Panel will be held inside DCD> Connect, face -to -face event, on November 8, at 10:30 am, at the Transamérica Hotel in São Paulo
To this day, it was a consolidated fact that the high floor centers creates a space for cooling, electrical and mechanical services, as a way to distribute cold air. In addition, having a high floor on a data center meant facilitating equipment update or equipment installation. It would also help with the number of hidden cables and the consolidation of physical doors and power plugs. But this reality has been changing in the sector. Processo de moldagem de borracha
Panagiotis Lazaridis, CEO of Lza Engenharia, evaluates that the high floor helps hide energy and data infrastructures. However, it ends up harming the daily routine of the operation. "When new electrical circuits, plus cabling or FO cables are required, it is necessary to open several floor plates, making it difficult to handle the cables and risks of accidents with the high floor plates, which are heavy,” he notes.
But within the new context, which can be a trend on data centers, the question that remains is: without the high floor how everything will be done? The CEO of LZA Engenharia explains that within the new proposal, “air is inflated directly in the cold corridors and the entire environment of the Data Center. Only hot corridors are closed. This inflated air passes through the server cooling the equipment until it reaches the hot corridor. In this enclosed area the air returns in the interplay through openings or grids and its view returns to the cooling equipment. This also contributes to the improvement of the efficiency of the climate control system, where we avoid mixing of introduction with hot air return. "
Jorge Balcells, Regional Sales Manager | Latin America - Tate, stresses that without a high floor, now it is even more important to have a complete and sealed separation between the hot corridor and the cold. “This is achieved through containment. For a new design and new construction, there are several studies that conclude that the containment of the hot corridor is more efficient and reduces Opex, ”he says, emphasizing that having a high floor on a data center does not facilitate equipment update or installation of equipment. “Today's great implementation of hyperesque has pre-assembled racks equipment. These racks can easily weigh 2,000 kg today. As a result, it is easier to move and install this heavy equipment on a flat concrete surface without elevation or surface changes. Cabling and energy distribution are now made above the high floor using structural ceilings or swing beams, ”he explains.
Franciele Nogueira, highlights that date centers without high floor will be trend. “Scala Data Centers is fully aligned with this new form of data centers construction. As maintenance and operation on a data center with this feature is facilitated, this is better for Hyperscalers customers to see exactly how the structure is assembled and monitor it, ”says Design Engineering Director of Scala Data Centers, adding that another benefit It is important to not use high floor, logistics is facilitated because it is an input unless it should be provisioned in the Data Center project, which makes the construction can be completed within an even shorter term. “This is critical because the higher the agility in making data centers available to Hyperscalers customers, the better for them to start their operations. Indeed, it has been a very important demand for customers with this profile and this is one of the reasons for scala to adopt this solution on their data centers, ”she adds.
The panel "Data Centers without high floor: The evolution of the containment of the hot corridor" will be held on November 8, at 10:30, within DCD> Connect and will also have Fernando Madureira, commercial director of Deerns.
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