UK provider Datum said its first colocation data center which will open in Q4 2012.

The data center, is located on a high-security QinetiQ Cody Technology Park in Farnborough, Hampshire, Southern England.

Dominic Phillips, Managing Director of Datum said: “There are many companies who announce datacentre businesses but are not experienced operators and never manage to become fully funded.  We are very fortunate to be coming out of the starting gate with both of these boxes ticked and a significant pipeline of interested clients.  It is a great launch pad for Datum.”

“The South East is now an established technology hub and regional data centers are becoming an increasingly attractive choice for all types of enterprise.”

Datum is fully funded by Darwin Private Equity, which invests in UK enterprises worth between £10 million and £100 million.

The site consists of three separate buildings – the data center, an energy centre and an office building.

The total sqft of the site is 55,000sqft. The datacenter has two floors of 22,000sqft per floor (44,000sq ft in total). 1000 racks will be housed in the datacenter. Total power to the site is 6MVA upgradeable to 7.5 MVA. The facility will be built in 4 phases, with the first phase of 250 racks going live in November. The other phases will follow at regular intervals thereafter. Other specifications include a target PUE of 1.25; 2N power supply from substation to rack level and 2N back up power supply.

Nick Jordan, Head of the Media and Technology Sector at Darwin Private Equity commented, “Technological innovation continues to drive changes in the way we live, work and communicate, it creates numerous exciting investment opportunities in the technology sector and as a result we are excited to add Datum to our portfolio of investments.”

Datum is targeting the colocation facilities market for mid-sized to large enterprise Clients and IT service providers.