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    4D Data Centres is a UK-based colocation data centre provider with facilities in Gatwick, Surrey and Kent. As well as colocation, we provide ultra-fast connectivity, business focused cloud and cyber solutions to organisations around the world.

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    More than a building to house your servers

    Our data centres provide a range of managed infrastructure services. Through our colocation and cloud services we can provide you with cost-saving and reputation-protecting resiliency and our first-class connectivity will unite your IT into one connected system. Additionally, we will keep your data safe by integrating our comprehensive suite of cyber security solutions with any of our other services.

    With the range of infrastructure solutions our data centres can provide, we can definitely provide an ideal solution for your company:

     

    Some of 4D Data Centre’s accreditations

    We’ve worked hard to build our reputation and as a result enjoy the privilege of being recognised and verified by various organisations:

    Not all colocation data centres are the same

    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

    • Our award-winning adiabatic cooling towers

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    Confidently secure your critical data

    Our cyber security solutions protect your data from cyber attackers, while keeping you GDPR and PCI DSS compliant, avoiding serious fines.

     

    Security conscious data centres

    Our colocation facilities are highly secure, giving all of our customers – from healthcare to banking – confidence that their data is protected.

    • CCTV covering inside and outside of the data centres
    • ID and/or biometric confirmation required for all visitors
    • Locked internal doors to control movement through the data centre
    • Gated access to the car park
    • 24/7/365 on-site staff so your servers are never unattended
    • Racks are locked with keys, codes or biometrics so only you have access

     

    Why hundreds of organisations trust our data centres with their data

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    UK-based and independently owned

    Our data centres are 100% owned and operated in the UK, giving you complete transparency on where your data is stored, and who has access to it.

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    Dedicated and customer-focused

    Our engineers are here to be an extension of your IT team, ready to help with the loan of a screwdriver, or advice on future upgrade options.

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    24/7/365 on-site technical support

    Our highly secure data centres are staffed at all times with trained technical engineers, meaning you can have access and we can fix issues on your behalf at any time of day.

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    Award-winning cooling

    Our adiabatic cooling towers use evaporation to provide excellent efficiency, reducing our environmental impact and saving our customers money by reducing power costs.

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    Never had a power outage and 99.999% uptime

    Our data centres have never had a power failure, and we guarantee 99.999% network uptime, thanks to our excellent power, cooling and network redundancies.

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    Expert engineers

    Our engineers are Microsoft and Cisco certified. They have extensive experience deploying new services and hosting advanced high performance racks.

    I just wanted to express my huge thanks to all your guys helping to get us running from the data centre. It has been a huge move for us, and your network team have been really helpful.
    Tim Havenhand, Technical Director
    JFA Systems Ltd
    "These guys are efficient, effective and reliable – and very pleasant to deal with. You have good people!"
    Bob Gilchrist, Managing Director
    Direct Technical Ltd
    "Thank you to all concerned in helping since we have been with 4D. Please keep up the great work and pat yourselves on the back for nailing this! You have set the bar high, continue this and you will have us as a customer for life."
    Andy Collins, Founder
    Vostel Ltd
    "4D were the obvious choice when we decided to locate our new servers in a secure data centre. Pricing was transparent around both the racking and the required data links, while Alex and the team were a pleasure to work with."
    Russell Cole, Head of Technology Services
    DMC Canotec
    "We have used a number of data centre locations over the last few years but decided to look at 4D's facility in Gatwick. We were impressed by the facility, its layout and attention to detail from the support team, and wish we'd started using it sooner."
    Dave Bennett, Director
    Focus Group
    "We were looking at a potentially traumatic and highly disruptive data centre migration. 4D offered a seamless transition and were highly professional throughout"
    Jeff Dodd, CEO
    entrustIT
    “We now save so much time carrying out back-ups and have complete peace of mind that our data is locked up and secure.”
    Martin Allitt, Director
    Richard Allitt Associates
    “Every solution that has been required has been delivered on time and in budget with excellent after care.”
    Rob Thomson, Director
    Marotori
    “4D’s commitment to M9 and the skills of the entire team have been a significant asset to our business.”
    Grant Ingram, CEO
    M9 Group
    “Changing data centre could have been extremely disruptive but 4D made it easy for us”
    Richard Stubbs, Director
    The Network Factory
    “Not only are 4D competitive with their prices, the effort saved by having one provider to contact and question is so much easier.”
    Michael Kinnear, IT Manager
    Pemberton Greenish
    “We've been very happy with the reliability and intend to remain with 4D due to the excellent and cost effective service”
    Michael Hamburger, Managing Director
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