AlfaTech Big Book: Data Centers

INNOVATIVE IDEAS | INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS | SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS

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OVERVIEW / Profile & Services

02 Data Center Philosophy

03 Engineering Services

04 Relevant Projects

OVERVIEW 01

Profile & Services

P R O F I L E

ALFATECH

AlfaTech has built a reputation over 30+ years providing the most innovative and sustainable engineering solutions starting at the master planning phase and continuing through construction administration. Our clients include high tech clients, service firms, large organizations in various industries, local and multi-national companies, and many ongoing clients we’ve been serving for years. We provide intelligent and cutting edge design at every turn, beginning at the commencement of every project in order to provide maximum benefit to our clients through the entire process. Our engineering solutions are highly efficient and cost effective, and ensure clients the greatest possible return on investment. Overall, we strive to develop the most dynamic relationships, be attentive to the needs of our clients and partners, and be true team players. With this mindset, we’ve proudly built a stellar list of clients.

RSBG COMPANIES

AlfaTech is part of a network of experienced companies that provide relevant services across the globe. These firms possess the most innovative and brightest talent which ensures the most forward thinking solutions and services for all projects in all the markets we serve. These companies operate from numerous offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Now with over 6,400 staff members worldwide and in over 30 countries we

can serve all of our clients’ needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Collectively, the expertise of AlfaTech and RSBG provides engineering solutions that augments the vision of our clients and enables the most groundbreaking workplaces that go beyond current trends, and enable all future-of-work strategies.

Uber, Mission Bay 1 & 2

Confidential Data Center, all locations for this client are confidential

L O C AT I O N S

US San Francisco, California San Jose, California Los Angeles, California San Diego, California Atlanta, Georgia Edison, New Jersey

EUROPE Vienna, Austria Le, Denmark Paris, France Berlin, Germany

MIDDLE EAST Baghdad, Iraq Amman, Jordan

Bochum, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Hamburg, Germany Munich, Germany Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Doha, Qatar Abu Dhabi, UAE

Rostock, Germany Stralsund, Germany Wiesbaden, Germany Cologne, Germany Athens, Greece Madrid,Spain Zurich, Switzerland Istanbul, Turkey Birmingham, UK Bishop’s Strotford, UK Croydon, UK Edinburgh, UK Exeter, UK Leamington Spa, UK Leeds, UK London, UK Luton, UK

Al Ain, UAE Dubai, UAE Madiant Zayad, UAE AFRICA Beau Bassin, Mauritis Cairo, Egypt

ASIA Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Dehradun, India Delhi, India Gandhingar, India Mumbai, India New Dehli, India

Maidenhead, UK Manchester, UK Nottingham, UK Stockport, UK Sunderland, UK Wakefield, UK

Pune, India Rajkot, India

Visakhapatnam,India Manilla, Philippines Singapore, Singapore Bangkok, Thailand

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” ...Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.”

James Michener

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Data Center Philosophy

“A data center is the nerve center of a company…it embodies the most critical systems which are absolutely vital to the continuity of daily operations…”

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DATA CENTER PHILOSOPHY

With the seemingly exponential explosion of data and the associated requirements for servers and storage, it isn’t surprising that many organizations, both public and private, are struggling to keep up with the ever-changing technologies and the immediate and constantly increasing requirements of IT and Facilities departments. AlfaTech has been on the frontlines of this trend for the past twenty years and has been a leader in the design and construction of state-of-the-art data center facilities. We implement the latest design methods for our clients to support emerging technologies and to assure energy efficiency and scalability for growth and changes in technology. We’ve made a corporate commitment to providing training and continuing education to a growing staff of engineers and project managers dedicated to the design and construction of data center facilities. Our esteemed team of professionals are educated in all areas of IT and Facilities operations and sustainable design for mission critical data center facilities, and are active members of the AFCOM, ASHRAE, The Green Grid, OpenCompute, 7x24 Exchange, SVLG and the USGBC. This commitment to continuous learning encourages growth and innovation to assure that our facilities are designed with the latest technologies, best practices, operational efficiencies and total cost of ownership in mind. Many members of our data center team were formerly employees in charge of IT and Facilities departments of large corporations, giving them a unique and practical perspective from which to interface with our client's management team, technical staff and end-users. These critical staff members are integral in bridging the gap between the facilities staff, IT staff and the executive leadership; bringing a common language and voice to all parties so each group is critical in assuring a successful program and implementing a solution that satisfies the current and future needs of the IT staff while providing clear and practical cost evaluations and controls to satisfy the fiscal constraints of the executive staff. Our firm’s commitment to designing cutting-edge data center facilities begins with a meeting-of-the-minds and is carried through the project’s completion and commissioning of the facility to assure everything is performing as intended and the facility meets or exceeds the design intent of the stakeholders. This is our Data Center Commitment and our commitment to our clients.

