04 About this award
Te mega-data center is the leviathan that sustains today’s technology- driven world, enabling a quantity of transactions, storage and IT application that
facilitates newsworthy many
business and life activities. Always
and
occasionally controversial, the mega-data center (a facility over 500 racks in size) - brings with it its own
unique challenges.
Mission-critical issues of availability, efficiency, redundancy and scalability take on a higher risk profile in the largest facilities. Market
attention has
traditionally been focused on very large flagship projects, indicating future directions in best practice and leadership in the data- center sector.
Sponsor Project Dart
Banking regulators require the banking industry to house and operate data centers in highly resilient and secure facilities. Te new facility of Barclays bank in the UK must be capable of future expansion with no shut-downs or interruptions to the mechanical or electrical infrastructure. Its data halls must also be designed to accommodate any cabinet configuration.
Te facility will allow the bank to rationalize its data processing operations across the UK and Western Europe. Since there is a corporate requirement for the bank to operate its data centers in an efficient way, this can be achieved by larger and fewer facilities as opposed to many small facilities.
JCA Group is an engineering- focused mechanical and electrical contractor that strives to deliver the
ultimate engineered
solution for varied data center infrastructure requirements. Te recognition and reward of innovation and good practice within an industry that is rapidly evolving and facing new challenges parallels the values of JCA’s business.
Te 30,000 sq m facility includes an Ice Mine system which can provide one hour of cooling in the event of a chiller failure, the use of specialist Turbocore chillers that allow the facility to operate efficiently while the technology load is very low during the early stages of the technology migration, the introduction of the tri- energy uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for the mechanical UPS to allow efficient operation during low mechanical load and flexible data hall design to allow numerous future configurations of rack layouts.
Te contractor’s off-site prefabrication of the mechanical and electrical services modules ensured a faster installation time during this phase of the project as well as a high-quality build.
Finalists 2010
Capgemini UK plc in partnership with Red Engineering Design
Merlin is a brand-new data center in Swindon, UK, designed, built, owned
and operated by Capgemini UK which opened in 2010 for clients looking for a cost-effective and sustainable IT outsourcing solution. Merlin has outstanding green credentials and is the most sustainable and energy efficient data center in the world, with a world-beating power usage efficiency (PUE) rating of 1.11. By using an existing shell building, the completion of Merlin was effected with minimal construction activity and minimal local environmental impact.
Data Electronics
Te second phase of Data Electronics’ Green Data Centre in Dublin represents an investment of €15
million. Tis will add another 21,000 sq feet and 6MW of power to the innovative data center, with more phases to follow. Green energy is a critical facet of the next- generation data center, with free air cooling replacing artificially cooled air throughout the facility.
Nationwide Building Society in partnership with Mace Ltd and hurleypalmerflatt
Nationwide’s new-build data center comprises 2,000 sq m of day-one data
hall and associated plant and ancillary space on a site which allows for 100% expansion second phase. Designed to achieve the highest environmental standards in both its build and operation, this facility provides Nationwide with a next-generation facility to support business growth through the next 20 years.
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Innovation in the Mega-Data Center
Winner 2010: Barclays PLC in partnership with sineQN Limited “Te Barclays entry displayed innovation across all aspects of the data center,
encompassing design, delivery and operation” Tom Absalom, JCA
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