Network Communications News (NCN) July 2016 | Page 20

PROJECT FOCUS

BlueFjords

The data centre is close to the Jostedal glacier.

Fjord focus

Eaton recently provided BlueFjords’ data centre with efficient and expandable power.
Michael Crane finds out more.

E

aton has supplied high
efficiency Power Xpert 9395P
uninterruptible power supplies
(UPSs) to form the basis of a
secure and readily scalable power
solution for the new BlueFjords
data centre, located at the head
of the Jostedal valley in Norway.

Power play
The location of the data centre is near
ideal: it is connected to a reliable nearby
power node fed from four separate
hydroelectric power stations and is
close to the huge Jostedal glacier
which ensures a cool, stable climate.
The natural benefits of the location on
their own are not enough, however,

to guarantee the exceptional service
that BlueFjords offers its clients – the
new data centre also needs totally
dependable power infrastructure.
To provide this, BlueFjords
appointed Data Center Technology
AS, a leading expert in the field of data
centre design and implementation, to
create a complete concept. Essential
requirements for the power solution
were that it should provide the highest
possible levels of resilience and
efficiency, and that it should also be
scalable to allow easy and cost effective
future expansion.
Based on its wide experience of the
UPS market and products, Data Center
Technology s