Drum Property Group selects SSE Telecoms

Drum Property Group – the privately owned group of companies developing state-of-the-art buildings and environments for people to work and live in – has selected SSE Telecoms – the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group – to deliver high-bandwidth and high-availability fibre network solutions to its new development, the Prime Four business park, located in Aberdeen.

In the early stages of the development, a key consideration for Drum Property Group was to provide Aberdeen with an innovative and high quality office site in a peri-urban location that would successfully attract inward investment. The Group selected SSE Telecoms’ high-capacity network services to support the growing number of international oil and gas companies that are moving to the area to benefit from the explosive growth of Aberdeen’s off-shore drilling industry.

SSE Telecoms undertook a detailed initial design and concept stage, which was shortly followed by the rollout of a range of services, from dark fibre connectivity to high bandwidth internet access. Through its flexible and scalable network offering, SSE Telecoms is able to deliver Ethernet and Internet connectivity services at up to 40Gb per connection, which can be tailored to meet the specific needs of individual businesses in the park.

“Our key requirement for the Prime Four development was to secure the very best network reach and internet access in order to deliver a high-capacity, next-generation business park and to attract organisations to the area,” said Graeme Bone, Group Managing Director of Drum Property Group. “SSE Telecoms has helped us to transform the site into a central business hub, attracting large international oil and gas companies to relocate to the park from other areas. With such a trusted and experienced provider, we are confident that we are able to continually deliver a high-quality service to all new and existing companies, without fear of downtime.”
Organisations including Apache North Sea Ltd and Transocean Drilling UK Ltd have already established offices in the park. With SSE Telecoms’ network in place, the Prime Four development’s tenants will also benefit from telecoms supplier diversity, as well as increased flexibility, competition and vastly improved reliability, as the park previously relied upon a sole incumbent provider.

“Connectivity is essential in turning a business park into a business hub,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of SSE Telecoms. “We worked closely with Drum Property Group to help it achieve its goal – ensuring that the Prime Four development became the venue of choice for many international oil and gas companies in the area. Our network is ensuring that the growing number of businesses that are choosing to re-locate to Prime Four are fully supported with high-bandwidth, high-availability fibre network solutions, which can be tailored to meet their individual needs.”