2
900 kW, Tier 2, Chilled Water, 16100 ft
Facility Power
The facility power system supplies power to all of the critical and non-critical
components within the data center. The architecture used in this electrical
design is a single path with N+1 UPS and a generator. Switching between
generator power and utility is achieved using a programmable logic controller
(PLC). A 3200 amp bus feeds PZ4 electrical and mechanical switchboards. In
the electrical room, UPSs are configured down-stream of the switchboards. A
Symmetra MW configured to N+1 redundancy provides 1200 kW of critical
power to the IT room with 6 minutes of runtime. Valve regulated lead acid
(VRLA) batteries are housed in an isolated battery room. A Galaxy 5000 UPS
provides 72 kW of power to the pumps in the facility cooling system. Additional
DESIGN OPTIONS
low-voltage transformers are included in the design to support lighting and other
This reference design can be modified as
building loads. The power distribution architecture from the electrical room to
follows without a significant effect on the the IT space utilizes a combination of LV panels and InfraStruxure power
design’s performance attributes: distribution units (PDUs). The facility power system is designed to support
additional peripheral devices like fire panels, access control systems, and
Add StruxureWare Power Monitoring environmental monitoring and control devices. Power meters in the electrical
Expert path monitor power quality and allow for predictive maintenance & diagnostics of
Provision for load bank the system. These meters also integrate with StruxureWare Power Monitoring
Change UPS batteries Expert.
Add/change standby generator options: Every component in this design is built and tested to the applicable ANSI,
Location NEMA, UL or IEEE standards.
Tank size Further design details and schematics are available in the engineering package.
Fuel type
4x Mech.
Cooling Cooling
Chiller Chiller Cond. Panel
Tower Tower
Water (CRAHs,
Pump AHUs)
Facility Cooling
The mechanical design utilizes chilled water as the primary medium for heat
dissipation. The architecture consists of a single chilled water loop. The cooling
system contains two 1196 kW water-cooled chillers in an N+1 redundant
configuration with N+1 pumps. Water-side economization is achieved with a
plate & frame heat exchanger to save energy during favorable outdoor
conditions.
In order to extend availability of chilled water during a power outage, a 7000
gallon water storage tank provides 6 minutes of continuous cooling.
The piping architecture of the mechanical system feeds row-based InRow RC
CRAHs in the IT space. It also feeds room-based CRAHs in the electrical and
battery rooms. More information on the cooling configuration is provided in the
DESIGN OPTIONS IT space section of this document.
This design is instrumented to work with StruxureWare Cooling Monitoring
This reference design can be modified as Expert.
follows without a significant effect on the
Further design details such as dimensions, equipment placement, temperature
design’s performance attributes:
set points, pipe sizing, flow rates, and pressure drops are available in the
Add StruxureWare Cooling engineering package.
Monitoring Expert
Tower Tower
Secondary loop
pumps
VFD
Thermal Storage
CW supply
VFD to IT space
Primary loop pumps
System
VFD Dirt/air
Strainers bypass
separator
CW return
VFD Chiller from IT space
VFD
Expansion
City Water tank
VFD Chiller
Heat
Exchanger
IT Space
The IT capacity of this design is 900 kW. The design is highly scalable and
adaptable; it can be configured to support IT loads within a range. Smaller
starting loads as low as 200 kW can be supported by making adjustments such
as reducing the number of IT pods or decreasing the quantity of UPS modules.
Likewise, this design can be used as a baseline for larger loads as high as 2700
kW by using a step and repeat approach to the design. This flexibility drives
efficiency and defers capital expenditure until needed.
The IT space design specifies all of the physical infrastructure systems, as well
as their physical arrangement/spacing, required to meet the overall design’s
performance attributes. This includes racks, PDUs, rack power distribution,
DESIGN OPTIONS cooling units, and airflow management systems.
This reference design can be modified as Each pair of rows (pod) within the IT space can be “stepped and repeated” in a
follows without a significant effect on the standardized and predictable manner. This enables right-sizing of power and
design’s performance attributes: cooling that scales with IT growth. Each pod supports an average power
density of 2.8 kW per rack. All the pods are outfitted with integrated power and
Add environmental and security cooling distribution.
management Each pod is powered by floor mount factory-configured power distribution units
Change rack options (tall, (PDUs). Every rack is configured with a metered rack-mount PDU to enable
wide, deep)
remote monitoring of the units for efficiency and capacity management.
