The data collection and cloud computing industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years, and that growth has been a boon to the construction industry, which is being called upon to design and build these structures to accommodate complex mechanical needs. Chief among these needs is a reliable and effective fire protection system that will ensure mission-critical technology like servers are always operational.
The challenge, however, is that owners and contractors often fail to consider fire protection installation until late into a project. That may not be a big problem for a relatively simple construction project, such as an open-air shopping center, but in a data center that is holding millions of dollars of equipment, with a labyrinth of mechanical elements above the ceiling and beneath the floors, it is especially important to consider the installation of fire protection early in the design process.