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Ever wish you could turn to one place to find out everything you need to know about building a data center. Well, try registering for our newly announced webinar Building a Greenfield Data Center: A Three-Part Webinar series. The series takes place on March 17th, April 15th, and May 13th and is sponsored by Siemens. Register at webinars.missioncriticalmagazine.com.While you are there, register also for:
• Emerging Trends in Cooling Solutions for High
Density Data Centers, Thursday, February 25
• Operational CFD: Using predictive techniques to
manage for reliability and efficiency, Tuesday, April 6
• What You Need to Know About Data Center
Containers, Wednesday, April 21.
Topics to be discussed include:
1. Laying the Foundation • Assessing need
• Strategy development
• Team structure and interaction (indentifying internal/consultant
resources)
• Creating Site Selection Criteria
2. Site Selection
• Executing a Site Search
• Creating a due diligence team
• Key evaluation factors - utility availability and cost, locational
risks, zoning and local approval exposures, etc.
• Closing the deal
3. Design Development
• Consultant Selection
• Phased vs. Full Build Strategies (design scalability)
• Designing to accommodate future unknowns
• Resiliency Options
• Identifying Efficiency and Sustainability Opportunities (LEED,
etc)
4. Project Execution
• Governance
• Selecting a project team
• Selecting a development strategy, e.g., CM, GC, design-build, GMP,
etc.
• Procurement Strategies
5. Commissioning and Turnover
• Consultant selection (who and when)
• Developing a program
· Identifying best practices
• Executing the plan
• Project sign-off and turnover
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