GETTING THE UPPER HAND IN DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION COSTS – Data center expansion decisions are risky and rarely simple. The number of technical and financial trade-offs to consider are vast, making perfection unlikely. Now include the dynamics of various stakeholders leveraging their power in the decision making process or attempting to protect their careers. It’s … Read more
Swinerton Builders, one of the nation’s oldest and most trusted construction firms, tapped into the talent of its Critical Facilities division on the recently completed Phase 2 of a 93,000-square-foot build-out for Latisys, a national IT infrastructure services provider with a large data center in Irvine, CA. Backed by 125 years of construction expertise, Swinerton … Read more
Developing a data center design goes beyond redundancy, efficiency and density requirement. There are a number of methods used today to design and build mission critical infrastructure. These methods include design bid build, design assist and design-build. Which can then be incorporated with the contract processes of CM @ risk, GMP, GC&Fee and others. Each … Read more
Research by Deerns has has produced numerous smart “add-ons” to data center infrastructure. What’s an “add-on” you ask? Could it be a “modular” solution? Whatever the definition, the research is leading to dramatic reduction in PUEs…see this white paper, Data Center Design Research by Deerns GC-DC 20110913 v1.0
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