The Data Center Evolution and Pre-Fab Data Centers

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Prefabricated Data Center Solutions: The Coming Age...

Mark Hurley- Vice President, Solution Architect

Schneider Electric IT Business

DatacenterDynamics – Santa Clara – June 2014


Your ability to compete and differentiate successfully starts with the design and build of your data center…

Data Center Pressures & Expectations

Reduce Capital Costs

Reduce Operating Costs

Manage / Right Size Risk

Improve Speed to Market


The Answer…Dramatically SIMPLIFY

Simplification reduces cost, speed to market, and complexity

Reference Resigns

Prefabricated Architecture

Integrated DCIM Software

Simplified Design/Build

Prefabricated Data Center


Power Equipment Centers

Power ZoneCenters

Power and Cooling Centers

Electrical DistributionCenters

PackagedChillers

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2012

2009

InfrastruXureEcoBreeze

Power & Chilled Water Proof of Concepts

InfrastruXure Express

Higher Volume ETO Modules Non- ISO Containers

Prefab Building BlocksPrefab Assemblies

2011

Prefabricated data center solutions have evolved over time…

2014


The industry has many players and approaches to Prefabricated Data Centers…


Promises from the industry

Lower CostFaster and

Easier

Standardized

Why hasn’t this worked?


Customers are not convinced of the benefits:

When the industry provides the right pieces at the right cost then prefabrication will get momentum.

●Initial product introductions were just proof-of-concepts

●Early prefabricated ISO container solutions were too restrictive

●Initial prefabricated cost advantage claims were exaggerated

●Unique data center requirements are not aligned with the standardized offer from many vendors


5 criteria to success for prefabricated data centers…

Multiple building block types and capacities

Engineered reference designs

Global capabilities

Vendor support – Assess, Plan, Design, Build, Operate

Integrated DCIM software into building blocks


The range of applications demands different types of modules and form factors

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Single Bay / Dual Bay Multi Bay Smart Shelter

Power SkidPower Module - Exterior

Packaged Chiller and Hydronics

Power Module - Interior

Hydronics Module EcoBreeze Evap Cooler


Reference designs simplify the design process…and should be freely available Downloadable from a web site

● Library of engineered data center reference designs

● System level specifications

● PUE, Price, Density, Layout

● Complete schematics and BOMs

● Fully and Semi-Prefabricated data center designs


•Use as a base plan to design and build your data center

Starting Point

•Preview, compare, and even combine different designs

Compare

•Gain a better understanding of costs, performance, size, and players

Analyze

•Apply preferences and constraints

Customize

•Conceptualize and refine end result

Refine

Reference designs improve speed to market…and should be freely available Downloadable from a web site


Example: Semi-Prefabricated Data CenterReference Design #34 – 2 MW Tier III

(6) 500 kWChillers

(2) 1000 kW Hydronics Modules

(2) IT Halls

(4) 1200 kW Power Skids


(2) 240 kW, 22 rackIT Modules

(2) 250 kW Power Modules

(3) 250 kW Chillers

(1) 500 kW Hydronics Module

Example: Fully Prefabricated Data CenterReference Design #23 – 500 kW Tier II


North America

Asia Pacific

EMEAChina

Manufacturing SiteGlobal R&D TeamRegional Design CenterDemo Center

Global capabilitiesManufacturing, Engineering Design, Support

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COMPONENTS

SUBSYSTEMS

SOLUTIONS

Solutions

Innovative combination of technology, products and services providing an integrated response

Subsystems

IT Room, Facility Power, Facility Cooling, Security, DCIM

Components

Customer supply needs have evolved from providing components to providing solutions

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Assessment Services • for existing or planned facilities or sites to

understand viability of using prefabrication

Planning Services • to demonstrate where prefabrication

could benefit performance, cost or timing

Design and Build Services • Reference design starting points

• Data centers with all prefabricated modules • Hybrid data center with mix of prefabricated modules and

traditional

• Project management including installation management, site coordination, and construction coordination

Prefab solutions require assistance


All prefab should be smart ‘out of box’Fully instrumented and programmed in each building block


Summary


Prefabricated Data Centers provide many advantages . . .

. . . vs. traditional data centers

Predictable Performance

• The density, availability

and efficiency you

expected

• The cost you were

promised

• Less “hands” involved,

less changes to design

Faster Deployment

• Shorten planning cycle

and reduce complexity

• Simplify design and build

process

• Delivery in 12-16 weeks

or less (upon sign-off and

receipt of final drawings)

Flexibility and Scalability

• Defer capital expenses

and minimize over sizing.

• Adjust quickly changes in

demand, up or down.

• Deploy in various

configurations of density

and availability


Prefabrication, Reference Designs and integrated DCIM software simplify the data center life cycle…

Reference Designs simplify and shorten the Plan and Design phases of a data

center design/build cycle

Design and Build cycles are simplified with Prefabricated modular

building blocks

Operations are simplified with fully

instrumented Prefabricated

modular data centers


Prefabricated subsystems facilitate modular and scalable build-outs, preserve capital and improve energy efficiency…

IT Pods

Future Expansion

IT

PowerCooling

Pre-fabricated Modular Architecture

Power

Cooling

IT Pods

Modular and Scalable Data Center


Prefabricated data centers will come of age when…

1. When suppliers offer tools and services to support decision making for prefabrication vs. traditional build

2. When building blocks of various ratings, technologies, and form factors are available at competitive price points

3. When suppliers are able to deliver an entire solution: assess, plan, design, build and operate a prefabricated data center


Make the most of your energy™

Questions?


●Prefabricated Product Pageshttp://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=22

●Solution Pages on Schneider-Electric.com http://www2.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/solutions/solutions-by-expertise.page

●Prefabricated Trade-Off Tool (coming soon) http://teamwork.schneider-electric.com/datacenteroffer/default.aspx

●White Paper #163 Containerized Power & Cooling Modules for Data Centershttp://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/WTOL-7NGRBS/WTOL-7NGRBS_R1_EN.pdf

●White Paper #165 Types of Prefabricated Data Centers (coming soon) http://www.apc.com/prod_docs/results.cfm?DocType=White%20Paper&Query_Type=10

●Reference Design Videohttp://tv.schneider-electric.com/site/schneiderTV/index.cfm?video=QxN2lmNzrJnhvX-zGHECmZ71HGLW2Wjw#ooid=QxN2lmNzrJnhvX-zGHECmZ71HGLW2Wjw

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