Major advancements have been made this week on the generator and UPS systems, which brings us ever closer to having clients online at the new facility.
The past few weeks have been spent finalising the electrical intake room, which has allowed us to commission most of the power-side systems (generators etc), as well as re-energising the facility in its final state, ready for initial occupation. As such, our office has been offline, which has meant no updates to the blog (other administrative jobs took precedent while under limited access).
This post contains a large number of images from works undertaken over the past 3/4 weeks.
Internals of the generator-side control units reaching completion
Internals of the generator-side power distribution with earthing in place
Internals of the generator-side power distribution reaching completion
Custom control cable junction boxes for generators reaching completion
Custom control cable junction boxes for generators reaching completion
UPS battery modules containing their brand new cells fitted and on the data hall floor, ready to fill out to first 3 UPS’s
Legacy electrical systems being removed ahead of total re-distribution and commissioning
Intake room wall being re-clad ahead of fit-out, much alike the opposite wall which contains the generator control and distribution systems
First of our new main distribution panels fitted -which will be the B side – along with our custom monitoring system flanking either side
A look at the monitoring which runs either side of the main power distribution panels
A closer look at our power monitoring system, which will total 24 screens when completed on both A and B sides
New cable containment allows for multiple routes both in and out of the facility distribution cabinets
A look at the earthing bars in the intake room, ahead of completion
Progression as earthing in the facility runs back to the earthing bars here
Facility power distribution having the various breakers fitted
Progress shot as the facility distribution panels are wired
The completed facility power distribution panel (A side), which powers facility-wide systems such as lighting and sockets
The B-side main distribution panel fitted with its breakers, which feed the UPS systems on the data hall and at the core
Distribution panels for the facility-wide systems completed in the centre here, ahead of the A-side primary panel being installed
A-side distribution being installed, along with flanking monitoring columns
Containment basket fitted, ready to take large input power cables between cabinets
A look at additional cable containment and control above the primary distribution panels, and up the wall to reach the mains incomers
A look at cable runs being installed between the power distribution panels and the B-side of the mains fail-over system
Stage one cabling complete for power systems feeding first floor data hall
Mains output feeds on the B-side supply, which feed into the B-side throughout the site
A look at the inlets atop the generator control and distribution cabinets
A look at the internals of the B-side AMF panel, which has its termination in progress here
The completed internals of the B-side AMF panel
A look at the primary breakers for the generator supplies
The AMF panel control unit powered and ready for configuring
From here on out, updates will be less based on weeks, and more on tasks, as we push to get the site ready for initial occupancy.