Telehouse

Telehouse
Name	Telehouse
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Telecommunications, Data Centers
Founded	1989
Founder	KDDI Corporation
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Area served	Global
Parent	KDDI Corporation

Telehouse is a global provider of carrier-neutral colocation, data center facilities, and interconnection services. Founded in 1989, it operates major sites that host Internet exchanges, cloud on-ramps, and network-neutral meet-me-rooms that serve telecommunications carriers, content providers, financial institutions, and cloud operators. Telehouse facilities are notable for hosting peering fabrics, major subsea cable landings, and dense ecosystems of service providers.

History

Telehouse was established in 1989 amid the rapid expansion of commercial Internet infrastructure that included contemporaries such as British Telecom, MCI Communications, Sprint Corporation, AT&T, and Deutsche Telekom. Early operations paralleled the growth of exchanges like London Internet Exchange and the expansion of fiber networks by companies including Level 3 Communications, Global Crossing, and NTT Communications. In the 1990s and 2000s Telehouse expanded in response to the dot-com era and the emergence of major content platforms such as AOL, Yahoo!, Amazon (company), Google, and Microsoft. Acquisition and investment activity in the data center sector involved firms like Equinix, Digital Realty, Interxion, and regional players including KDDI Corporation, which later became a strategic parent. Telehouse’s growth tracks shifts in telecommunications policy influenced by regulators like the Office of Communications (Ofcom) and infrastructure projects associated with organizations such as European Investment Bank and Infrastructure UK.

Facilities and Data Centers

Telehouse operates multiple flagship facilities in metropolitan hubs comparable to campuses run by Equinix, CyrusOne, NTT Ltd., and Digital Realty Trust. Notable colocation sites were developed to interconnect with subsea cable landings similar to projects by Cable & Wireless, BT Submarine Systems, and consortia including Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) associated cable initiatives. Facilities are engineered to standards referenced by certification bodies and frameworks such as Uptime Institute, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 9001, and energy frameworks like LEED and regional building codes administered by bodies like British Standards Institution and Crown Commercial Service. Data halls provide power density, redundant generators made by manufacturers comparable to Cummins, Caterpillar, or GE Power, and cooling systems akin to deployments by Schneider Electric and Vertiv. Telehouse sites host meet-me-rooms and carrier hotels used by operators like Vodafone, Orange S.A., Verizon Communications, T-Mobile, and regional carriers.

Network and Connectivity

Telehouse facilities are major interconnection hubs that integrate peering and transit ecosystems seen at exchanges such as LINX, AMS-IX, DE-CIX, MSK-IX, and cloud interconnect platforms from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Alibaba Cloud. Networks from content delivery networks like Akamai Technologies, Cloudflare, Fastly, and streaming platforms such as Netflix and YouTube frequently colocate within Telehouse sites. Intercarrier connectivity leverages dense fiber infrastructure provided by companies like Zayo Group, Colt Technology Services, Ciena Corporation, and submarine cable operators including Seaborne Networks and SubCom. Telehouse also supports private cross-connects and virtual interconnection services aligned with technologies from vendors like Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and Arista Networks.

Services and Products

Telehouse offers colocation racks, private suites, and cages reminiscent of product sets from Equinix Metal and Digital Realty's PlatformDIGITAL. Value-added services include remote hands and smart-hands operations comparable to those offered by NTT Communications, managed service integrations with providers like IBM Global Services, Accenture, and Capgemini, and cloud on-ramps to hyperscalers including AWS, Azure, and GCP. Disaster recovery and business continuity offerings draw on models used by financial-sector customers such as HSBC, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs. Telehouse also delivers dedicated connectivity for high-frequency trading customers using low-latency pathways between financial exchanges like London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Euronext, and Deutsche Börse.

Global Presence and Partnerships

Telehouse maintains a network of sites and partnerships across key metropolitan regions, aligning its footprint with global operators such as KDDI Corporation, Orange, BT Group, and NTT Ltd.. Its London facilities interface with European hubs in cities served by providers like Interxion (now part of Digital Realty), Telefónica, Telenor, and Vodafone Group. Partnerships with cloud providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and regional cloud players support hybrid multicloud adoption seen across enterprises like Siemens, Rolls-Royce, Siemens Healthineers, AstraZeneca, and Unilever. Telehouse also engages in industry alliances and forums alongside organizations such as European Data Centre Association, Cloud Industry Forum, and peering communities including PeeringDB.

Security and Compliance

Security and compliance at Telehouse align with standards employed by institutions like Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, and multinational corporations that require certifications such as ISO/IEC 27001 and adherence to data protection regimes including UK GDPR and frameworks used in cross-border data considerations with regulators like the European Commission and International Organization for Standardization. Physical security measures are informed by practices adopted by hyperscale operators and enterprise campuses including Apple Inc., Facebook (Meta Platforms), and IBM. Network security integrates technologies from vendors such as Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Checkpoint Software Technologies, and monitoring services similar to those provided by Splunk and Datadog. Compliance services support clients in regulated sectors including finance, healthcare, and media, aligning with audit frameworks referenced by auditors like PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, and Ernst & Young.

Category:Data centers