Download - 2bm ARM HPC Data Centre Design and Build
High Performance Computing
The Challenge
3 months on site to deliver a highly efficient Tier 3 data centre
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The Challenge
Only eight weeks to obtain planning permission
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The Challenge
Guaranteed annual PUE of below 1.20
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The Challenge
Significant onsite space constraints
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DAY 1
Work begins on site
The clock is ticking!
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Early progress
Data Centre floor prepared
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Concrete slab poured
and ready
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Meanwhile preparatory
work continues apace for
the cooling plant
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New cable runs required
for new generators and
& UPS
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…start of new diverse
power cable installation
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Week 2
Ground works for
containerised generator
and UPS
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New home for super low
transformer
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Support structure goes
in for generators and
UPS containers
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Meanwhile off-site
fabrication work carries on
UPS container in production
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Off-site fitting out of UPS
container to ensure
timescales are met
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Ready to be delivered
to site
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Cooling towers are not far
behind
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Modular pre-assembled
design
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Data centre structure
taking shape….
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Work progressing well
despite the best efforts of
the winter weather
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Structure in place….
…work begins on interior
room cladding
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….and the cooling system
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Individual tap-offs to serve
each cabinet door
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Co-ordinated programme…
…300 tonne crane arrives to
lift in generators, UPS, cooling
towers and transformers
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UPS container is first to be
craned in
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Generators in place
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Cooling towers in position
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New temporary road also
required for access and
egress
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Pipework for cooling
towers and LPS system
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Main flow and return
Pipework with redundant
circuits
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Main pipework installation
nearing completion
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Generators and UPS fully
possitioned
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Internal fit out ongoing….
…raised floor starts
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….and is quickly in place
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Installation of the first
of 60 cabinets is started
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Innovative real door cooling
in place
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12 weeks in…
…job complete
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Fully integrated solution
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…with new roads for access
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Exceeding Expectations“Not only did we construct a Tier3 HPC data centre
in phenomenal time, we still pushed the boundaries of
innovation and efficiencies, ensuring 2bm provided
one of the most energy efficient data centres possible”
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Award Winning Solution•UK IT Industry Awards 2012 – ‘Data Centre Project of the Year’
•European Award for New Data Centre Facility 2012
•First ever CEEDA gold accreditation
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