Change power distribution options
Rack PDU type (basic, Each pod is cooled by N+1 redundant chilled water-based InRow RC CRAHs
switched) that control the supply of cool air by monitoring temperature variation at the rack
Add StruxureWare Data Center level.
Expert
The security of the room is maintained at multiple points. At the rack level,
access is controlled by a door lock and sensor. At the room level, security
cameras are utilized for monitoring.
Row A Row B
R R C R R R R C R R R R R C R R C R R R R R C R R R R C R R
R/A-2/Z1 R/A-3/Z1 C/ R/A-5/Z1 R/A-6/Z1 R/A-7/Z1 R/A-8/Z1 C/ R/A-10/Z1 R/A-11/Z1 R/A-12/Z1 R/A-13/Z1 R/A-14/Z1 C/ R/A-16/Z1 R/B-1/Z2 C/ R/B-3/Z2 R/B-4/Z2 R/B-5/Z2 R/B-6/Z2 R/B-7/Z2 C/ R/B-9/Z2 R/B-10/Z2 R/B-11/Z2 R/B-12/Z2 C/ R/B-14/Z2 R/B-15/Z2
A-4/ A-9/ A- B-2/ B-8/ B-
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IT ROOM ATTRIBUTES
G
Gap
Row C Row D
R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R
R/C-1/Z1 C/ R/C-3/Z1 R/C-4/Z1 R/C-5/Z1 C/ R/C-7/Z1 R/C-8/Z1 R/C-9/Z1 C/ R/C-11/Z1 R/C-12/Z1 R/C-13/Z1 C/ R/C-15/Z1 P P R/D-2/Z2 C/ R/D-4/Z2 R/D-5/Z2 R/D-6/Z2 C/ R/D-8/Z2 R/D-9/Z2 R/D-10/Z2 C/ R/D-12/Z2 R/D-13/Z2 R/D-14/Z2 C/ R/D-16/Z2
C-2/ C-6/ C- C- P/C-16/Z1 P/D-1/Z2 D-3/ D-7/ D- D-
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Row E
R
R/E-2/Z12
R
R/E-3/Z12
C
C/
E-4/
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R
R/E-5/Z12
R
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R
R/E-7/Z12
R
R/E-8/Z12
C
C/
E-9/
Z12
R
R/E-10/
Z12
R
R/E-11/
Z12
R
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Z12
R
R/E-13/
Z12
R
R/E-14/Z12
C
C/
E-
15/
Z12
R
R/E-16/Z12
Row F
R
R/F-1/Z8
C
C/F-
2/
Z8
R
R/F-3/Z8
R
R/F-4/Z8
R
R/F-5/Z8
R
R/F-6/Z8
R
R/F-7/Z8
C
C/F-
8/
Z8
R
R/F-9/Z8
R
R/F-10/Z8
R
R/F-11/Z8
R
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C
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R
R/F-15/Z8 Name Value Unit
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Gap
Row G
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R/G-1/Z12
C
C/
G-2/
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R
R/G-3/Z12
R
R/G-4/Z12
R
R/G-5/Z12
C
C/
G-6/
Z12
R
R/G-7/Z12
R
R/G-8/Z12
R
R/G-9/Z12
C
C/
G-
10/
R
R/G-11/
Z12
R
R/G-12/
Z12
R
R/G-13/
Z12
C
C/
G-
14/
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R/G-15/
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P
P/G-16/Z12
Row H
P
P/H-1/Z8
R
R/H-2/Z8
C
C/
H-3/
Z8
R
R/H-4/Z8
R
R/H-5/Z8
R
R/H-6/Z8
C
C/
H-7/
Z8
R
R/H-8/Z8
R
R/H-9/Z8
R
R/H-10/Z8
C
C/
H-
11/
R
R/H-12/Z8
R
R/H-13/Z8
R
R/H-14/Z8
C
C/
H-
15/
R
R/H-16/Z8
