FEATURE : DATA CENTRE SOLUTIONS
Additionally , it has previously identified data centres as one of the most attractive sectors for the ongoing diversification of its business portfolio and securing this rare opportunity in Frankfurt – home to one of the world ’ s busiest Internet Exchange Points , DE-CIX – is its first major move into the sector .
The proposed data centre campus comprises an initial 32MW of IT-load , with an eventual full build-out capacity of up to 70MW of IT-load in this fast-growing market where there continues to be high demand from hyperscaler clients for new capacity , particularly for centrally located sites .
This prime location – situated in the Frankfurt Osthafen area – has been acquired from SAMSON , a leading global supplier of valves , actuators and intelligent flow control systems , which is in the process of moving its headquarters and operations to a new location in Offenbach .
“ The successful outcome of our discussions with SAMSON for the future of this exceptional site opens the way for this major new development of a highly sustainable data centre and light industrial campus ,” said Florian Reiff , Managing Director , Tishman Speyer Germany . “ I ’ d like to thank our partners at Mainova WebHouse and SAMSON for sharing our vision for this important project in a prime urban setting in support of Frankfurt ’ s continued vibrancy .”
THE DATA CENTRE
INDUSTRY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE TRANSPARENT WHEN IT
COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND SHOW
WHAT IT ’ S DOING TO MINIMISE ITS IMPACT ON
THE PLANET .
Propelling Prague ’ s market
Seznam . cz , a Czech Internet operator and data centre provider , has opened its third data centre in Prague , adding to its existing data centre in Horní Počernice .
The implementation took exactly one year and was carried out in co-operation with Metrostav and general contractors , Altron .
Oliver Schiebel , CEO , Mainova WebHouse , added : “ We are looking forward to this joint opportunity of bringing sustainable data centres to a location where they are needed most . Our most sustainable design which already exceeds all the requirements of the latest renewable energy act will be taken to the next level at this location , delivering significant waste heat capacity to Mainova ’ s district heating grid , for the people and businesses in the east of Frankfurt to benefit from carbon neutral district heat .”
While Seznam . cz has three data centres – Osaka , Nagoya and Kokura – with three data halls , Osaka is leased from O2 . In total , up to 6MW of power is planned for the IT equipment at the sites owned .
“ Although Kokura 3 is part of the original data centre , it is structurally and technologically a separate unit ,” said Vlastimil Pečínka , Technical Director of Seznam . cz . “ We have been able to introduce several innovations here that are not present in Nagoya , for example , which is only a year old . A significant innovation is that we are leaving out the UPS and batteries on one power branch . Thus , we will fully rely on the redundancy of power supplies in IT technology .”
This change will reduce investment and operating costs and will rely more on its own multi-source power supply . The facility also includes a water treatment plant similar to the Nagoya data centre , which stores rainwater for cooling .
Moving towards greater sustainability and with achieving the same PUE levels of the Nagoya data centre in mind , the warm air extraction system has been modified and further innovations have been made in the cold air distribution system . p
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