Co-Location

Since 2016, IX Liverpool has partnered with local data centre operators to host a network of Digital Connectivity Hubs that members can connect to and peer with each other. Below is a list of Data Centre partners who host the various connectivity hubs within their premises, while offering other services to our members should they need them.
 

Colocation Partners

Liverpool City Region Data Centres (LCRDC) own and operate a diverse portfolio of Colocation data centres located all around the Liverpool City Region.  They are pioneers in creating and managing data centre space for all types of customers.

Whenever you need space for a small single server setup, a quarter rack space for your growing business or you’ve had enough of the cloud and require multiple 32A full racks, we’re able to help.

LCRDC offers a wide range of Colocation facilities at a growing list of sites throughout the Liverpool City Region, from small 2/3U racks starting from £49 per month, to large 32A 47U racks with custom requirements.

Contact LCRDC today to get pricing or arrange a visit to any of our facilities.

MICT provides specialised IT support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), learning centres, and charities. Our services extend from providing back up to your in-house IT team to designing and implementing an entire network. Our team of engineers are not just skilled and qualified, but they’re also seasoned warriors in the IT realm, having earned a myriad of industry-standard certifications.

At MICT, we firmly believe that technology should amplify your business’s performance, not impede it. To this end, our fully-managed IT support services provides Merseyside businesses with proactive monitoring, bulletproof security, and meticulous compliance. We take pride in making a core promise to each and every customer that seeks our partnership: exceptional service, unwavering reliability, and a dedication that soars beyond the ordinary.

Started in 2005 as RefineHost, a web services provider, the company has grown to other sectors working with Assets, Media, and Technology. RefineSystems provides Electrical & ICT solutions using a mixture of physical and virtual services. Working closely with their sister RefineWireless, professionals in microwave connectivity, together they draw up solutions to tackle modern-day technology requirements.

We believe becoming a member of IX Liverpool is vital to our future operations here at RefineGroup, we are excited to be a part of their journey to become a big player in the UK’s communications infrastructure.

IX Liverpool Data Centre

Server & Switch Hosting

IX Liverpool has established its own neutral (self-built) small data centre that sits on long leasehold land in the Sandhills area of Liverpool. Members can supply a switch or single board computer (Raspberry Pi, Arduino) or other small server to be hosted inside the Internet Exchange.

Our data centre is designed to help startup networks such as Micro ISP’s, Altnets, game developers, sensing companies, 5G trials etc get started and get off the ground with low cost hosting, without the typical data centre commitments.  The space is operated on a not for profit basis and charges only to cover it’s costs for the resources consumed by members. It has 16A of power, UPS, generator backup and 24/7 access.

Members will receive a free peering LAN IP address from our 185.1.71.0/24 range for use with our AS number (AS202944). If they need external connectivity they can reach out to the various members for such services directly.

The space is Ideal for small website hosting, tunnel endpoints, DNS servers, Mail Servers or any other medium duty applications and starts from just £25 per month that includes 2U of space, power, cooling and 100Mbps synchronous bandwidth and static IP addresses.

Please contact us if you would like to host services within our data centre.

For members requiring larger space and power, they should contact our data centre partners  – Liverpool City Region Data Centres or MICT.