Co-location & Hyperscale
Proven in Data Centres.
Elevate by Excel delivers white space and equipment room infrastructure for co-location, enterprise data centres, edge sites and neo-cloud builds. MPO fibre, Environ racks, containment, power and cooling, specified as one solution.
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Why Excel for Data Centres
The data centre build cycle has changed. AI and high-performance compute have pushed rack densities from 8–15kW into the 50–130kW range, fibre counts into the thousands per cabinet, and deployment schedules into weeks rather than months. Standard white-space kit no longer passes the brief.
Elevate is the data centre solution from Excel Networking, engineered for that reality. Fibre is built around Senko low-loss MPO connectors as standard, with singlemode insertion loss down to 0.10dB and multimode to 0.08dB. Cable is B2ca Euroclass by default. Assemblies terminated with VSFF connectors are available for the densities that 400G and 800G applications now demand. Everything is UK-assembled at Environ House, which keeps lead times in days rather than months.
The passive infrastructure sits inside a wider ecosystem. Environ racks and containment handle the rack estate; nVent delivers precision cooling; Sunbird provides DCIM; Suprema, Axis and Avigilon cover access and surveillance. One team, one order, one commissioning schedule. Backed by Sonepar, the world’s largest electrical distributor, the supply chain holds up at hyperscale volume.
Built for four kinds of data centre
Tenant-ready cabinets with integrated power monitoring, lockable containment and the density to land 100G, 400G and 800G circuits on day one. Pre-terminated MPO trunks shorten commissioning windows. Base 8, 12, 16 and 24 cassettes on the same chassis keep tenant fit-outs flexible.
Owned-estate DC builds and refreshes. Environ racks from 42U to 52U, intelligent PDUs with per-outlet metering, structured cabling specified as one system so the HQ data hall and the DR site run to the same standard.
Edge cabinets for telco aggregation, retail back-of-store, industrial and transport sites. Smaller wall and floor formats from the Environ range, CPR-compliant cable, and pre-configured build options so remote-site installs can be completed in a single visit.
Purpose-built AI and GPU cloud infrastructure. High-density fibre to support 400G and 800G fabric, VSFF connectivity for the cabinet counts that accompany multi-megawatt GPU clusters, and UK-assembled trunks delivered to the build-out schedule these operators actually run.
Senko low-loss MPO connectors, B2ca Euroclass cable, bend-insensitive multimode fibre, Method B polarity, unpinned female 600mm standard. Features that other suppliers sell as upgrades are fitted by default.
Fibre assembled at Environ House, three times the footprint of HQ, with dedicated MPO, MTP and VSFF termination zones. Lead times measured in days. Pre-configured racks arrive populated, tested and labelled; site teams install rather than assemble.
Integrated components
MPO Trunk Cables
Senko MPO Plus low-loss connectors, female unpinned as standard, Method B polarity, 600mm tail for HD and MD chassis. Multimode BIF and singlemode A2/B2ca as default. Male, alternative polarity and custom breakouts available.
MPO Cassettes
High-density chassis supporting Base 8, 12, 16 and 24 cassettes on the same footprint. Designed for superior cable management in tight rack space.
VSFF Connectivity
Senko CS, SN and SN-MT very small form factor connectors for the port densities 400G and 800G switch architectures require.
Environ Racks & Containment
ER, CR and SR cabinet families for white space and equipment rooms. Hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment. Co-location-ready lockable variants.
Intelligent Power
Monitored and switched PDUs with per-outlet metering, environmental sensing and DCIM integration. Power visibility at cabinet level without bolting on a separate system.
Fibre Duct & Ecosystem
Overhead fibre ducting, cooling from nVent, DCIM from Sunbird, security from Suprema, Axis and Avigilon. Specified and shipped as one package.
Case Studies
London Data Centre
A new critical data centre in London built on Excel Cat 6A and OM4 LC fibre. Top-of-Rack cabling across 30 racks with dual resilient routes to Primary and Secondary PoP rooms, supporting real-time global services.
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30 racks:10G TOR cabling throughout
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Cat 6A + OM4 LC:Full copper and fibre solution
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Dual PoP rooms:Separate cabling routes end to end
Our Systems
Six integrated systems designed to work together. Each backed by independent third-party verification.
Copper Systems
Cat8 to Cat5e. Screened and unscreened. PoE-ready. Third-party verified. Backed by a 25-year system warranty.
Rack Systems
Precision-engineered rack infrastructure. From the edge of the network to the core of the data centre.
Power Systems
Intelligent, standard, modular, and desktop PDUs. Power distribution for every rack — from the comms room to the data…
FTTx Systems
Fibre to the home, building, and premises. Cable, duct, splitters, distribution points, and enclosures for the full…
Data Centre Systems
The data centre is a different discipline. Higher density, higher stakes, zero tolerance for downtime. Elevate is…
Fibre Systems
Multimode and singlemode. Conventional, pre-terminated, and blown. OM3 to OM5, OS2. From a 2-core internal cable to a…
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Config Services
All built at our 64,500 sq ft Birmingham facility. Every assembly is 100% tested and fully traceable before it leaves site.
Config Studio
Self-service tools: Excelerator MTP configurator, containment calculator, tender response generator. Design it yourself.
Design Support
BIM/Visio files, specification templates, project pre-sales support. Our BDMs work directly with consultants and end users.
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