UK Grid is a customer focused provider of quality data centre space and network services delivering business class solutions to customers from all sectors. With over 30 years combined experience in the data centre and internet connectivity market place, UK Grid understands today's digital challenges and how to fulfil its customers needs. With two data centres under its portfolio and a third planned this year, UK Grid is now one of the leading Colocation providers in the North of England. The third Data Centre is currently in planning for Q1 2010 which will see UK Grid owning over 19,000 sq ft of technical floor space and in the region of 750 racks with a 10 GigE national network. The new facility will have tier 2 and tier 3 technical space which is a first for Manchester and the North of England. UK Grid is an ISO certified company and has already gained 9001, 14001 and now 27001 certifications showing a commitment to security and processes that benefits its customers. UK Grid is committed to reducing the impact it has on the environment and Synergy House was the first Data Centre in the North to employ Cold Aisle Containment. UK Grid has deployed Chloride efficient UPS systems with near unity power factor coupled with a carbon offset program to move towards carbon neutrality and therefore a portfolio of carbon balanced data centres. The Cold Aisle Containment and UPS selection have greatly attributed to UK Grid achieving a PUE of between 1.3 and 1.4 in Synergy House. UK Grid's product set includes: - Colocation from 1U to full private suites - Multihomed IP transit - Tier1 IP transit including Level3, TINet and Cogent - Fibre network design and implementation - Ethernet services including Metro Ethernet and Long Reach Ethernet between Manchester and London - Managed Services including firewalls, networks, tape backups, cabling, LIR services, racking and rack migration - IPTV hosting