Merlin Edged Data Centre in Gefate

Project description

This is a newly built three-story building with two loading docks. Access is controlled 24 hours a day. The facade is glazed and incorporates photovoltaic panels for electricity production. The design of the energy systems corresponds to a Tier III (Uptime Institute), with concurrent maintenance during operation.

Ground floor hosts all technical rooms and energy equipment, and there are two floors above with fully independent data halls. The total installed electrical power is 20 MW for IT use, and the annualized PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness - ratio between the building's total power and the power applied to IT) is an excellent 1,15.

Our Input
Full A&E services including architectural, structural, civil, MEP and critical systems.   

Key Features
The installation achieves an annualised PUE of 1,15, significantly better than the European standard (1,46) and even better than the international standard (1,58). Therefore, the energy consumption of the center is 27% lower than that of an equivalent international centre.

The building is operationally carbon-neutral through a combination of green energy programs from electric companies and certified carbon credits. Using air-cooled chillers (without water consumption) results in a significant water savings from cooling towers: for the Getafe data center, this amounts to approximately 290 million litres of water per year.

The building is also covered with photovoltaic glass panels that help power the installations. The backup generators run on biofuel (vegetable oil treated with hydrogen), which reduces their carbon emissions by 90%.

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