Is the data center facility designed as a dedicated standalone data center with raised floors, adequate power/UPS/cooling/grounding/lighting/space?
The data center facility was designed and built as a concrete and steel structure during 1999-2000. Raised floors are not used since they were traditionally used for mainframes which required cooling air from the bottom with exhaust at the top. Today, raised floors are usually an excuse to have poor wire management and create more of a hidden wiring mess than to fulfill a practical need. All wiring within Tellurian Networks data center is neatly conveyed overhead. Tellurian Networks has an N+1 UPS system with two static transfer switches in series – either UPS can fail and all power will be transferred instantly without interruption. Both UPS units are online at all times so utility or generator power is used simply to charge the batteries. All batteries are tested on a set schedule and replaced every three years. The A/C cooling units are all independent and completely redundant. N+2 redundancy is built into the A/C cooling system design and no A/C units are reliant on a single chille
