Zen Internet has completed the next phase of its North West Data Centre to meet increasing demand for its hosting services.
The Data Centre now comprises of eight halls with plans for expansion are already underway and will eventually deliver a further two halls.
This expansion forms part of Zen's £4m investment in its data centre. Other investments have included two Diesel Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supplies (DRUPS) that provide a greener standby power solution.
Last year Zen achieved Participant status in the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre energy efficiency and has also achieved ISO 14001:2004 certification.
A survey conducted by Zen of North West businesses reported that more than a quarter of respondents aim to increase the capacity they take in a third party data centre in the next six months, which is why Zen is continuing to invest in its Data Centre.
This further expansion provides additional capacity for Zen's growing hosting portfolio including Managed Hosting and Managed Cloud Hosting.
"As the cloud computing trend continues to gather momentum and businesses are increasingly reliant on IT systems to function, it has never been more important to ensure that a company's mission critical applications are hosted in a dedicated, energy efficient data centre," said Richard Tang, Managing Director.