Shenton Group safeguards Fidessa power supply

A Shenton Group product story

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team May 25, 2010

Financial IT firm, Fidessa, is using the Shenton Group to provide it with standby generators, generator maintenance and air conditioning, to protect from blackouts or power surges.

It was imperative that Fidessa ensured that it could continue to operate effectively in the event of a powercut as a leading supplier of multi-asset trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, compliance, market data and connectivity solutions for firms involved in trading the world's financial markets.

Shenton Group has provided Fidessa with generator and air conditioning services

Aware that its existing, single standby generator was insufficient for its needs, David Awcock, Fidessa's global head of ITS turned to the Shenton Group's Scorpion Power Systems.

An in depth survey of Fidessa's UK headquarters in Woking by Scorpion's engineers, showed that there were three key areas of the site that needed additional power support systems.

Each of these facilities has now been equipped with a standby generator, ranging from 300kVA to 630kVA, so that offices and IT departments are unaffected when power outages occur.

A further generator has been supplied to Fidessa's offices in London.

To ensure consistent and reliable operation of all its generators in the event of a mains power failure, Fidessa has contracted with Shenton Group's Merlin Power Management to provide it with its Powercare Premier generator service contract.

Including 365/24/7 maintenance as well as two scheduled service visits and emergency call out with a guaranteed four hour response, the contract also incorporates remote generator monitoring and rapid response refuelling for the Woking generators.

As a result of this work, Shenton Group's air conditioning company, Celtaire, was asked to supply environmental air conditioning for Fidessa's comms room in London, which is essential to prevent the build up of static electrical charges that can damage sensitive electrical equipment.

With its power lineage, Celtaire was quickly able to understand the power density requirements of the IT equipment and design a solution that not only supports the IT equipment today, but also provides for flexibility and scalability in the future.