CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacentre owner and operators specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacentres, announced that they have retained ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes for a sixth consecutive year.

This provides continued independent validation that CITADEL100’s Quality Management System meets the highest standard of quality demanded by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). With this announcement CITADEL100 continues to build on their on-going commitment to customers towards continual improvement, superior quality and service excellence within our Next Generation Datacentre.

The ISO 9001:2008 Certification for ‘Provision of a secure controlled environment for databases with guarantee of power supply’ followed a vigorous assessment of the Quality Management System in operation within the CITADEL100 Next Generation Datacentre environments. CITADEL100 is at the forefront of developing the Industry leading processes and procedures required to robustly support the specialised environment of the Datacentre.

CITADEL100 provides the world’s leading blue chip enterprises with wholesale bespoke colocation and specialised Datacentre management services in colocation suites, dedicated Data Halls and fully bespoke Datacentres.CITADEL100 enables enterprises in the regulated sectors (financial, pharmaceutical and government) and technology and content providers with the highest power density environments for all of their Business Continuity and mission-critical IT Operations supported by the highest industry Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Certification.

CITADEL100 is a joint venture partnership between Keppel Data Centres (subsidiary of the Singapore based Keppel Group) who hold 50% of the shares and several individual investors who hold the remaining 50% including our C.E.O Noel Meaney. These individuals (including Noel Meaney) have entered into a transaction to sell their 50% stake to Securus Data Property Fund (“Securus Fund”) – a Keppel-sponsored investment fund based out of Singapore ().

Securus Fund is a dedicated data centre fund solely focused on the long-term ownership and management of data centre assets across its target markets of Europe and Asia Pacific. Keppel T&T is the major sponsor of the Fund and will be its single largest shareholder.

Today, Keppel Data Centres and Securus Fund together own a portfolio of 7 high quality data centre facilities across Europe and Asia Pacific – in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, London and Ireland and are actively looking to expand the footprint. This combined platform of data centre facilities, coupled with the operating expertise of C100 and Keppel Data Centres, enable us to support customers in their future expansions in Europe and Asia Pacific regions.

As a result of Noel Meaney selling his ownership stake, he will step down as Chairman and C.E.O of C100 and continue in a transitional advisory role to C100, supporting various growth initiatives.

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Hennessy, the current C.O.O, as the new C.E.O of C100 moving forward. Karl has held various roles within the data centre since its inception in 2001 and brings continuity to our commitment to high quality service provision and reliability.

Going forward, Keppel Data Centres, Securus Fund and C100 are well positioned to be your trusted partner and we look forward to working with you to support your requirements for high quality data centre services in Dublin specifically, and in your other markets in Europe and Asia.

If you have any further questions, please feel free contact us at any time.

Citadel100 are delighted at the opportunity to help be a small part of Little Alex’s operation.

The Account details for you to donate any amount, however small are –

Bank of Ireland, Rathfarnham

His Mom will be posting a regular update from the website where you can follow their progress and view his road to the big operation.

For further details on Alex’s Operation please view the St Louis Children’s Hospital website at:
http://www.stlouischildrens.org/our-services/center-cerebral-palsy-spasticity/about-selective-dorsal-rhizotomy-sdr

The Datacenter Dynamics Awards are the leading awards for the data center industry recognising innovation, leadership and ‘out of the box’ thinking.

With 15 established award categories, the Awards celebrate data center projects of all sizes, across all sectors with many hundreds of worthy entries.

The DatacenterDynamics Awards has been often referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of our industry. The ceremony provides a great atmosphere, and is a highlight of the data center calendar, celebrating the best in our industry.

Behind every cutting edge data center are a number of great ‘blueprint’ design and management ideas, and this Award sponsored by CITADEL100 is about recognising this new thinking that so often paves the way for the next generation of data centers. With the challenges confronting the industry now moving quicker and hitting harder than ever before, so the skills required in design, project management and construction need to raise the bar continually in terms of innovation, efficient resource use, future-proofing and delivery. Conceptual designs often never see the light of day in their entirety; nevertheless they are an important part of our industry’s evolution.
 
