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Data Center Projects: Establishing a Floor Plan
sponsored by APC
Posted:  22 Jun 2007
Published:  01 Jun 2007
Format:  PDF
Length:  24   Page(s)
Type:  White Paper
Language:  English


ABSTRACT:
A proper floor plan is the necessary foundation of an effective density and phasing plan. Most users do not understand how critical the floor layout is to the performance of a data center, or they only understand its importance after a poor layout has compromised the deployment. The layout can greatly affect certain elements of a data center, such as:

  • Achievable power density
  • Complexity of the power and cooling distribution systems
  • Electrical power consumption of the data center

This white paper outlines an effective method for developing a floor layout and why that it is not necessary to identify specific devices in advance as most of the benefit of floor planning is independent of the specific devices deployed.


Authors

Neil Rasmussen
Chief Technical Officer ,  APC
Neil Rasmussen is the Chief Technical Officer of APC. He establishes the technology direction for the world’s largest R&D budget devoted to power, cooling, and rack infrastructure for critical networks. Neil is currently leading the effort at APC to develop high-efficiency, modular, scalable data center infrastructure solutions and is the principal architect of the APC InfraStruXure system.

Wendy Torell
Senior Research Analyst with the Data Center Science Center ,  APC
Wendy Torell is a Senior Research Analyst with the APC Data Center Science Center in West Kingston, Rhode Island. She consults with clients on availability science approaches and design practices to optimize the availability of their data center environments. She received her Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady, NY and her MBA from University of Rhode Island. Wendy is an ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer.



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