Data center infrastructure

Data center facility cost formula?

Do you have a good understanding of data center build cost, ie: what % of data center costs are for the shell, fit up, mechanical, electrical, etc? Is there a simple formula or a simple % break out that is industry accepted?

View Answer   |  May 7 2008   3:39 PM GMT   |  asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert
Data center design, Data center infrastructure, Data center budget considerations

Data center heating source options

Currently, our data center is located in my existing Corporate HQ. We have purchased a 10k square foot building to put the new DC in (It will use 4k square feet.) I am being asked if I would like the additional 6k square feet of the building to use gas heat or electric. My gut (and consultant)...

View Answer   |  May 5 2008   8:35 PM GMT   |  asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert
Data center infrastructure, Data center design and infrastructure

Damaged UPS protected equipment

We had a downstream UPS battery drain outage related to improper installation of a new upstream UPS. This resulted in UPS power failure when the batteries drained, after which multiple cameras and other devices did not work. All but one of these power supplies to these devices were fine. I...

View Answer   |  May 5 2008   8:30 PM GMT   |  asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert
Data center infrastructure, Data center power supplies, UPS

Safety and reliability of modular APC equipement

A reader wrote in to SearchDataCenter.com with this question:We are currently maxed out at our old data center facility and have made the decision to build a new data center.The consulting company we're using has suggested we build out our UPS capability using APC modular UPS units, rather than...

Answer Question   |  Apr 24 2008   4:33 PM GMT   |  asked by Leah Rosin
Data center power supplies, Data center infrastructure, data center security