The Blueprint IT 1/2 Racks, £ 495.00/mo. on Colocation

1/2 Racks provides half rack colocation with data centre availability across Scotland, the North of England, the Midlands, London, the M25 orbital area, and the South Coast. The entry price is GBP 495 per month before VAT. The plan is intended for customers that need more capacity than a small quarter rack footprint but do not require a full cabinet. It can be used for a controlled set of servers, network equipment, storage devices, or business infrastructure where data centre power, cooling, and carrier access are required. The half rack format gives a mid-sized colocation entry point while still allowing planning around power, connectivity, support, remote hands, and optional backup or managed services.

The colocation platform is built for organisations that need rack space, resilient data centre facilities, power planning, carrier access, and supporting infrastructure rather than a basic shared hosting account. Data centre choices include Scotland, the North of England, the Midlands, London, the M25 orbital area, and the South Coast, with wider reach through 400 plus partners, 1200 markets, and 160 countries. Services can be matched to full cabinets, smaller rack allocations, private suites, managed or unmanaged colocation, bandwidth, interconnects, IP transit, and storage. Planning normally considers power per rack, 8 amp, 16 amp, 32 amp, three phase, high density power, redundant power, heat dissipation, redundant connectivity, location, budget, and rack or cage size. Rate information states that rack and power prices are exclusive of VAT, payable quarterly in advance by invoice or BACS, with a 5 percent discount available for annual payment in advance. Racks are normally installed with 16 amp Commando sockets unless higher capacity is specified, all racks include 4Mbps of Internet Transit as standard, and power is based on actual monitored usage. Cabinets are Rittal TS8 42U 1000mm by 600mm units in a cold aisle environment as standard, with other sizes available by quotation. Business hours remote hands are included at 15 minutes per rack per day up to 60 minutes, while optional services include data backup, fully managed dedicated firewall, server monitoring, tape change, managed applications, and professional services. Listed fibre carriers include BT, COLT, C&W, DataHop, Global Crossing, Virgin Media, AboveNet, and Telstra, with IP transit carriers including Telecom Italia, Telstra, AboveNet, Packet Exchange, and NTT. Phone and email support is available for colocation planning, power sizing, redundancy, connectivity, and quotations.