Introduction to data centre construction

Introduction to Data centre
V o l . 1 : I n t r o d u c t i o n
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Contents
Introduction
Key Issues
Design Guidelines & Tier Rating
Energy Efficiency
Data Centre Systems and Facilities
Data Storage Options
Who is in the Market in EU ?

Introduction
“A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and
associated components, such as telecommunications and or storage
systems.
It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data
communications connections, environmental controls and security
devices.”

Introduction
Colocation actors such as Global Switch, France
© Global Switch website

Introduction
Cloud & Hosting actors such as OVH, Roubaix
© OVH website

Introduction
Containerised solutions with actors such as Sun Micro

Security of data & IT load requirements
Energy cost, sustainability & technical issues
Urbanization, Power upgrade & fit-out work
Tier rating & business continuity
Efficiency, Flexibility & Resilience
Availability of power & network, Natural environment & Neighborhood
Existing plant & Internal space plan
Location & Building
Key issues

• The Uptime Institute’s Tier Performance Standards
• TIA 942 Tier Classification
• AFNOR ISO Normalization
Different classification guidelines
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
Site
availability
99.671% 99.749% 99.982% 99.995%
Downtime 28.8 22.0 1.6 0.4
Redundancy
for Power
and Cooling
N N+1 N+1 2(N+1)
Power and
Cooling paths
1 1
1 active
1 passive
2
simultaneously
active
Concurrently
maintenable
No No Yes Yes
DC Design &
Construction guidelines

TIA 942 Standards
DC Design &
Construction guidelines
Defines Objectives
• Site space and layout
• Cabling Infrastructure
• Tiered reliability
• Environmental considerations
• Standard principles and procedures
• Protection against natural disaster
• Protection against human made disasters
• Scalability

DCIE = 1 / PUE
PUE = Total facility power / IT Equipment power
Leading metric for tracking the energy efficiency of data centers
Range : 1,05 (best) to 2,5
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
Energy Efficiency
Data center Infrastructure Efficiency ( DCiE)
Other benchmarks
Data Centre Productivity (DCP)
Data Centre energy Productivity (DCeP)

Data Centre Systems & Facilities
Mechanical Systems
• Air or Water Chillers
• Cooling Towers
• CRA or CRAC Units
• Leak Detection systems
• Extract Systems
• Smoke Extract systems
• Gas Extract Systems
• Water to sprinkler

Hot Aisle & Cold Aisle

Free Cooling system

Electrical Systems
MV Infrastructure
• TGBT and UPS
• Generator or DRUPS Back up
LV Infrastructure
• BMS / PLC / EMS / SCADA
Others
• Small Power and Lighting
• Earthing and Bonding system
• Lightning Protection
• Security systems
• Fire detection and alarm
• Aspirating systems
• Fire suppression
• Incoming Fibre

Power distribution system illustration

Fire suppression system
• Water sprinklers
• Water mist
• Gaseous suppression

Security
Risks:
• Espionage
• Infiltration
• Data theft
• Terrorism
Physical barriers:
• Vehicle Blockers
• Fencing
• CCTV, Access Control
• Intruder Alarms
• Man Traps

Data Storage Options
CONTAINERISED SOLUTIONNEW BUILD OUTSOURCING
PREFABRICATION &
MODULARISATION
Only OPEX Cost, no CAPEX cost
Risk of managing and operation are
own by others
Less flexibility to modify the space
Improving delivery time
Construction risk on the provider
Limited input for change
Reduce cost in comparison to new
build
Flexible and cost improved
Ideal for Edge computing with
latency time reduce
Lower IT Power Available
Reduced risk related to data
security
Reduced CAPEX
Alternative is fit-out an existing
client owned property to reduce
administrative delay (ICPE, Permit
application, …)

Diverse private/public sector companies from banking, media, retail or
government sector which use these assets daily in their common
activities
External investors whiling to enter the sector.
Private & public sector companies, investors
Engineering companies (Design, Engineering & Construction) which
plan and proceed to the European data centre’s constructions,
Engineering and DC Contractors
Who is the market in EU ?
Data center operators for needs related to their own business like
Google, Apple, Facebook, AWS, Microsoft, OVH or Scaleway.
Data Centre operators
Data center colocation leasers for external clients like Equinix,
Interxion, Global Switch or Colt,
Data center colocation leasers

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