In the 12 months since the first shared data centre for research and education was launched by Infinity SDC and Jisc, many of the country's top universities, colleges and research institutions have joined to improve efficiency, decrease costs and advance collaboration on world-leading research.
A year ago research in the UK was given a boost when the first shared data centre was created to support the requirements for academic research; becoming the first shared data centre of its type in the world. It is offered by specialist data centre provider, Infinity, through a framework agreement with Jisc.
Now, eleven leading UK institutions are utilising the facility for high performance computing and core IT infrastructure; resulting in increased collaboration with significant research projects, improved efficiency across core IT and on-premise data centre facilities being repurposed for teaching.
University College London, Francis Crick Institute, King's College London, London School of Economics, The Sanger Institute, Imperial College London, Brunel University, Queen Mary University, University of Surrey and the Higher Education Funding Council for England as well as the data centre's first further education tenants, City of Liverpool College, have all moved into the facility.
For researchers, being directly connected to the core of Jisc's Janet network, the high capacity network for education and research, allows the quick and secure linking of large data storage and high performance computing facilities at national and international levels.
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