Data centres : an Introduction to concepts and design

Introduction to owners, co-location developers, designers, constructors, operators and all those who have an interest in data centre design, operation and space planning. --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Harrison, Jim, active 2012
Corporate Author Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, [2012]
SeriesKnowledge series KS ; 18.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781628709834
1628709839
9781906846244
1906846243
Physical Description1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The function of a data centre
  • 3. Site selection and building criteria: Introduction ; Key considerations ; Building design criteria ; Risk analysis ; Planning risks
  • 4. Planning, site and space: Site planning ; Space planning
  • 5. Energy and sustainability: Energy strategy ; Efficiency of IT equipment ; Power usage effectiveness ; Environmental benchmarking
  • 6. Engineering systems design: Electrical services ; Mechanical services
  • 7. Air management
  • 8. Fire safety: Fire safety management
  • 9. Network provision
  • 10. Security: General security ; Monitoring and control
  • 11. Building construction: Professional team ; Project procurement ; Construction programme ; Construction costs and cost plan ; Mobilisation ; Procurement schedule ; Health and safety plan ; Site facilities and procedures ; Site procedures ; Construction activities ; Energy and materials management ; Close-out
  • 12. Completion management
  • 13. Operation and management: Facilities management
  • 14. Ongoing developments: General ; Facility size and capacity ; Increased tolerance of higher ambient temperatures ; Reduced air volume requirement by IT equipment ; Increased rack heat densities ; Alternative cooling distribution media ; Cooling infrastructure ; Indirect free cooling using air-to-air heat exchangers ; Adiabatic/evaporative cooling ; Cooling recovery devices ; Renewable energy ; Cold air as a renewable source of cooling ; Fuel cells ; Amorphous metal substation transformers ; Direct server cooling ; IT software development.