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Secure I.T. Environments Delivers Data Centre For The Energy Systems Catapult
January 2017 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Secure I.T. Environments Ltd has announced the completion of a new internal data centre for The Energy Systems Catapult, at its new head office in Birmingham, UK.
The new data centre, which is housed on the seventh floor of a central Birmingham
office, was built on-time in just eight weeks. Key construction challenges included
ensuring power supply cabling was adequate and could reach distribution boards, the
close control air conditioning system condensers required extended pipework to
enable the units to be housed on the roof.
The data centre has been built with raised flooring, cold aisle containment air
conditioning, with great attention placed on ensuring space was utilised as
efficiently as possible given restrictions of the physical building. Secure I.T.
Environments was responsible for the design and delivery of the data centre which
included power supply infrastructure, environmental controls, server racks, and
UPS.
The Energy Systems Catapult’s vision is for a clean, intelligent energy system
that works for people, communities and businesses. They aim to take a whole systems
approach to the challenge of transforming the UK’s energy sector, both affordably
and securely, and is also helping the UK capture commercial opportunities and create
new businesses across the energy sector.
With an emphasis on energy systems and efficiency central to the mission of the
Energy Systems Catapult, delivering a data centre that reflected these qualities was
essential. Secure I.T. Environments has used its skills in this area to ensure the
data centre delivers a PUE of 1.17.
