The UK's first fully and autonomously powered data center using green energy has won the prestigious "Future Thinking and Design Concepts" award at the Datacentre Leaders Awards in London.

Martin Lynch, CEO of Infinity SDC, said, "We are delighted to receive this industry recognition, especially from a panel of judges that is both renowned and respected in the data center community. We believe Infinity ONE is the first viable clean-energy data center to address the IT energy challenge highlighted at the recent UN Copenhagen Summit. It excels on all fronts, from its access to significant and sustainable energy resources, its connectivity, its proximity to London, and its harmonious integration with local organizations and, in particular, the rural community. Crucially, Infinity ONE will enable UK business leaders to reduce their carbon emissions and the economic costs of running a data center."

Stephen Worn, a member of the jury, commented, "The Future Thinking and Design Concepts award aims to recognize and reward this innovation that solves the challenges of tomorrow's data center. Infinity ONE demonstrates that data centers, computing, and environmental responsibility are mutually compatible concepts. This development welcomes the CRC legislation, which will have an impact on the sector over the
next year."

Located with easy access to the main arteries of the City of London and
excellent fiber connectivity, the Infinity campus provides up to 20,000 m² of technical space for the client, with 5,000 sq ft dedicated to data rooms. Each data room supports a power density of 1,000 W/m² to 2,500 W/m², with sufficient cooling capacity to ensure reliable and efficient operation. The data rooms are configured in a hot aisle/cold aisle structure, with air cooling combined with ground-level heat pumps to enable greater energy and cost savings.

The new system allows green energy to be generated from bio-matter supplied by a local group of cooperating farmers. The bio-matter is broken down in an anaerobic digester,
yielding two byproducts: methane and a nutrient-rich "digestive." The gas is used as fuel for the high-efficiency cogeneration plant, while the compost is returned to the farmland.

This advantageous alignment between crop cycles means that both food and fuel can be produced on the same local farmland without degrading the soil's organic composition. The organic "digestive" eliminates the need for nitrogen-based fertilizers and replenishes essential nutrients and soil structure, providing much-needed conditioning.

Infinity ONE was conceived as a green data center campus, and the site was specifically selected for its potential to support biomass, wind, and solar power generation.
Converting existing high-security buildings further reduces the carbon footprint of this essential technological resource that is fundamental to the UK's success, as
highlighted in Ofcom's recent digital report on Great Britain.