The project involves building a new Data Center by exploiting the existing and available space of an established facility in Lombardy.

Three phases are being implemented to create three data rooms to provide 5.0 MW IT in total.

Additional requirements for the project include the construction of all technical ancillary rooms necessary for the proper functioning of the facilities, as well as management offices and outdoor works.

We designed the electrical and special installations: the medium-voltage electrical system with transformation to low voltage and its distribution, the primary and secondary switchboards connected to the electrical distribution structure, the standard and emergency lighting network, the FM system, earthing, generators, the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), fire detection and automatic extinguishing, and the pre-configuration of the anti-intrusion and access control systems.

The project also requires the monitoring and control of all the installations of the Data Center using a Building Management System (BMS) developed on multiple levels: the field, in which sensors, pumps, valves, and actuators communicate and are activated by analogue and digital I/O cards; the acquisition of information from electrical panels; and the collection of data from machines.

The mechanical systems have been designed to guarantee the proper functioning of the IT equipment installed in the rooms, to ensure maximum comfort for the people working in the office areas, to guarantee the fire safety of the IT equipment and the protection of staff, and to allow the reduction of energy consumption with the minimum objective of achieving an annual Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) under 1.40.

The installations have also been engineered to meet the Class A1 requirements defined in the ASHRAE “Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments”. Specifically, the following mechanical systems were designed: computer room cooling and ventilation (free cooling); automatic fire extinguishing; leak detection; cooling of UPS and battery rooms;  mechanical ventilation and cooling of transformer and switchboard rooms; temperature control and monitoring of the mechanical systems; air conditioning and ventilation of office spaces with VRV heat pumps; ancillary and complementary installations (water, plumbing, drainage, etc.).

• IT Power (all 3 phases) =  5,0 MW
• Building surface (all 3 phases) =  6.500 m²
• White space (all 3 phases) 2500 m²
• Average power per m² =  2,22 kW/m²
• Number of racks (all 3 phases) =  751
• Average power per rack = 7,00 kW/rack
• PUE < 1.40