DUBLIN/IRELAND, DECEMBER 18TH 2009 – 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 that it will be sponsoring the Dublin City University Access Scholarship Programme which co-ordinates a range of programmes aimed at increasing participation in higher education by students who for a variety of financial or social reasons do not view going to university as a viable or attractive option.

(Pictured from left) Karl Hennessy, C.O.O at CITADEL100 and Noel Meaney, Founder
and Chairman of CITADEL100 handing over a gift cheque to Ita Tobin, Head of Access
Services at Dublin City University and Catherine Brady, Director of Development
at DCU Educational Trust.

“The Dublin City University Access Scholarship programme addresses one of the key social commitments of CITADEL100; to increase access to higher education for all. We are delighted to make a donation which will help address the financial burden and other barriers that prevent deserving young people from taking their rightful place at university. The gift from CITADEL will support 2 students through their entire college degree and another two students starting off on their degree (in the fifth year),” Mr Meaney said.The overall aims of the DCU Access Scholarship Programme are; to develop positive attitudes to education, encourage more students to consider going on to third level education and to support those students who go on to third level to complete their course of study. CITADEL100’s investment in DCU’s Access Programme means that more young people than ever can grasp the opportunity to reach their full potential through higher education. In the long term, equality of participation in university life helps to promote equality of socio-economic class.

For further information on the DCU Access Scholarship Programme please log onto: http://www.dcu.ie/students/access/index.shtml 

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, announced that Karl Hennessy, Chief Operating Officer at CITADEL100 attended the 4th Power and Cooling for Data Centres Conference at the America Square Conference Centre in London on October 22nd 2009. Citadel was also one of the leading Industry sponsors at the event.

The 4th Power and Cooling for Data Centres is the leading annual international conference bringing together commercial and enterprise data centres with expert insight into the latest R&D, technologies, and Environmental solutions for cost reducing, economic and efficient power and cooling.

In a content-led programme packed with the very latest innovations drawn from both North America and Europe the audience was engaged in a robust dialogue between end user organisations, data centre operators and showcased solutions providers focused on the most critical challenge confronting the sector: reducing cost.

Energy dominates the agenda for all data centres, and what measures are available now to reduce both consumption and carbon emissions as well as increase cooling capacity will be central to the challenge.

CITADEL joined data centre players and leading experts, developers and solutions experts and networked with industry peers,. Participants learned valuable intelligence and knowledge to support their strategic power and cooling decisions that lead to reducing cost.

On attending the Conference, Karl Hennessy commented:

“The Power & Cooling for Data Centres conference 2009 had something for everyone, not just suppliers. The sharing of information and the open forums were hugely beneficial and the access to Industry updates critical in an ever changing environment. As a Data Centre Owner-Operator, I found a wealth of information and contacts that I am sure will assist me greatly in the future. I highly recommend this conference and BroadGroup services in general. This is the one conference I wouldn’t miss.”

For further information please log onto: http://www.datacentres.com/pac/

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 that they have signed a €6M+Deal with Airtricity to supply Green Electricity to its Next Generation Datacentre.

Airtricity, Ireland’s leading renewable energy company, has signed the new contract with CITADEL100 worth in excess of €6 million. Under the terms of the contract Airtricity will supply green electricity to CITADEL100’s 60,000 Sq. Ft. Datacentre located in Dublin.

As energy consumption in Datacenters is predicted to more than double within the next 5 years resulting in increasing carbon emissions and associated costs, CITADEL100 has switched to Airtricity to minimise its carbon footprint and lower operating costs.

By switching to Airtricity, CITADEL100 will save the release of almost 30,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum – equivalent of taking 5,500 cars off our roads.

Commenting on the deal Noel Meaney, Chairman of, CITADEL100 said, “Energy management is a crucial sustainability issue for business. Energy consumption, particularly energy use is a key consideration for our business. Given the nature of our operations we consume a large amount and as such are conscious of our carbon emissions. It was an obvious move to opt for Airtricity given their green credentials but it also offers competitive business rates allowing us to pass those savings onto our customers.”

“Irish businesses are increasingly more aware and conscious of their responsibility to the environment,” said Airtricity Supply. “A number of organizations are implementing environmental or green programmes looking at operational areas where savings can be made on their carbon footprint. Currently 45,000 customers in Ireland choose Airtricity as their electricity provider.”

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 that they have retained the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes for a second consecutive year. This provides 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 all of our Next Generation Datacenters.

The ISO 9001:2000 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 Datacenter environments. CITADEL100 is at the forefront of developing the Industry leading processes and procedures required to robustly support the specialised environment of the Next Generation Datacenter.

CITADEL100 uniquely enables the world’s leading blue chip enterprises with wholesale bespoke colocation and specialised Datacenter management services in colocation suites, dedicated Data Vaults or wholly bespoke Datacenters.

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, 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 as part of CITADEL100’s on-going commitment to customers towards continual improvement, superior quality and service excellence, the publication of a Case Study on the Internal Power Test Audit of its Mission Critical Datacenter, C101 Dublin.

The Power Test required the electricity supply to the C101 Data Centre to be completely disengaged in a planned annual shutdown. The cut was designed to demonstrate the resilience of facility systems to maintain power and environmental control within the Citadel100 Next Generation Datacenter.
To download a copy of the Internal Power Test Audit Case Study please visit our website at:

https://citadel100.com/casestudies.php

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 that Diane Hodnett, Director of Corporate Development at CITADEL100 would Chair the Enterprise Customer Perspective session at the 2^nd International Investment in Data Centres Forum taking place in Millbank Westminster London on December 5th this year.
Data Centres are more in demand than ever before. Power costs, technology upgrades, “greening”, overhead reduction and the enterprise quest for high levels of managed services, robust security and quality SLAs collectively continue to drive outsourcing to third party vendors. The current financial crisis and likely increased regulation could accelerate the process further.

Spurred by entrepreneurs, investors, property interests and players in the cloud space, new build of data centre sites is occurring globally. The sector is also moving in to a new phase with the emerging internationalisation of data centre players. Finance and investment in data centres has gained momentum.

In the second London forum, experts, analysts and players will consider the current scale of investment occurring in the sector, who is investing, what business models are being used and address the investment outlook in the near and medium term as the climate for risk and credit chills.

Where best to locate data centres as security concerns mount in developing locations?

Who will be the winners and losers in the data centre endgame?

Join this special one-day meeting to discover opinion, perspective and outlook to support investment decisions, learn of near term opportunities, and 1-2-1 conversations with a networking rich audience.

CITADEL100 are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes. This provides 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 all of our Next Generation Datacenters.

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group, is one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owners and operators specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters.

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 Datacenter environments. CITADEL100 is at the forefront of developing the Industry leading processes and procedures required to robustly support the specialised environment of the Next Generation Datacenter.

CITADEL100 uniquely enables the world’s leading blue chip enterprises with wholesale bespoke colocation and specialised Datacenter management services in colocation suites, dedicated Data Vaults or wholly bespoke Datacenters.

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.