Racks for Rent
Racks for Rent. A data centre in London in March 2000. Two halls are fitted out, one is let, and the customers who were going to take the rest have just…
Built for a boom. The boom is over.
A data centre in London in March 2000. Two halls are fitted out, one is let, and the customers who were going to take the rest have just stopped raising money. The power bill does not care whether the racks have anything in them.
- Starts
- March 2000
- Length
- 18 months
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Scored on
- Finish with £2,500,000 in the bank
- Business
- Data Centre
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