END USER INSIGHT
Jim Shanahan , Chief Operating Officer , Serverfarm
I 3 SOLUTIONS GROUP LON1 DATA CENTRE AWARD WINNING MODERNISATION PROJECT
Modernisation in the data centre industry is key to successful evolution and maintaining a high standard of operation . Jim Shanahan ,
Chief Operating Officer , Serverfarm , discusses the decision behind selecting i 3
Solutions Group to modernise and optimise its data centre in order to generate positive results moving forward .
Following the acquisition of its first UK facility , international data centre operator , Serverfarm , turned to the expertise of specialist design engineering firm , i 3
Solutions Group , to modernise and optimise the facility .
i 3
Solutions Group was given a set of objectives to transform the data centre to be achieved simultaneously .
A facility upgrade was to be executed through the identification and delivery of additional power capacity . And , at the same time , i 3
Solutions Group was to help create a flexible , multi-tenant data centre ready for low- to high-density workloads ranging from 1 – 4kW per rack to 20kW per rack with a design PUE of below 1.2 .
Upgrade and expansion – in a live environment !
The 120,000 sqft 6MW LON1 data centre located in Feltham , London , was acquired in March 2018 and within five and a half months i 3 had completed the modernisation .
i 3
Solutions Group optimised the entire facility , creating a Tier3 + environment in terms of uptime and efficiency through cost-effective modernisation of electrical gear . New switches and UPS equipment were deployed to create N + 1 electrical infrastructure with A + B feeds combined with new super-efficient chillers and new CRAC units to create an N + 1 mechanical environment . www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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