Case Study: District Photo Data Center Project

DCS Data Centers assisted District Photo with capacity issues by providing long-term solutions. District Photo had several single points of failure that could cause extended outages to the data center.

The client requested the services of DCS to provide:

Design Services

Construction Management

• Provide full onsite Project Management services.
• Create a complete project implementation plan defining both team and individual responsibilities
• Monitor and evaluate key individual and subcontractor performance
• Conduct frequent reviews and coordination progress review meetings
• Assure that scheduled milestones were met
• Assure compliance with the technical requirements agreed upon at the design stage

 Construction Services

CRAC Equipment

UPS and Power Distribution Equipment

Installation Services

• Provide a detail schedule of events plan and manage accordingly.
• Purchase, coordinate, receive, rig, set and connect new equipment.
• Modify the Access Raised Flooring as required to accommodate new CRAC`s.
• Relocate existing wall mounted electric panel`s to the most logical nearby locations.
• Provide all necessary refrigerant, water and condensate piping to permit normal operation of new CRAC equipment. Condenser`s will be roof mounted located above the server room.
• Provide all necessary pipe and electrical routes to the roof for CRAC condenser`s.
• Condenser`s will be placed on code compliant bases.
• Install all electrical input feeders to the new UPS.
• Create a new secondary power distribution system from the UPS for the critical load.
• Install power distribution downstream of the PDU.
• Post completion, return the data center to its original condition.
• All work was performed during normal working hours while not causing disruption to the 7×24 operation of the existing data center.

Extended Warranty and Preventive Maintenance Service

• DCS provided post completion maintenance services for all of the new Data Center air conditioning equipment. With high level quick response times in the event of a failure.