ARK DATA CENTRES
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Owen from Ark Data Centres talks about sustainability
“ Gratte Brothers and JCA are both familyrun businesses that integrate well with Ark . They ’ re really adaptable and always looking to innovate ”
ANDY GARVIN DIRECTOR OF DESIGN , CONSTRUCTION & OPERATIONS , ARK DATA CENTRES
“ There ' s a joint board which sits between the government and Ark ,” explains Owen . “ The framework – procurement , vetting , security and pricing – is pre-done . Instead of having to do procurement , if you take a pound of government money you can utilise that framework , save your management time , save your expense of procurement , and you can use our facilities . We ’ re highly flexible , you can take it for a month , you can take it for five years , take your reversion release at the end - a highly compelling offer . We ' ve been through UK government benchmarking exercises and been found to be right up in the top quartile .”
In terms of sustainability goals , Owen estimates that Ark ’ s involvement has taken the equivalent of 140,000 cars off the road in
80 July 2021