IT load 900 kW
Z12 Z12 Z8 Z8
Row J
R R C R R R R C R R R R R C R
Row K
R C R R R R R C R R R R C R R
Input voltage 480 V
R/J-2/Z11 R/J-3/Z11 C/J- R/J-5/Z11 R/J-6/Z11 R/J-7/Z11 R/J-8/Z11 C/J- R/J-10/ R/J-11/ R/J-12/ R/J-13/ R/J-14/Z11 C/J- R/J-16/Z11 R/K-1/Z9 C/ R/K-3/Z9 R/K-4/Z9 R/K-5/Z9 R/K-6/Z9 R/K-7/Z9 C/ R/K-9/Z9 R/K-10/Z9 R/K-11/Z9 R/K-12/Z9 C/ R/K-14/Z9 R/K-15/Z9
4/ 9/ Z11 Z11 Z11 Z11 15/ K-2/ K-8/ K-
Z11 Z11 Z11 Z9 Z9 13/
Z9
Row L
G
Gap
Row M
Supply voltage to IT 120 / 208 V
R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R
R/L-1/Z11 C/L- R/L-3/Z11 R/L-4/Z11 R/L-5/Z11 C/L- R/L-7/Z11 R/L-8/Z11 R/L-9/Z11 C/L- R/L-11/ R/L-12/ R/L-13/ C/L- R/L-15/ P P R/M-2/Z9 C/ R/M-4/Z9 R/M-5/Z9 R/M-6/Z9 C/ R/M-8/Z9 R/M-9/Z9 R/M-10/Z9 C/ R/M-12/Z9 R/M-13/Z9 R/M-14/Z9 C/ R/M-16/Z9
2/ 6/ 10/ Z11 Z11 Z11 14/ Z11 P/L-16/Z11 P/M-1/Z9 M- M- M- M-
Z11 Z11 Z11 Z11 3/ 7/ 11/ 15/
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Gap
Row Q Row R
R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R
P P
R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R
2
IT floor space 10800
R/Q-1/Z10 C/ R/Q-3/Z10 R/Q-4/Z10 R/Q-5/Z10 C/ R/Q-7/Z10 R/Q-8/Z10 R/Q-9/Z10 C/ R/Q-11/ R/Q-12/ R/Q-13/ C/ R/Q-15/ R/R-2/Z7 C/ R/R-4/Z7 R/R-5/Z7 R/R-6/Z7 C/ R/R-8/Z7 R/R-9/Z7 R/R-10/Z7 C/ R/R-12/Z7 R/R-13/Z7 R/R-14/Z7 C/ R/R-16/Z7
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ft
Q-2/ Q-6/ Q- Z10 Z10 Z10 Q- Z10 P/Q-16/Z10 P/R-1/Z7 R-3/ R-7/ R- R-
Z10 Z10 10/ 14/ Z7 Z7 11/ 15/
Z10 Z10 Z7 Z7
Row S Row T
R
R/S-2/Z4
R
R/S-3/Z4
C
C/
S-4/
Z4
R
R/S-5/Z4
R
R/S-6/Z4
R
R/S-7/Z4
R
R/S-8/Z4
C
C/
S-9/
Z4
R
R/S-10/Z4
R
R/S-11/Z4
R
R/S-12/Z4
R
R/S-13/Z4
R
R/S-14/Z4
C
C/
S-
15/
Z4
R
R/S-16/Z4
R
R/T-1/Z6
C
C/T-
2/
Z6
R
R/T-3/Z6
R
R/T-4/Z6
R
R/T-5/Z6
R
R/T-6/Z6
R
R/T-7/Z6
C
C/T-
8/
Z6
R
R/T-9/Z6
R
R/T-10/Z6
R
R/T-11/Z6
R
R/T-12/Z6
C
C/T-
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R
R/T-14/Z6
R
R/T-15/Z6
Row U Row V
R
R/U-1/Z4
C
C/
U-2/
Z4
R
R/U-3/Z4
R
R/U-4/Z4
R
R/U-5/Z4
C
C/
U-6/
Z4
R
R/U-7/Z4
R
R/U-8/Z4
R
R/U-9/Z4
C
C/
U-
10/
Z4
R
R/U-11/Z4
R
R/U-12/Z4
R
R/U-13/Z4
C
C/
U-
14/
Z4
R
R/U-15/Z4 P
P/U-16/Z4
P
P/V-1/Z6
R
R/V-2/Z6
C
C/
V-3/
Z6
R
R/V-4/Z6
R
R/V-5/Z6
R
R/V-6/Z6
C
C/
V-7/
Z6
R
R/V-8/Z6
R
R/V-9/Z6
R
R/V-10/Z6
C
C/
V-
11/
Z6
R
R/V-12/Z6
R
R/V-13/Z6
R
R/V-14/Z6
C
C/
V-
15/
Z6
R
R/V-16/Z6
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
Row 1
R
R/1-1/Z13
R
R/1-2/Z13
C
C/1-
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Z13
R
R/1-4/Z13
R
R/1-5/Z13
R
R/1-6/Z13
R
R/1-7/Z13
C
C/1-
8/
Z13
R
R/1-9/Z13
R
R/1-10/
Z13
R
R/1-11/
