Mission Critical Facility Design

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The need for extended battery backup time during the transition to on-site generators in data centers has undergone a fundamental transformation.

While timing performance, such as stability, drift, aging, and Allan deviation, are well understood, their performance is rarely employed to demonstrate the cost savings that can be achieved.

As they become more cost-friendly, we could see hydrogen fuel cells deployed in conjunction with a microgrid to produce a viable solution for on-site energy generation at a wide range of mission-critical applications.

Learn more about Quantum with Tony Grayson, general manager of Compass Quantum, on this episode of The Thought Cloud.

The flue offers engineers the opportunity to design out potential problems during construction, alongside its essential use for owners and operators when uptime is threatened. 
 

Learn more about the Vertiv XR app from Sergiu Tiulimeanu, digital experience architect, and Lorenzo Valle, IT director, on this episode of The Thought Cloud.

Making the right decisions about data center design is a big ask — even for seasoned professionals that have successfully led organizations with high information and communication technology (ICT) requirements for many years.

For the past three years, the supply chain has been a rollercoaster for the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries — facing challenges, such as manufacturing disruptions, labor shortages, logistical issues, demand fluctuations, supply chain complexity, and regulatory hurdles.

"The design of the chilled water cooling system within a data center is a critical part of its infrastructure," says author Patrick Cotton, Global Chiller Product Manager at Airedale.

The data center industry has experienced massive growth in demand due to artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, 5G and edge applications, leading to a supply-demand imbalance in some markets.