Slough: Paragon Internet Group chooses SEGRO

SEGRO is pleased to announce that Paragon Internet Group has taken 14,680 sq ft on the Slough Trading Estate on a 15-year lease to accommodate its first dedicated data centre facility. 

Paragon is based in Maidenhead, Berkshire. It runs three popular UK web hosting companies including Tsohost.com and Vidahost.com. With over 50,000 clients, the company’s network hosts over 200,000 active sites. As a result of strong organic growth, Paragon requires a dedicated custom-built data centre and has chosen to locate this facility on the Slough Trading Estate.

David Drummond, SEGRO’s head of data centres, said: “This latest data centre signing confirms the pre-eminence of the Slough Trading Estate for data centre operators. Companies like Paragon are attracted to the Trading Estate thanks to its close proximity to London, connectivity, dual power supply and high levels of security, all of which are critical factors for data centre operators in deciding where best to locate their operations.

"In order to meet Paragon’s timescales we are refurbishing an existing unit on the Trading Estate, which only recently became vacant and which will provide Paragon with a mix of office and data centre space for their new operations. Completion is due at the end of this month.

"We are delighted to be welcoming Paragon to the Trading Estate and look forward to working with them.”

Paragon technical director Adam Smith said: "Thanks to our rapid growth we have decided to build our own data centre facility rather than relying on further co-location over the coming years. In addition to wanting to be able to move in quickly, we were looking for a location which has available power and is close to other network providers; giving us both capacity and resilience. We are delighted to have found such a location with SEGRO.

The refurbished space will provide us with office accommodation to house our growing team of staff as well as space within which to fit-out a multimillion pound Tier 3+, 2N data centre."

Including this latest deal with Paragon, SEGRO now has 27 data centres in its portfolio, occupying 1,598,000 sq ft. Nineteen of these are located on the Slough Trading Estate.