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DATA CENTER STRATEGY

Developing a Data Center Strategy is not about planning or designing a specific data center facility, rather it is about developing an understanding of why the Data Center(s) exist in the first place. Companies who experience rapid growth or those that have been in business for many years often find themselves with a fragmented data center portfolio. This can include multiple server rooms, labs housing production systems, multiple colocation facilities, etc. All of these locations were likely established to accommodate growing demands for data center capacity. Most companies with established data centers lack a formal strategy that defines how to provide the business with the agility it requires to enable growth while maintaining a cost-effective data center footprint. The development of true Data Center Strategy begins with executive sponsorship. Our process is intended to work with key stakeholders to establish meaningful priorities, goals and objectives that align with the business plan and strategy. Having a strategy in place provides objectivity when making value driven decisions. An effective strategy will leverage strengths and encourage collaboration across the company. One key goal of the Data Center Strategy development process is to establish common ground between all stakeholders by using a common language everyone understands. This process draws attention to the business needs and strategies rather than departmental or even individual preferences. The results of an effective strategy will optimize OPEX and CAPEX by minimizing non-performing assets and establish buy-in from the onset of future Data Center initiatives.

The key sections of a Data Center Strategy include:

Introduction

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Terms and Definitions Business Requirements

Strategy Challenges and Risks

Global Strategy Security Strategy Facility Definitions Platform Definitions

Service Level Agreements

Current Environment

• Data Center Procurement Options • Future Deployment Strategy • Hardware Planning Strategy • Capacity Planning and Forecast • Implementation Strategy • Revision History

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DATA CENTER PROGRAMMING

Data center programming is fundamental in understanding the true business requirements and ensuring the design, and ultimately the construction, meets the business and end-user needs. AlfaTech has developed an extensive data center programming process and methodology that combines IT and Facilities requirements and objectives into a collaborative approach. The programming process consists of individual and/or group interviews, collaboration workshop combined with industry best practices. The programming effort produces a formal Owner Program Requirements (OPR) document that is then used throughout the design and construction process to maintain alignment with the defined business objectives and requirements. The OPR Development Process is intended to facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and bridge Facilities and IT organizations by aligning individual departmental objectives with overarching business requirements and strategies. An effective OPR is organized into the following sections: Business Requirements – Defines how the data center will support and or enable the business to meet the goals and objectives for the enterprise, focus on applications, service levels and business impact. Functional Requirements – Based on business requirements, defines the capacity, reliability, efficiency, scalability and modularity required to meet business needs.

Technical Requirements – Focused on IT, defines the requirements that drive plans for network, servers and storage that will ultimately be supported. Strategies around these technologies have significant impacts on design considerations.

Operational Requirements – Focus on Facilities and Operations. Defines support strategies, physical security, maintenance and operational requirements for a successful facility.

Design Considerations – Based on all of the above, the design considerations serve as instructions to the design team to point them in the right direction. This section includes all required design disciplines. While AlfaTech has the capability and experience to take clients from concept to move-in, we believe the most important step in this process is initial programming. This is where the true business requirements are defined and put into proper perspective regarding competing priorities such as budget, schedule or location. The programming process guides our clients through all necessary considerations to effectively define data center needs and capabilities. This is often measured with parameters such as size, capacity, reliability, efficiency, scalability and sustainability. The process we have developed combines years of both Facilities and IT experience into an effective Data Center planning methodology.

