[Reference Design 22]

2
3300 kW, Tier 3, Chilled Water, 70,000 ft

DESIGN OVERVIEW

Data Center IT Capacity INTRODUCTION

1100 kW per Data Hall Customers place a high value on the ability to simplify and reduce the time
3 Independent Data Halls needed to plan and design a data center project, since the planning process
of most projects can be iterative and thereby expensive. Schneider Electric’s
data center reference designs help customers optimize this process by
Design Application Range
providing them with validated, proven, and documented data center physical
This design can be applied and infrastructure designs. The use of these designs has a positive impact on n ot
modified to suit power ranges from just the project itself, but also on the performance, reliability and efficiency of
1100 kW to 2200 kW per hall the data center over its lifetime.

Reference Design 22 is a 3.3MW total IT load built out in 3 independent

Target Availability 1.1MW Data Halls. The design consists of 2N UPS for each data hall and an
Tier 3 N+1 air cooled chiller per data hall. Each Data Hall can be expanded to
2.2MW of IT load, if needed, for a total of 6.6MW at full expansion. This
document includes design information for three sections: IT space, facility
Annualized PUE at 100% Load
power, and facility cooling.
1.4 in Dallas, TX, USA

Total Racks and Average Density

2 2
110 watts/ft – 220 watts/ft
Supported Range: 2.5 – 16 kW/rack

IT and Facility Floor Space

2
70,000 ft
This design’s attributes are based on:
2
10,000 ft Data Halls

Regional Voltage and Frequency

480V, 60Hz

ABOUT THIS DESIGN

 Speed to Market advantages over

legacy process (10 months time-to-
market)

 Lower capital and operational

expenses with modular and scalable
deployment

 Fully integrated and instrumented

“out of the box”

 Well suited to co-location service

providers interested in building tenant
controlled private data suites
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Facility Power
This Facility Power system supplies all of the critical and noncritical components
within the data center. The architecture used in this electrical design is dual path
with 2N UPSs and generators to each Data Hall. A total of 3000A is supplied to
the data hall via switchgear feeding downstream electrical and mechanical
switchboards. A total of 1100KW (expandable to 2200kw per data hall) is
available to the IT room via four 600 kW Symmetra MW UPS systems, in a 2N
configuration. The UPS also provides 11 minutes of VRLA battery runtime at full
load. The batteries are housed and maintained in an isolated battery room.
Downstream of the UPS, the power distribution architecture utilizes a
combination of LV panels and power distribution units (PDUs). Additional
DESIGN OPTIONS switchboards power more LV transformers and panels to support voltage
transformation needs, building loads and lighting.
This reference design can be modified as
follows to add or substitute in the following The generator plants are designed at 2N with 2.25 MW, EPA Tier 2 standby
items: generators for each independent data hall with 8 hours of runtime at full load for
each data hall. This design incorporates an “open transition” switching scheme
between the site and the utility.
 Permanent Load Bank
 Battery Plants – Wet cell / VRLA The design includes peripheral devices like fire panels, access control and
o Battery Runtime network intelligence. Power meters have been placed throughout the electrical
 UPS path to monitor power quality and to allow for predictive maintenance of the
system.
o Symmetra PX, Symmetra
MW, other Every component in this design is built and tested to the applicable ANSI,
o Smaller UPS for non-critical NEMA, UL or IEEE standards.
loads. Ex. Fire systems Further design details are available in the one-line diagram, as part of the
 Generator engineering package.
o On or offsite optional power
generation FACILITY POWER ATTRIBUTES
o Prime-rated generator (per Data Hall)
o Closed transition to utility
o Diesel/Natural Gas Name Value Unit
Total power to IT per Data Hall 1100 kW
Total Amps per Data Hall (main
3000 A
FACILITY POWER BLOCK DIAGRAM bus)

