case study
A Touch Of Pink
Ever seen a pink data centre container? No, neither have we. This quirky creation is brought to us by Zenium and
Eaton, who joined forces to build a scalable, reliable, and energy efficient data centre for Zenium’s customers.
I
n 2016, Zenium began
construction of a 4,300sqm
site – dubbed London One. A
purpose-built state-of-the-art
facility, offering high specification
technical space across two floors, in
Slough, one of the premier sites for
data centres in the UK.
Zenium’s goal was threefold:
To engineer a fully redundant
power system designed to Uptime
Institute Tier 3 guidelines; to create
scalable data halls to meet customer
requirements; and to achieve
unprecedented levels of energy
efficiency. These goals required a
sophisticated power distribution and
backup power system.
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Backup
Zenium turned to Eaton to
advise on providing the backup
power system. Zenium’s principal
engineer, Mike Venables, explained,
“Eaton served as a major project
collaborator that listened to
our challenges and proactively
responded with solutions catered
to our needs.”
To speed up the construction,
Eaton came up with a graceful
solution to prefabricate and
containerise medium voltage
power distribution units for
outdoor installation. These had the
advantage of fast deployment, as
well as low total cost of ownership
and would enable Zenium to add
more units as its data centre grows.
The containerised units were
designed to work with Zenium’s
incoming A and B power sources
and facilitated connection with
multiple emergency generators.
The factory-designed and
integrated units arrived fully
system-tested, requiring minimal
assembly on-site and also
contributed to on-site safety and
effective operation.
An example of this is that
the containers arrived factory-
painted to conform to Zenium’s
colour-coded site that sees all
electrical system equipment