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Location : The philosophy of design must take into account local weather and atmospheric conditions as well as utilities. Weather conditions of extreme cold or hot ambient temperatures, humidity and other considerations such as high atmospheric dust content in farming communities will need to be accounted for in the design. Utilities data such as power capacity, reliability and cost; and similar information for data fiber, fuel oil, water … etc. Local building codes may have a large impact on the types of HVAC systems allowed (efficiency), Power generator operational hours and pollution control, sound level and structural design requirements. Redundancy : The philosophy of redundancy must be based on and satisfy the operating philosophy of the data center company. Therefore, if the data center operating philosophy is to mirror all data between two distant sites, the loss of power, a large earthquake or other such events, would require the operation be run from a second site. This condition would require a lesser level of redundancy than an independent site requiring all redundancy be located on site which requires consideration for equipment redundancy when a generator or other major piece of equipment is down for maintenance.

Space Allocation : Each data center operator/owner will have a desired operational layout concept that must be incorporated into the Basis of Design for a given property providing building flexibility, along with local code requirements, building owner requirements, city requirements, and needs of any co-inhabitants in the building. This might include separation of batteries into dedicated rooms, EMF considerations , rack/row lengths, racks or cabinets to house servers, floor and roof seismic loading limits, raised floor height considerations, security concept, equipment access to data floor, generator and equipment yard sighting on a given lot, or other requirements. It is interesting that some clients are moving away from using raised floors. The overall concept of the data center usually starts with definition of operator philosophy on wire management such as data routes and power routes above or below raised floor or split; type of power distribution and power usage of a typical server rack. Power Systems : The philosophy of design for the data center power systems is either a radial or a distributed distribution system. Radial systems are used less frequently and typically on smaller facilities of less than 4000 amps because of the high cost and size of equipment above 4000 amps. Distributed distribution systems provide the opportunity to disperse power and keep equipment under 3000 amps and generator sets to a maximum size of 2 megawatts. The distributed distribution system is more reliable since a single point of failure will not necessarily bring down an entire system. A distributed system must be properly designed to include UPS loads, and HVAC loads to generator ability to start these loads. HVAC loads must be evenly spread across the distributed power busses to balance loads and ensure that all HVAC units serving an area are not taken off line when one bus goes down. Owner preference may be for use of PDUs or individual transformers and panels to distribute power to power strips on individual racks. Monitoring and power management can be done at rack level or 480 volt level with significant cost variation.

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Temperature Control : The philosophy of controlling temperature in the data center has been driven by data center operator concerns and desires to manage this function. A sophisticated operator may desire zone temperature control based on loading of given areas of the data floor; this may include modulation of air volume (savings on fan power usage) and or modulation of air temperature, but usually not both because of control cost. Some of our clients desire a design using hot and cold aisles between alternating rows of server racks; however this brings the problem of short circuiting of hot air into cold aisles on ends and at top of racks. If server cabinets are used, the specifics of the cabinets will effect the air delivery method and temperature control selected. The need for redundancy and reliability has led many data center operators to utilize PLC based controls over DDC based controls. AlfaTech has extensive experience providing detailed design of both systems types. Humidity Control : The philosophy of humidity control in the data center is driven by two parameters: range of operation and speed of control response. Range is usually between a low of 25% to 35% RH and a high between 65% and 80% RH; the lower the low, and higher the high, the easier the control and less expensive the operation. Speed of response will dictate the type of system required, the faster the control, the higher the cost, and the more energy used. Fast response is normally not a factor unless the user is unaware of the implications; servers do not care what the humidity is as long as it is below 80% to reduce corrosion and above 25% to reduce static charge potential for dissipation.