Utility Load Utility

Input voltage (main bus) 480 V
G G
AC Bank AC
Switchboard kAIC 100 kA
ATS ATS Power path Dual
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3000A, 480V 3000A, 480V Generator redundancy 2N
Generator runtime 8 Hr
IT space UPS capacity 1200 kW
600kW 600kW 600kW 600kW
SSW SSW SSW SSW IT space UPS redundancy 2N
UPS UPS UPS UPS

IT space UPS runtime @ rated

2000A, 480V 2000A, 480V 11 minutes
load
Chiller Pumps Chiller Pumps 480,
IT space UPS output voltage V
800A, 480V 6x PDU Feeds 800A, 480V 6x PDU Feeds
120/208
to IT Space to IT Space
A Feed B Feed

2x UPS 8x 2x UPS 8x
CRAH CRAH CRAH CRAH

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Facility Cooling
This mechanical design utilizes air-cooled chillers as a primary method of heat
dissipation. The architecture consists of two-420 ton (1460 kW) air-cooled
packaged chillers in an N+1 configuration to supply cooling, with the possibility
of adding a third chiller in case of an IT capacity expansion, for each data hall.
The chillers are located outdoors. Additionally, an on-board heat exchanger on
each chiller provides economization. N+1 redundant pumps ranging from 10 to
15 HP operate at variable speed (VFD) to control the pressure and flow rate as
conditions warrant.
Additional CRAH units or AHU’s are included to provide critical cooling to the
UPS and battery rooms (N+1) as well as N cooling in non-critical areas as
required.
To extend availability of chilled water during a power outage, redundant 7000
gallon water storage tanks can be installed to provide 2 minutes of continuous
cooling.
DESIGN OPTIONS The piping architecture of the mechanical system feeds the segmented
distribution loop supplying chilled water to the perimeter CRAH units. These
This reference design can be modified as units are configured at N+1 redundancy for each data hall.
follows without a significant effect on the Further design details including placement of valves, piping, etc. can be viewed
design’s performance attributes:
in the cooling system schematic included with the engineering package for this
reference design.
 Storage tank, size may be varied
according to required runtime
 Intelligent meters and sensors
 StruxureWare Building Operation
FACILITY COOLING ATTRIBUTES
(Per Data Hall)

Name Value Unit

FACILITY COOLING BLOCK DIAGRAM Total cooling capacity 2800 kW
IT cooling capacity 1100 kW
Input voltage 480 V
Hydronics System
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
Low Flowmeter
VFD Flow Mechanical redundancy N+1
Bypass
Packaged Chiller
Air-cooled packaged
1400kW
Strainer Outdoor heat exchange
chiller
Expansion
Coolant supply temperature 60 F
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VFD City Water / tank
Glycol
Packaged Chiller Feeder Port Coolant return temperature 71 F
1400kW
Dirt/air
Storage tank size 7000 gallons
Strainer
separator
Ride-through time 2 minutes
VFD Low
Flow
Packaged Chiller
Chemical
Bypass
Economizer type Water-side
Feeder
1400kW
Flowmeter

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IT Space
The IT capacity of this design can be scaled from 1100 kW to 2200 kW. This IT
space is an example of what could be used to populate a data hall of this size.
Likewise, this design can be used as a baseline that starts unpopulated and
grows as tenancy of the data hall builds over time.
This IT space design specifies all of the physical infrastructure systems, as well
as their physical arrangement/spacing, required to meet the overall design’s
performance attributes. This includes racks, PDUs, rack power distribution,
cooling units, and airflow management systems.
Each pair of rows (pod) within the IT space can be “stepped and repeated” in a
standardized and predictable manner. This enables rightsizing of power and
cooling that scales with IT growth. Each pod can support an average power
density from 2.5 up to 16 kW per rack. All the pods are outfitted with integrated
power and cooling distribution.
DESIGN OPTIONS Each pod is powered by floor mount factory-configured power distribution units
This reference design can be modified as (PDUs). Every rack is configured with a metered rack-mount PDU to enable
follows without a significant effect on the remote monitoring of the units for efficiency and capacity management.
design’s performance attributes: Each pod is cooled by N+1 perimeter Uniflair chilled water CRAHs that control
the supply of cool air by monitoring temperature variation at the rack level. In
 Add environmental and security addition, In-Row RC cooling units can be supplemented to provide a high
management density cooling solution in place of room coolers.
 Change rack options (tall, wide,
deep) The security of the room is maintained at multiple points. At the rack level,
 Change power distribution options access is controlled by a door lock and sensor. At the room level, security
(rack PDU type: basic, switched) cameras are utilized for monitoring.
 Add StruxureWare Data Center
Expert
IT ROOM ATTRIBUTES
(Per Data Hall)

