End User: Major Data Centre Provider

Project Manager/Contractor:

Client testimonial:

“The project was a 10k square metre IT white space data centre facility with a cooling load of 1200 watts per square metre for day one, going to 1400 watts a square metre from day 2. The datacentre was designed to meet the Uptime Institutes Tier III rating for resilience.

The data centre was designed to minimise the use of energy, an example of which was the use of air cooling with the capability of providing 'free cooling' when the external air temperature reached 12 deg C and below. The whole facility was also fitted with EC motors where possible such as the CRACs and chiller cooling fans these enabled a very efficient use of electrical energy.

The data centre was designed as a co-location facility and was fully managed, but, if required, the client could fit out and manage their own space with a reduction to rental costs per square metre.

We purchased 6 x  2.2 MVA containerised HV generators and 12 x 1.5MVA UPS strings for this 10,000 square metre data centre project from AVK. On a high speed time compressed project such as this we required a dedicated professional organisation that was on board and motivated from the offset of procurement, through detailed design, and finally installation, testing and commissioning. We felt that AVK delivered their part of this project with enthusiasm and dedication and would be very happy to work with them again, a great friendly outfit to work with”. Chris Buck – Arup