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Rackspace ’ s 12th data center is set to open in Frankfurt in July .

In mid 2015 , Rackspace opened a new , purpose-built data center facility in London , called LON 5 .

LON 5 was built from scratch , giving Rackspace the opportunity to shape it from start to finish . Located in Crawley , West Sussex , an area of west London within handy reach of Heathrow airport that ’ s long been a hub for engineering and industry , the impressive 130,000 square foot data center dominates the surrounding landscape .

The Rackspace Crawley data center was designed to be benchmarksetting in terms of energy efficiency . During the design process it was ensured the building would meet the highest standards in the industry - its Power Usage Efficiency ( PUE ) is designed to be 1.15 leveraging indirect air cooling to take advantage of the cool British climate and hot aisle containment . The cement floors were smoothed to tight tolerances to eliminate the use of raised floor tiles . The plan was to apply this design model to further expansions .

The visual appeal of the data center is intended to convey visually the world-class nature of our operations . The common areas and meeting rooms are impressive , with viewing galleries that have floorto-ceiling glass walls throughout allowing plenty of natural light in .

Jim Hawkins , Vice President , Global

– Jim Hawkins , Vice President , Global Data Center Operations & Engineering

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