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Facility modules offer new flexibility to out-of-capacity data centers
“Plug-in” power and cooling modules offer rapid upgrade possibilities
Facility modules offer traditional IT rooms that are out of power and cooling capacity the flexibility of a rapid, non-disruptive upgrade. They can also be used to power and cool IT modules (containers of IT equipment). Among leading edge corporations, a gradual migration from brick and mortar to facility module “parks” is beginning to take place. Cloud computing business models are also accelerating the deployment of rapid facility module provisioning.
Major fi rst cost and deployment speed advantages Facility modules are pre-engineered, pre-assembled/integrated, and pretested data center physical infrastructure systems (i.e., power and cooling) that are delivered as standardized, self-contained “plug-in” modules to a data center site. This contrasts with the traditional approach of provisioning physical infrastructure for a data center with unique one-time engineering, and all assembly, installation, and integration occurring at the construction site. The benefits of facility modules include cost savings, time savings, simplified planning, improved reliability, improved agility, higher efficiency, and a higher level of vendor accountability.
Deployment of facility modules results in a savings of 60 percent in deployment speed and 13 percent or more in first cost when compared to a traditional build out of the same infrastructure. Cost savings are even more dramatic (30 percent or more) when the traditional data center is overbuilt in capacity and provisioned upfront with typical power and cooling systems and controls.
Who benefi ts from deploying facility modules? The following is a list of some typical facility module applications:
Co-location facilities seeking faster, cheaper ways to “step and repeat” computer power and support systems for their customers: Facility modules provide co-location facilities with a solution to cost effectively upsize and downsize in large kW modular building blocks when demand for their services fluctuates as a result of market conditions.
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