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R
R/1-12/
Z13
R C
R/1-13/Z13 C/1-
14/
Z13
R
R/1-15/Z13
Row 2
R
R/2-1/Z14
C
C/2-
2/
Z14
R
R/2-3/Z14
R
R/2-4/Z14
R
R/2-5/Z14
R
R/2-6/Z14
R
R/2-7/Z14
C
C/2-
8/
Z14
R
R/2-9/Z14
R
R/2-10/
Z14
R
R/2-11/
Z14
R
R/2-12/
Z14
C
C/2-
13/
Z14
R
R/2-14/
Z14
R
R/2-15/Z14
CRAC/CRAH type Row-based CRAH
G
Row 3 Row 4
R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R R C R R R C R R R C R R R C R
R/3-1/Z13 C/3- R/3-3/Z13 R/3-4/Z13 R/3-5/Z13 C/3- R/3-7/Z13 R/3-8/Z13 R/3-9/Z13 C/3- R/3-11/ R/3-12/ R/3-13/ C/3- R/3-15/ P P R/4-2/Z14 C/4- R/4-4/Z14 R/4-5/Z14 R/4-6/Z14 C/4- R/4-8/Z14 R/4-9/Z14 R/4-10/ C/4- R/4-12/ R/4-13/ R/4-14/ C/4- R/4-16/
2/ 6/ 10/ Z13 Z13 Z13 14/ Z13 P/3-16/Z13 P/4-1/Z14 3/ 7/ Z14 11/ Z14 Z14 Z14 15/ Z14
Z13 Z13 Z13 Z13 Z14 Z14 Z14 Z14
Row 5
R C R R R R C R R R R R R C R
Row 6
R R R C R R R C R R C R R
Containment type None
R/5-2/Z3 C/5- R/5-4/Z3 R/5-5/Z3 R/5-6/Z3 R/5-7/Z3 C/5- R/5-9/Z3 R/5-10/Z3 R/5-11/Z3 R/5-12/Z3 R/5-13/Z3 R/5-14/Z3 C/5- R/5-16/Z3 R/6-1/Z5 R/6-2/Z5 R/6-3/Z5 C/6- R/6-5/Z5 R/6-6/Z5 R/6-7/Z5 C/6- R/6-9/Z5 R/6-10/Z5 C/6- R/6-12/Z5 R/6-13/Z5
3/ 8/ 15/ 4/ 8/ 11/
Z3 Z3 Z3 Z5 Z5 Z5
G
Gap
Row 7 Row 8
R C R R R C R R R C R R C R R R R C R R R C R R C R R
R/7-1/Z3 C/7- R/7-3/Z3 R/7-4/Z3 R/7-5/Z3 C/7- R/7-7/Z3 R/7-8/Z3 R/7-9/Z3 C/7- R/7-11/Z3 R/7-12/Z3 C/7- R/7-14/Z3 R/7-15/Z3 P P R/8-2/Z5 R/8-3/Z5 C/8- R/8-5/Z5 R/8-6/Z5 R/8-7/Z5 C/8- R/8-9/Z5 R/8-10/Z5 C/8- R/8-12/Z5 R/8-13/Z5
2/ 6/ 10/ 13/ P/7-16/Z3 P/8-1/Z5 4/ 8/ 11/
Z3 Z3 Z3 Z3 Z5 Z5 Z5
Controller
Design Attributes
OVERVIEW Value Unit
Target availability Tier 2 Tier
Annualized PUE at 100% load 1.50 / 1.34 / 1.41
Data center IT capacity 900 kW
2
IT & facility floor space 16100 ft
Average density 2.8 kW/rack
FACILITY POWER Value Unit
Total amps (main bus) 3200 A
Input voltage (main bus) 480 V
Switchboard kAIC 65 kA
Power path Single
Generator redundancy N
IT space UPS capacity 1200 kW
IT space UPS redundancy N+1
IT space UPS runtime @ rated load 6 minutes
IT space UPS output voltage 480 V
Facility cooling UPS capacity 72 kW
Facility cooling UPS redundancy N
Facility cooling UPS runtime @ rated load 12 minutes
FACILITY COOLING Value Unit
Total cooling capacity 1196 kW
Input voltage 480 V
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
Mechanical redundancy N+1
Outdoor heat exchange Water-cooled chiller with cooling tower
Coolant supply temperature 46 F
Coolant return temperature 56 F
Storage tank size 7000 gallons
Ride-through time 6 minutes
Economizer type Water-side
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