Reading Data Centre

At Asanti’s Reading Data Centre, cutting-edge infrastructure meets exceptional reliability, offering businesses unmatched performance, security, and scalability for their critical operations

Why Reading, not London?

Our Reading colocation data centre colocation are located conveniently close to the M4 and west of London, spanning over 13,000 sq ft. Located outside the M25, it mitigates the risks of hosting critical IT infrastructure within London. With ultra-low latency connectivity to our Farnborough data halls, we provide a secure and resilient primary and disaster recovery solution for businesses local to Reading (including London) and nearby areas.

472 Basingstoke Rd, Reading, RG2 0QN

Why choose our Reading data centre?

Businesses maintain full control over their hardware and software, allowing you to create secure IT solutions and network connectivity infrastructure that performs exactly as you need it to.

Our Colocation facilities offer robust physical security measures, redundant power supplies, cooling systems, and high-speed network connections. Giving you the freedom to focus on more strategic projects.

Businesses can easily scale their infrastructure by adding or removing servers as required.

Hosting your technology in a colocation data centre offers long-term cost savings, especially when compared to running your IT infrastructure in a public cloud. Our whitepaper Lessons Learned from a Decade of Public Cloud highlights the challenges businesses have faced in public cloud. 

The critical factors in selecting our partner of choice for data centre services was based on security of power and data, strength of balance sheet and management team, combined with a long-term commitment around service delivery in our fast-evolving industry, Asanti ticked all the boxes.

Reading data centre specifications

The physical location of our Reading data centre is crucial to ensure the highest levels of resilience and security.

99.99% Uptime SLA

Powered by 100% Green Energy

Ultra Low Latency

  • Redundant power infrastructure to support high availability 
  • Each rack designed with A & B power feeds (higher capacity available on request) 
  • Power to rack monitoring as standard 
  • UPS-backed supply with generator support 
  • Fixed fee and PAYG commercial models for power consumption.  
  • Powered by 100% green energy 

  • N+1 cooling 
  • Resilient cooling systems to maintain stable operating conditions 
  • Designed to protect equipment performance and longevity 
  • Concurrently maintainable cooling paths  
  • Failure containment (hot/cold aisle isolation)  
  • Environmental zoning to prevent cascading issues  
  • 24/7 on-site security monitoring 
  • Multi-factor authentication  
  • Mantrap entry systems  
  • Segregation of customer areas (upon request) 
  • Comprehensive logging and audit trails  
  • Full coverage CCTV and door access controls 
  • UK sovereign sites 
  • Operations aligned with UK regulatory expectations 
  • Support for customers operating in regulated industries 
  • Processes designed to meet audit and governance requirements 
  • Cross-trained engineering teams  
  • 24/7 on-site staffing/monitoring  
  • Documented and rehearsed incident response playbooks 
  • Smart Hands included as standard 
  • Build room and storage work areas available 

Certified management systems demonstrating commitment to security, quality and environmental standards: 

  • ISO 27001 – Information security management 
  • ISO 9001 – Quality management systems 
  • ISO 14001 – Environmental management systems 

Reading data centre accreditations

Get in touch with us to discuss your hosting needs or to arrange a tour of our Reading data centre.

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