Web Wiz Green Data Centre

Our eco-friendly data centre, specifically built for our needs, is located in Poole, Bournemouth, Dorset on the south coast of the UK and is operated by Web Wiz.

The privately-owned facility was designed and built by Web Wiz and completed in May 2018. The data centre offers excellent security, resilience and connectivity.

We built our data centre with three goals in mind: being eco-friendly, over-engineered, and robust. We believe that investing in the best energy-efficient infrastructure will enable us to provide reliable and sustainable hosting services.

Our data centre has been built according to the Uptime Institute Tier-III guidelines, ensuring that our systems are N+1 and concurrently maintainable. Although we haven't sought certification from the Uptime Institute, we encourage our customers to test our design.

Green Credentials

 Powered by 100% renewable energy sources
 Renewable energy generated from on-site solar panel array
 Supporting World Land Trust, buy an acre programme
 Tesla battery storage systems store excess solar energy to use overnight
 Direct air EC fans provide free air cooling and heat recovery
 A++ rated air source conditioning systems provide cooling during the summer months
 Open frame racks for improved air movement and reduce the need for air conditioning
 In-rack APC UPS Systems reduces power wastage
 LED lighting with occupancy sensors
 Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.07 (rating of very efficient)
 Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) of 0 (no water is used for cooling)

Connectivity Services

BGP 4 routing - Internet traffic will take the fastest route and automatically reroute in the event of a failure
IP Transit from the top 3 tier 1 global networks (Lumen/Level 3, Cogent and Arelion) as ranked by CAIDA
Diverse fibre backhaul from BT, Openreach, Neos Networks, and Virgin Media - 2N redundancy
Fibre circuits enter our data centre at opposite ends of the facility
Geographically disbursed Points-Of-Presence (POPs)
Points-Of-Presence (POPs) include; Telehouse North, London Docklands; Cogent DC, London Canary Wharf; Equinix LD5, Slough
Data centre 10Gbps Network - 2N redundancy
Hardware firewalls with stateful failover in an active-passive configuration - 2N redundancy
Redundant SourceFire Snort Intrusion Systems (IPS/IDS)
Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 network (IPv6 network deployment)

Power and Cooling

PV solar panel array with 50 Hanwha Q.Cell 305 Wp high-efficiency solar panels
SolarEdge PV inverter and optimisers for increased solar panel efficiency by up to 25%
Tesla Powerwalls - Lithium-ion battery systems store up to 4.5 MWh of renewable energy each year to use overnight
Himoinsa 3 phase standby generator set - Provides electricity in the event of a power outage
Automatic Mains Failure (AMF) - Switches facility from grid electricity to standby generator in the event of a power outage
APC double-conversion on-line UPS systems provide clean filtered uninterrupted power - N+1 redundancy
Data Centre Racks have two independent power feeds (A / B Power Feeds)
APC Automatic Transfer Switches - Automatic switching between A / B Power Feeds if a power fault is detected
Daikin SkyAir A++ rated air source air conditioning - Redundant systems to control cooling and humidity - N+1 redundancy
Systemair energy efficient EC fans - Free air cooling to the data hall and heat recovery used to heat our office

Security & Monitoring

PRTG network, server, and service monitoring with 24 hour mobile push alerts to engineers
CCTV system covering all entrances/exits and main areas to ensure that our data centre facility is secure at all times
Door entry video intercom system with 24-hour recording
24-hour CCTV recording which is then held on site for review should the need arise
Monitored intruder alarm system covers all entrance and exits to the facility
Second dedicated monitored intruder alarm system covers the data hall
Avtech Room Alert environment monitoring system - monitors data centre temperatures, humidity, smoke and water leaks
Fire alarm system monitors all areas of the facility for smoke and heat
Automatic fire suppression systems using FE 36 clean agent gas
AquaLeak BREEAM compliance water leak detection will cut off mains water to the facility if a water leak is detected

Green Data Centre Gallery

Data Centre Server Racks

Data Centre Server Racks

Data Centre Server Racks

HPE Aurba, Server Rack Access Switches

Cisco, Server Rack Access Switches

Point-To-Point Diverse Fibre Connections from BT/Openreach, Neos Networks, and Virgin Media

Solar Panel Array, providing on-site renewable energy

Tesla Powerwall's store energy from our Solar Panels to use overnight