The University of Southampton has begun a two-year infrastructure programme valued at £4 million, designed to provide wireless access across the University campus.

The infrastructure programme is being overseen by IT services provider Logicalis, they are also helping to establish a Cisco network and data centre.

The project is designed to facilitate high performance computing projects within the university including the use of a supercomputer now located on site.

Pete Hancock, director of iSolutions at the University of Southampton, said: “We see our network as the key building block to helping us grow and operate as a major university and further support our work in the international research arena.