iFortress Case Study: Modular Scalable Data Center Shelter
Executive Summary
Challenge:
Quickly build a new data center that is highly scalable yet protects the mission
critical hospital environment from building threats such as wastewater mains that
reside over new data center locations that can result in a serious leaks or flooding.
Solution:
A local design integration company rapidly installed iFortress’s scalable data center
shelter that provides protection from all environmental and security threats.
The Project:
This project started with a local design integration company assisting Englewood
Hospital and Medical Center with its need to build a back-up data center as well as
upgrade its existing datacenter located on the basement floor. The integration
company helped the hospital come to the conclusion that it would be better to build
a new primary data center and then upgrade the existing one to serve as the backup to the primary. The integrator reviewed several possible site locations for
constructing a modular scalable data center on the hospital property, but all
locations posed serious potential security and environmental threats. The research
revealed that the new data center would have to be airtight, watertight, and highly
secure, so they chose a site on the 9th floor that would cause little disruption to
other critical services in the hospital.
The data center shelters modular structure allowed the hospital to expand the data
center without disruption to the existing one and without exposing the HVAC,
security, and fire systems to risk while under construction. The cooling system for
the data center shelter was an air cooled redundant N+1 in row CRAC system that
deemed to be the most cost effective solution for the hospital. The scalable
environment was designed to handle an initial load of (16) IT cabinets cross wired
for A/B N+1 rack level power distribution from (1) 60kVA N+1 UPS system scalable
to 80kVA N+1 with an integrated power distribution unit. Functional load testing
and burn in testing of the UPS were completed in this environment. Cam lock
portals every two feet on center that engage and lock the modular panels to each
other secured conduits and suspended cable trays. The security, mechanical,
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electrical, and fire suppression contractors were able to use these cam ports to
secure conduit, refrigerant pipes, condensation lines and 3 levels of cable tray to
separate copper, fiber, and power in a non-raised floor environment with 7’ high IT
racks and a ceiling clearance of only 9’.
The Result:
This hospital chose to use the iFortress data center shelter protecting their mission
critical assets from environmental and security threats. Nearly six months after the
successful installation of the new data center shelter, a serious leak occurred
causing serious flooding around the iFortress structure, but never a water breach.
The iFortress data center shelter proved itself to be completely airtight, watertight,
and secure when this flood took place. The hospitals assets were completely
protected and a major catastrophe was avoided.
MEP’s Through Air Tight & Water Tight Portal
All MEP’s Routed Overhead
Open Web Joists & Suspended Trays Maximize Internal Height
Door = to Structure for Fire &
Security Ratings
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FM200 Passed
Pressure Test 1st Time