Name Value Unit

IT load 1100 kW
Input voltage 480 V
Supply voltage to IT 120/208 V
Average density 2.5 – 16 kW/rack
Number of racks 69 – 440 racks
2
IT floor space 10000 ft © 2013 Schneider Electric. All rights reserved.

Single or dual cord Dual

Heat rejection medium Chilled water
CRAC/CRAH type Room-based CRAH
CRAC/CRAH redundancy N+1

Containment type None

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Design Attributes
OVERVIEW Value Unit
Target availability Tier 3 Tier
Annualized PUE at 100% load (Dallas, TX) 1.4
Data center IT capacity 3300 kW
2
Data center overall space 70000 ft
Average density 2.5 – 16 kW/rack
FACILITY POWER Value Unit
Total amps (main bus) 3000 A
Input voltage (main bus) 480 V
Switchboard kAIC 100 kA
Power path Dual
Generator redundancy 2N
IT space UPS capacity 1200 kW
IT space UPS redundancy 2N
IT space UPS runtime @ rated load 11 minutes
IT space UPS output voltage 480 – 120/208 V
Facility cooling UPS capacity N/A kW
Facility cooling UPS redundancy N/A
Facility cooling UPS runtime @ rated load N/A minutes
FACILITY COOLING Value Unit
Total cooling capacity 2800 kW
Input voltage 480 V
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
Mechanical redundancy N+1
Outdoor heat exchange Air-cooled packaged chiller
Coolant supply temperature 60 F
Coolant return temperature 71 F
Storage tank size 7000 gallons
Ride-through time 2 minutes
Economizer type Water-side
IT SPACE Value Unit
IT load 1100 kW
Input voltage 480 V
Supply voltage to IT 120/208 V © 2013 Schneider Electric. All rights reserved.

Average density 2.5 – 16 kW/rack

Number of racks 69 – 440 Racks
2
IT floor space 10000 ft
Single or dual cord Dual
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
CRAC/CRAH type Room-based CRAH
CRAC/CRAH redundancy N+1
Containment type None

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Data Center Infrastructure

Management (DCIM) System
Good design and quality construction alone do not ensure a highly available &
efficient data center. DCIM provides on-going monitoring and control to ensure the
facility lives up to its design intent. StruxureWare for Data Centers is a software
management suite designed to collect and manage data about a data center’s
assets, resource use, and operational status throughout the life cycle of the facility.
This information is then distributed, integrated, and applied in ways that help
managers optimize the data center’s performance and meet IT, business, and
service-oriented goals. From IT assets to racks, rows, rooms and buildings,
StruxureWare for Data Centers delivers the right information to the right users at the
right time.

Control level: Experts, on site or remotely, can control process performance and
ensure business continuity in real time, while tracking energy consumption in a highly
critical and secure environment.

Operations level: Functional managers can optimize operations, energy, and assets
through smart analytical tools, often spanning multiple sites.

Enterprise level: C-level executives can drive their sustainability strategy efficiently,
choosing the best scenario that meets their business objective to conserve
enterprise-wide resources.

StruxureWare for Data Centers allows for flexibility when requirements and
implementation strategies change over time. StruxureWare software applications
and suites simplify integration time, improve reliability, enhance visibility to energy
information, and streamline operational efficiency.

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