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A data centre campus at first light: long, low data halls, an on-site substation and a fourth hall under construction, mist over the fields.
Digital Infrastructure

Digital infrastructure — data centres delivered end to end.

London Arena delivers data centres end to end: site selection and permitting, power and cooling, construction, connectivity and commissioning, carried as one programme from investment decision to handover. The sector also includes Arena AI, the company’s enterprise AI platform.

A data hall under construction: a raised floor being completed, cable trays overhead and the first server cabinets in place.
What we cover

The scope of work in digital infrastructure.

  • Site selection, land and permitting
  • Grid connection, power distribution and back-up generation
  • Cooling systems — air and liquid
  • Fibre connectivity and network infrastructure
  • Construction, fit-out and systems integration
  • Commissioning and handover to operation
An operations centre at blue hour, its empty desks facing a glass wall over an illuminated container port.
Arena AI

London Arena’s enterprise AI platform.

Arena AI turns enterprise data into forecasts, analysis and decision support for management, combining a data layer, machine learning and generative AI in one platform.

  • Big-data analytics across enterprise data
  • Machine-learning algorithms that keep learning and improve process efficiency
  • Generative AI in support of decision-making
  • A management cockpit for operational and strategic decisions
Roles

The three roles London Arena takes.

Investment strategist

Sets the investment thesis for each facility — location, capacity, capital structure and risk — before design is committed.

Delivery lead

Carries design, construction, systems integration and commissioning as a single programme, through to handover.

Supply orchestrator

Secures long-lead equipment — transformers, generators, switchgear and cooling plant — and sequences its delivery to the build programme.

The energy centre of a data centre campus at blue hour: backup generators in a long row beside a high-voltage substation.
Systems delivered end to end

Every critical system, one programme.

A data centre is only as dependable as the systems that keep it powered, cooled, connected and secure. Each of them is delivered within one integrated programme.

  • A data centre electrical room: two facing rows of switchgear and UPS cabinets under overhead busbars.

    Power

    Grid connection, substations, switchgear, uninterruptible power supply and back-up generation, designed with redundancy.

  • A chilled-water plant room: insulated pipework, pumps and valves in ordered rows.

    Cooling

    Air and liquid cooling plant — chillers, pumps, pipework and heat rejection — sized to the density of the halls it serves.

  • A fibre-optic distribution frame with neatly dressed patch cords in pale yellow and aqua.

    Connectivity

    Structured fibre cabling, interconnection rooms and diverse routes to carrier networks.

  • The secured perimeter of a data centre at blue hour: a tall fence, a gatehouse and a barrier beside a wet road.

    Physical security

    Perimeter protection, controlled entry and layered access from the site boundary to the server room.

Commissioning in a completed data hall: portable load banks connected to power distribution beside rows of server cabinets.
Commissioning & standards

Tested before handover. Documented for operation.

Each facility is commissioned in stages — from factory testing of critical equipment to integrated systems tests under simulated load — and handed over with complete operating documentation.

  • Factory and site acceptance testing of critical equipment
  • Integrated systems testing under simulated load
  • Design to the reference standard the client selects, such as EN 50600 or ANSI/TIA-942, and to local codes
  • Energy-efficiency (PUE) targets set at design and verified at commissioning
  • As-built records, operating procedures and maintenance plans at handover
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