Volta’s Great Sutton Street Data Centre welcomes Custom Connect as a new carrier with microwave connectivity

Custom Connect partner with Volta to leverage their newly opened Data Centre in the heart of London’s financial district to reduce latency and provide carrier neutral connectivity services to a new community of clients.

  • Friday, 28th June 2013 Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Volta Data Centres, the specialist provider of data centres to the financial, media and content industries is pleased to welcome Custom Connect, the provider of worldwide carrier-neutral connectivity, to their Great Sutton Street Data Centre.


Catering to the requirements of latency-sensitive users in the financial services industry, Volta Great Sutton Street is ideally located in close proximity to City-based trading firms. The combination of Volta’s 33kV diverse power supply and range of carriers with their own fibre connectivity makes Volta Great Sutton Street the most connected and resilient data centre in central London.


Custom Connect, headquartered in Amsterdam has recently expanded its footprint opening up a new office staffed with an experienced team in the City of London. The new partnership with Volta will enable Custom Connect to deliver their services in the heart of the City of London in a state of the art carrier neutral facility. Custom Connect’s full portfolio will become available including the possibility to connect to ultra low latency microwave transmission services.


Julian King, Commercial Director, Volta, said: “We are delighted to welcome Custom Connect into our facility. Working with Custom Connect means we can offer more customer choice in connectivity (both fixed and wireless) for the financial sector, bringing increasing advantages of low-latency and connectivity in accessing both the UK and global financial markets.”


Gareth Richardson, General Manager of Custom Connect Ventures UK Ltd, said: “Volta’s Great Sutton Street Data Centre is right on the doorstep of the City of London which is perfect for our trading clients who require high-speed connectivity and resiliency. We placed the highest priority on finding the most reliable, best connected data centre which was in the right location for our customers and we are confident that Volta’s Great Sutton Street Data Centre is the best option.”