ORD-01 receives Green Building Initiative’s certification for sustainable design and construction
September 5, 2022
First-phase completion of Aligned ORD-01, a 220,000 square-foot, 48-MW data center launched simultaneously with the groundbreaking of a second, adjacent facility, ORD-02, this past spring.
With the expansion of 5G networks, the IoT, and Industry 4.0 gathering pace, it has never been more important for data center operators to invest in technology today that supports growth for many years to come.
HotSite is an array of aluminum gantry cranes capable of safely suspending active IT cabinets and equipment in order to facilitate the removal and installation of flooring below.
Regarding mission critical applications specifically, rubber expansion joints are used in mechanical rooms mated to pumps and tanks, and stainless steel expansion joints are used in long runs of pipe to assist with thermal and seismic movement.
With UL Class 4 cabling certification, Belden’s DE cables allow end users to take advantage of digital electricity to safely deliver significant power across long distances using small conductors.
ESG goals may favor a decade of brownfield data centers
April 14, 2022
Because new construction is fossil-fuel intensive, new build projects may suffer on an embodied carbon scorecard, even if the goals of the new build are to lower future emissions operationally.
From business to education to our personal lives, nearly every function in the modern world relies on technology and internet connectivity to power the ways we work, learn, and live.
Including the whole-life carbon approach to the design process can identify which design selections achieve the lowest carbon emissions over the entire life cycle of the data center, where focusing solely on operational emissions may fall short.