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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. DATA CENTRE IN CERDANYOLA, Spain by José Antonio Fernández Usón (ACXT-IDOM)September 25th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: José Antonio Fernández Usón (ACXT-IDOM) The Data Centre program includes more than 6.000 m2 of processors distributed into 18 IT rooms as well as parking places, contingency offices, operation, coupling facilities, testing rooms, suppliers and workshops.  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam
 Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam The building typology requires the highest technological functionality, prioritizing: flexibility, scalability and energy efficiency in the three floors of computer rooms as well as in the two technical floors for the facilities of cooling and electric ones. The special location of the Technology Park, located in the middle of nature, invites to propose a performance based on the sensibility for the impact on nature, minimizing the excavation volume and the landmark.  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam Both formally and functionally, the main difficulty is to enclose a 100×43 meters rectangle in a triangular site, including six IT rooms (12x29m) per floor. The offices area raises itself to create a garden-space in the ground floor that becomes the access to the Data Center. Located perpendicular to the technical area solves the main street needs.  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam Technically, the facilities design gets a Tier III level of security and an energy efficiency by a PUE that does not exceed 1.8. The electric facilities project has been designed for 16MW total power and a security level of TIER IV (Uptime Institute). The implementation of the Data Centre will be developed in phases, with a IT initial capacity of 2.5 MW.  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam In terms of physical Layout and room’s topology the Data Centre based on the structure: aisle cold – aisle hot. The high density racks have liquid cooling systems in-row type. Reconciling these two wills -maximum functionality and minimal environmental impact- is the essential challenge of the project. The application of criteria and good practices of sustainable design have allowed the project is LEED certified.  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam  Image Courtesy © Edouard Decam  Image Courtesy © José Antonio Fernández Usón (ACXT-IDOM)  Image Courtesy © José Antonio Fernández Usón (ACXT-IDOM)
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