Boosting Germany’s digital infrastructure with 56MW IT power
Boosting Germany’s digital infrastructure with 56MW IT power
A fit-out strategic partner to support their end-user customer demands
Our client, a global data center developer specialises in flexible, efficient, and resilient hyperscale facilities meeting the ever-changing technology power needs. Focusing on flexibility and scalability, they required a fit-out strategic partner to support their end-user customer demands within a tight program to precise design requirements. Once completed, the two-story data center will comprise five standalone computer centers with an IT load of 56MW within a building footprint of 60,000m².
The client chose Equans Data Centers, operating as Bouygues Energies & Services, to deliver their new state-of-the-art data center facility to their clients’ stringiest requirements in Germany.
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Our solution
Appointed as a partner, the project scope includes construction activities and the internal fit-out, electrical, and mechanical engineering, and commissioning.
To approach this large-scale data center project, Equans Data Centers combined the European standardised design methodologies aligning with German industry regulations and local permit requirements. The project delivery was overseen by Kraftanlagen Energies & Services, a group company, bringing local market knowledge, workforce, and supply chain management while working alongside the European engineering team.
With the scale of the build, the management of logistics and phasing of works were critical through working with the client and our teams to streamline the installation processes. Aligning the supply chain with the key dates allowed deliveries to be coordinated with installation.
Advancing data center design
The data center is supported by a robust N+1 electrical infrastructure from dual 110kv electrical incoming supplies. These give the data center an electrical architecture with resilience supported by externally installed generators. Reinforcing data center cooling requirements, the design utilises a roof gantry for the cooling system and for maintaining distribution pipework services. Meeting design and airflow requirements, our expert design team performed several Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) models giving a better insight into how the cooling system will work under different environmental conditions while operating. Through the modelling, they also assessed the energy and water saving of data center cooling systems. This approach allowed the equipment installation to align with the industry standards, safety regulations, and sustainability.
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