Telehouse Docklands (commonly referred to as just Telehouse ) is a major Colocation_centre in London s Docklands. It is considered to be the main hub of the Internet in the United Kingdom.

The original facility (now Telehouse North ) was built in 1990 to act as a data centre and as a disaster recovery site for the city s financial companies. In 1994 it became home of the London Internet Exchange (LINX). The presence of the UK s primary Internet Exchange Point meant that it quickly became the main hosting location for UK Internet Service Providers. In 1997 it became only the second non-US location to host a Root nameserver.

This concentration of the bulk of the UK s commercial Internet infrastructure in a single location was noted as a Single point of failure when on 8 May 1997 the power supply to a large part of the building was accidently shut down. Despite extensive provision of resilient power feeds and generators, the site was still susceptible to human error. This event led to some companies relocating their equipment to alternative co-location sites in Docklands and in other parts of the UK.

A second building at the Coriander Avenue site, Telehouse East , was opened in 1999. A small additional colo facility Telehouse Metro located within the City of London was opened in 2001.

The opening of the East building freed space to create an improved catering facility dubbed Bytes , serving hot cooked meals as well as sandwiches and snacks from breakfast to mid afternoon weekdays.

Free parking is available on-site and the location is also easily accessed from the Docklands Light Railway East India station. The number 115 Buses in London stops alongside the site at East India Dock Road (night service route N15.) London City Airport is a short Hackney carriage ride away.

Adjacent to the docklands site is a Travelodge hotel.

The operating company Telehouse International Corporation of Europe Ltd is controlled by KDDI_Corporation and they also operate other sites in Europe.

Affiliated Telehouse facilities are also located in Asia and America.

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