Financial results demonstrate our impressive performance in 2020

These are strange times and we are all battling on many fronts. Despite this, the pressures on organisations to keep things running and, moreover, drive growth have not diminished - in fact, despite the stasis in much of our lives, businesses are probably under more pressure than ever. And there was certainly no lull at Datum despite the pandemic. As part of the UK’s core data infrastructure, our guarantee of resilience and 100% uptime was more essential than ever to our clients who needed to know that their IT would be in safe hands during lockdown. And the upsurge in interest from organisations wanting to move IT off-premise (after problems accessing on-premise facilities during the pandemic) and searching for a resilient platform for digital transformation based on an increased reliance on technology for remote working and digital collaboration, meant that things have been busier than ever over for us the past 18 months.

The concept of ‘leadership’ is a collective term at Datum rather than one limited to the CEO or team leaders. It is about how we all serve our clients, the local community, and our stakeholders. We believe that doing the best we possibly can as a group should be our measure of success - a happy and productive team, client base and stakeholder group is the ultimate goal, much more so than bottom line growth.

The winning of significant new business at the beginning of the pandemic, followed by the raising of finance, the construction of another datacentre and the delivery of significant service to a new client, all during the pandemic, was a fantastic achievement by the team, and one that we are very proud of. Our world-class client satisfaction levels demonstrated in our annual client surveys reflect the positive impact our approach is having on our clients. (Note: this year’s client survey is now live, so we would encourage any of our existing clients to give us their feedback – it’s important for us to hear what we are doing right or how we might improve.)

If you are considering moving your IT off-premise, or you are a service provider looking for a secure facility for your clients’ IT, we would love to hear from you. We are running face-to-face tours of our facility, or virtual tours for those who are unable to visit our facility in person - book your tour now.