JUDGING CRITERIA AND WEIGHTINGS:

• The importance of the conceptualisation, design and construction challenges addressed by the blueprint [10%]
• Demonstrates innovative, ‘out of the box’ thinking to solve key challenges [30%]
• Demonstrable and validated success in meeting the challenges [40%]
• Relevance across wider industry builds [20%]

Citadel100 sponsored the inaugural Data Centres Ireland exhibition and conference at the RDS in Dublin.

The event is attracting interest both locally and abroad and will hopefully be the first of many in highlighting Ireland’s availability as a key hub for our industry.

Citadel’s Technical Director, Denis Carroll, spoke on day 1 of the conference and his presentation is .

DUBLIN/IRELAND, MARCH 15TH 2011 – CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group, and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators, specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, are proud to announce their sponsorship of Susan Carroll’s participation in the Froebel Hope Partnership in Kolkata, India.

Susan along with 30 other volunteers will travel to India and assist in the educational needs of children from under-privileged areas.

Susan and the other volunteers have decided to give up almost two months of their time in this fantastic endeavour and Citadel are delighted at the opportunity to be a small part of their commitment.Susan will be posting a regular blog from the Citadel100 website where you can follow her progress and view the daily activities of this dedicated group.

Link to Sue’s Blog

Pictured: Susan Carroll receiving sponsorship from Karl Hennessy, C.O.O, Citadel100 Data Centers Limited.

Full details about the work of the Hope Foundation in Kolkata are available at the following link www.hopefoundation.ie

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group, and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators, specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, today announced a One year sponsorship of the Dun Laoghaire Seapoint Rugby 7’s 2011 series.

Speaking of the announcement, Citadel100’s C.E.O., Noel Meaney said “Citdel100 looks forward to the opportunity of an excellent partnership with Seapoint RFC, in supporting them in nurturing Ireland’s future Rugby prospects. The decision for this sponsorship was to encourage and grow the Team spirit and camaraderie that the game provides. We look forward to the excitement of the games in the 2011 Rugby 7’s series and wish Seapoint the very best of luck”.

For more on Seapoint RFC:
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/seapointrugbyclub/d/sponsors.html

Citadel100 are pleased to announce that this week we launched a new collaboration with the Performance Engineering Laboratory at Dublin City University (DCU) to research and develop a Pro Active Cooling Technology – “PACT100″.

DUBLIN/IRELAND, OCTOBER 20TH 2010 – CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group, and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators, specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, are pleased to announce that this week we launched a new collaboration with the Performance Engineering Laboratory at Dublin City University (DCU) to research and develop a Pro Active Cooling Technology – “PACT100″. This technology is designed to predict heat buildup within our Colo rooms and allocate cooling by utilising innovative algorithms for high accuracy and focuses on “Energy-Aware Networking” to increase our Power Usage Efficiency (PUE).

This research is been conducted with Dublin City University with the support of the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) Postgraduate Enterprise Partnership Scheme.We view this research as a vital tool in addressing the needs of our client’s requirements for high power density and efficient use of cooling equipment through Continual Monitoring and Predictive Cooling.In partnering with Dublin City University we are delighted to have access to some of the best Scientific Minds that this State is developing.We believe that this collaboration will be the first of many more with Dublin City University and hope that this will help increase awareness of the Irish Data Center Industry as a World Leader.”

In the photo from left to right are Denis Carroll – Technical Director and Research Mentor, Citadel100, Karl Hennessy – Chief Operations Officer, Citadel100, Dr. Gabriel-Miro Muntean of the Performance Engineering Laboratory, School of Electronic Engineering at Dublin City University, Ireland, Mr. Ruiqi Ding the postgraduate researcher and winner of the IRCSET scholarship award and George Mc Donald, Technical Services Manager, Citadel100.”

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group, and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators, specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, attended the Friends of the IRFU Charitable Trust Dinner 2009, (the Annual Blacktie Event in order to raise funds for injured rugby players) on Saturday 14th at The Ballsbridge Court Hotel in Dublin. The main speakers at the dinner were rugby legend Jack Kyle and Ireland’s greatest kicker Ollie Campbell.

Pictured below at the Dinner (from left) are Noel Meaney, Founder and Chairman of CITADEL100 and Denis Carroll, Technical Director at CITADEL100.