverse connections to multiple fibre optic connectivity providers. The new Maylands data centre will give us capacity for up to an additional 1,200 racks

Gyron’s Managing Director, Robin Balen, also revealed that Gyron had already pre-signed agreements with customers for over 1MW of critical IT load. He said, “We’re delighted to announce that with our 3MW Centro facility at nearly 90% occupancy after less than two years operation, we’ve been able to bring forward our expansion plans. The new Maylands data centre will give us capacity for up to an additional 1,200 racks to continue to support our customers’ most critical IT applications.”