APC by Schneider Electric Publishes New White Paper
When data center stakeholders are faced with the challenge of deploying new power and cooling infrastructure (e.g., chillers, pumps, CRACS, CRAHS, UPS, PDUs, switchgear, transformers), is it better for them to convert an existing room within the building or to construct an extension to house additional power and cooling equipment? Or could it be more cost effective and technically feasible to source the power and cooling using a series of facility modules?
Traditional 40 ft by 20 ft (12 m by 6 m) ISO shipping containers are probably the most recognizable form of containerized solutions; however the term does not fully capture the extent of portable, modular solutions available today. For this reason APC prefers the term “facility module” which not only embraces containers, but also includes other modules that are built on a skid or delivered as multiple form factor modular buildings.