18 July 2018

Secure I.T. Environments (SITE) has announced two separate data centre projects with hospitals.

Towards the end of June, the Bedfordshire-based firm said that it has now completed the new 41m² secondary data centre at the Ysbyty Glan Clwyd Hospital which is part of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, the largest health organisation in Wales.

The hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment and modernisation programme which included the need to establish a new energy efficient secondary data centre within its premises.

SITE worked closely with the principal redevelopment contractor, Laing O’Rourke,to design, supply and install the new facility which meets the Class 2 requirements defined in BSEN 50600 parts one and two.

The room comprises 16 19-inch cabinets, raised access flooring, an overhead busbar power supply system, Novec fire suppression and VESDA detection systems, DCIM environmental monitoring of the room and infrastructure, access control and CCTV.

SITE says cooling and environmental controls are achieved through a chilled water system with a capacity of 160kW, with secondary piping to support additional chillers to achieve a Class 4 rated system. N+1 in-row air conditioning was installed in a hot aisle containment configuration, while UPS systems and batteries were installed in a separate nearby room, derived from separate A&B power supply stream.

Earlier in the month, SITE announced that it had been awarded a three-year maintenance contract at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust.