EQUINIX LD4
EQUINIX LD4
Connect to the leading carrier and financial trading ecosystem in West London
2 Buckingham Avenue, Slough SL1 4NB
CONNECT TO THE LEADING CARRIER AND FINANCIAL TRADING ECOSYSTEM IN WEST LONDON
Equinix LD4 in Slough is a key financial trading venue in London. It hosts established platforms such as BATS Chi-X, the largest MTF by volume, and LMAX, an MTF for FX and commodities. Equinix LD4 is therefore a leading London colocation ecosystem, and has a particular focus on ultra-low-latency electronic trading.
YOUR OPTIONS
SPECIFICATIONS
80,000 SQ FT
3.0 - 6.0 kVA PER RACK
16MW POWER SUPPLY
3200 RACKS
VARIOUS MTF'S LOCATED AT LD4
CROSS CONNECTS AVAILABLE
LOW LATENCY
LINX NODE
FINANCIAL TRADING ECOSYSTEM
AWS, AZURE, GOOGLE
THE AMITO SOLUTION
Amito’s range of high-quality, sub-rack colocation solutions are perfect for customers seeking an affordable point of presence in Equinix LD4. Our solutions offer precise colocation to suit customer needs. This can be achieved by utilising our dedicated quarter and half rack solutions. We maintain immediate availability of our colocation options to ensure rapid deployment.
Amito’s full range of network services are available in LD4. This includes Internet ports (1Gb/s ports as standard) and our competitively priced data centre interconnects. Our interconnects can link to all of our central London and Docklands based data centres plus west to Everest Reading.
We can provide trace routes to exchanges such as LMAX or Prime on request. Amito can also co-ordinate direct cross-connects to any other party in any of the Equinix facilities in Slough (LD4, LD5 and LD6).
In the nearby Equinix LD5, Amito has built a specialist low-latency managed internet platform. This features carefully selected upstream suppliers and a LINX connection, where direct peering with various FX brokers such as Currenex takes place. The Amito internet platform in LD5 is designed to provide the most affordable low-latency – at an afforable cost to key trading venues located in the Equinix campus.
POWER AND BACKUP
N+1
CONNECTIVITY
A+B connectivity
Dark Fibre networks
Carrier neutral
Low network latency
SECURITY
24/7 security officers, Card readers,
biometric readers, CCTV and recorders,
motion detection
COOLING
N+1, centrifugal chillers
ENVIRONMENTAL
100% renewable energy through
utility green program
MODERNISED DATA CENTRE
Break room, loaner tools
Showers, Crash carts
Work kiosks, WiFi
Conference room
CERTIFICATIONS
SSAE16/ISAE3402 SOC-1 Type
ISO 27001, PCI-DSS
FACT, OHSAS 18001
ISO 9001-2008, ISO 50001
REVIEW OF EQUINIX LD4
Equinix LD4 opened in 2007. It has since become one of three key trading venues in the London market – and is the only one not owned by an exchange. The other two are London Stock Exchange [equities], located in the City, and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) which hosts LIFFE, in Basildon, Essex.
Equities and foreign exchange are the two main asset classes traded in LD4. Given the nature of the client base, facility standards are high.
The strong interest in this data centre from the financial-trading community has helped drive carrier networks into LD4 and the entire Equinix campus in Slough. LD4 features a growing LINX [London Internet Exchange] node, with over 100 ports now in use. A growing list of wholesale users are now using the Equinix facilities in Slough as an alternative redundant network node to their main PoP’s in London Docklands.
Cross-connects are permitted between all three Equinix buildings on the Slough Trading Estate. This makes it one of the best-connected locations outside of Central London. It also means only the most latency-sensitive of customers will need to physically be in LD4.
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