| Construction of a Data Centre or Computer Room
includes creating the walls, ceilings, floors and doors. This is a
specialised room and therefore the construction has to follow a
number of 'best
pratices', from ensuring that the walls are
slab to slab, to fire rating the shell and creating a floor to take
the weight of the equipment. | | |  | | |
For
internal construction of a room, the choice is between traditional
construction methods (partitions) and modular composite panel
construction, which is growing in popularity due to the swift nature
of the build process. For external construction, traditional
blockwork construction can be utilised or, again, a modular approach
can be adopted. END2END specialise in the modular panel construction
technique, as well as adopting traditional approaches where they are
optimal.
For
Computer Rooms these are used to protect the pipes and cables
required in the room and to create a plenum for the A/C Downflow
system.There are medium, heavy and extra heavy types of floor, which
relate to the loadings the floor can withstand. The correct choice
has to be determined by analysis of the fully-laden IT racks and
their positioing within the room. As well as the standard tiles,
which constitute the majority of the floor's surface, there are also
Grille Tiles, which allow cooled air from the Air Conditioning to be
directed to the correct locations as required.
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