Designs
Correct Data Center Design requires:
- Hardware count
- IT Load determination
- Future overhead considered
- Rack count
- Heat dissipation and therefore cooling requirements
- Air Flow analysis CFD based on rack layout to prove the design
- Monitoring requirements. Temperature, humidity, power consumption, cooling system metrics, power usage effectiveness (PUE) etc.
- Fire Suppression type and capacity
- Backup Power requirements, IT plus Cooling Load
- Backup Power sustainability
Some examples of Data Center designs in which we have been involved:
24 Rack Backup Site
Floor Plan
Building construction
Dropped slab sloped for floor drains and raised floor
Raised Floor installation
Drop slab with raised floor meets building floor
Geothermal Heat Pump delivery, Electrical Room wall construction
CFD Model with client design heat pumps only - proof positive that Heat Pumps alone will not cool the room
CFD Model - our design for total capacity
40 Rack Primary Site
Floor Plan
CFD Model
Interior wall installation
Drywall completion - slab to slab
Glycol/water loop sanity check
The cooling loops take shape
Fluid Cooler delivery
Fluid Cooler crane lift
Fluid Cooler Fan Farm complete
Cooling loops and floor completion
Cooling loops under the floor
Cooling Loop building exit, insulation and control valves
CRAC unit crane lift
Running on Energy Saver cooling - no compressors run below 10 degrees C.
36 Rack Primary Data Centre
Floor Plan
Computer Room
UPS Room
Electrical Install
GrateAire perf tiles for combination Blade/Rackmount server racks
60 Rack Backup Data Centre
Floor Plan
VAV air to personnel spaces going in
Pipe Delivery
Welding the glycol underfloor loops
Glycol loops to the roof
Loops from below complete and insulated
Completed rooftop loops
Glycol pumps
Fluid Cooler array
Phase rotation check and wire
Raised floor complete. Stands ready for CRAC units.
CRAC units in and ready for commissioning
Commissioning and startup
Personnel space to Data Centre connection array
Starline Busway going in
Busway and rack chimneys complete
Mitsubishi Parallel UPS system
Data Centre panels
Racks in. Cold aisle.
UPS systems commissioning and load bank test
400 Rack Primary Data Centre - Initial Construction/Operations collaboration, Ongoing Facilities Management
The Base Building
Completed Hall Corridor
Rack Suite Power Panels A+B
EPCOR installing new upgraded transformer
Input transformer being put in place
EPCOR tie-in across the street
UPS Room raised flooring in, other material storage
Annual fire pump test
Connecting test trailer to the fire standpipe connections
Switchgear completion in preparation for commissioning
Rack Hall, ready for clients
Munters air handler being crane lifted into place
A training slide I did for onsite staff
Freeze protection system completion. This is the air handler release valve and standpipe.
Switchgear complete and being utilized
Data Centre Design Inc. battery monitoring system rough-in. Design, build and configure.
Data Centre Design Inc.evap water cooling system monitors added
