Operating since 2007, 4D Data Centres is proudly people-focused. Support staff are available 24/7/365 in any emergency, as well as offering advice and guidance. Our colocation data centres have won multiple awards and proven our reliability by never having a power outage and guaranteeing 99.999% network uptime.
OUR OUTSTANDING TEAM
consistently delivering the best
UK managed IT infrastructure
through growth and innovation
David Barker, our founder and CTO, began 4D off the back of designing websites which then needed to be hosted somewhere. Over the years 4D Hosting (as 4D was called then) expanded into domain registration, shared hosting, dedicated servers and resold colocation.
4D expanded from reselling shared hosting services into running its own server platforms within the RedBus data centres. 4D started offering managed hosting as well as dedicated servers to rent and small-scale shared colocation.
4D registered for its ASN (31463) which allowed us to start operating our own BGP network and peer on exchanges. Expansion of rackspace in RedBus into 4D’s own suite and taking space in other data centres (IXEurope) led to the first full rack colocation customers using 4D network services. Ethernet and xDSL services were also offered.
With investment from Keith Bedell-Pearce and Jack Bedell-Pearce joining the company, 4D opened its first owned data centre. This realised an ambitious goal of David’s developed from the frustrating lack of the support and value offered by other data centre operators.
We won Green Datacentre Project of the Year category at the Datacentre Solutions Awards ceremony thanks, in part, to launching the UK’s largest evaporative cooling system the year before.
David and Jack oversaw the launch of our public and private cloud platforms - a completely flexible solution allowing customers to purchase only the cloud storage they need with extremely cost-effective pricing.
With David and Jack running the Byfleet data centre over the last ten years, the business had grown. It was time to expand and we opened a larger, second data centre in Gatwick able to support higher power densities of up to 41 kW per rack.
We continue to provide excellent colocation, cloud, connectivity and cyber security services to a growing list of companies. As well as expanding the number of HPC racks we host, helping companies utilise this new generation of computing technology.
We also keep a close eye on quantum computing, 5G and other future technologies, to ensure our customers are always given industry-leading solutions.
Take a real-time virtual tour of one of our data centres. The tour will be hosted by a senior member of our team, and they will virtually take you around our award-winning facilities.
What you will see:
Our 24/7/365 staffed front desk
The security processes that protect our clients' servers
The data floor
Our uninterruptible power supply infrastructure
The generators that keep our centre running in a power outage
We are proud of the external recognition of our ability in specific areas:
PCI:DSS Compliant
LoNAP Member
PSN Connected
HSCN certified
LINX Member
Microsoft Silver Partner
4D is committed to utilising industry-leading technologies. Among these, we’ve deployed sophisticated cooling systems in our data centres, including adiabatic cooling towers. This high-capacity cooling allows us to host HPC infrastructure, and they’re also highly energy-efficient, leading to us winning ‘Best Energy Efficiency Project of the Year’ from the DCS awards and ‘Project of the Year’ at the Electrical Review Awards. This energy-efficiency also helps in our drive to be eco-friendly, and you can learn more about our Eco Credentials here.
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