Fire Protection : Is the client standard a VESDA detection system? Does the client desire an FM-200 system as a standard? It is assumed that a zoned preaction dry pipe distribution system will be used to feed fire sprinkler heads. Fuel Oil : Design philosophy is based on rate of use, timing for deliveries, and length of time the data center must remain functional. Other design considerations are actual capacity that can be extracted from tankage, fuel filtration requirements, and redundancy of fuel delivery system to generators. Calculations and Diagrams: Alfa Tech’s design philosophy is to diagram systems for purpose of discussion and to provide options to allow the owner to make educated decisions on systems they want implemented in their data center facility. Initial calculation spreadsheets are set up to allow us to easily modify inputs to perform what-if system variations. During this phase of development, we like to identify cost and schedule implications to eliminate non-feasible solutions. AlfaTech is experienced in data center commissioning and understands the problems to include sequencing to failure and assuring system design allows this failure to occur. Maintenance : One of the key elements in designing a data center is the ability to allow maintenance of equipment to take place without effecting operating systems. Maintenance can be very difficult in a minimally designed system, therefore install dollars must be expended to ensure the ability to take equipment off line.

HVAC Systems : The philosophy of design for the data center cooling systems is primarily dependent on three things: local codes; the physical restraints and opportunities of the facilities such as ability to place equipment in exterior yard or on roof; and the preferences of the data center operator. AlfaTech designs have included: on floor CRAC units with DX cooling in yards and on roofs; CRAC units with chilled water cooling using both air cooled chillers and dry coolers located in yards and on roofs; rooftop air cooled package air handling units serving air through duct down to under floor; interior mezzanine located air handlers with ducted air down to floor; rooftop air cooled chillers to provide cooling; and floor mounted built up air handlers supplying air under floor. The ideal power efficient system will incorporate air side economizers to use free cooling and/or wet side economizers such as dry coolers. Wet towers and other evaporative based cooling solutions are a problem due to the necessity of storing large quantities of water. If a large source of water is available, such as a lake or ground water wells, this is a plausible option. Air discharge pattern to underfloor or into cabinets can present design problems if improperly implemented, as the venturi effect can pull air from the data room back under the raised floor.

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Engineering Services

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DESIGN SERVICES

AlfaTech strives to provide the most cutting edge solutions to our clients needs in the most sustainable methods possible.

We provide a range of complementary services and expertise in multiple markets — all under one umbrella. This enables us to provide the most thoughtful engineering design and services that are environmentally conscious and innovative, hand-in-hand with the most forward--thinking solutions in technology and lighting design. We ensure our contribution to the built environment is flexible, sustainable, and lasting across all market segments we serve. Our expertise and services bring our data center clients back again and again. Our team has unmatched expertise in mission critical projects, and has provided a myriad of services for some of most innovative data centers operating today, and for some of the industry’s highest profile Fortune 500 firms.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN HVAC

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN Lighting and Lighting Controls Lighting Calculations

COMMISSIONING | ENERGY SOLUTIONS Early Quantifiable Energy Study Incentives

Heating Systems Water and Gas Cooling Systems / Chilled Water Dehumidification Systems Contamination Sensitive Areas Industrial Hygiene Systems Low Tolerance Temp Control Title 24 Analysis and Design Heat Recovery Systems Central Utility Plants Air Handlers HVAC System Controls PLC Programming Fire Protection and Plumbing

Customized ROI Calculations Sustainable Lighting Design Energy Savings Analysis Custom Lighting Fixtures Custom Lighting Fixtures Design

Energy Star® Assessments Retro-commissioning (RCx) Monitoring Brand Continuous Commissioning (MBCCx) ASHRAE Level 1, 2 and 3 Energy Audits Measurement and Verification (M&V) of installed projects Energy Modeling Net Zero Energy Budgeting HVAC/Chilled Water Plant Optimization

TECHNOLOGY DESIGN Low Voltage Design Audio Visual Design

SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability Planning (Organizational and Infrastructural) LEED / Green Building Consulting Masterplanning Life Cycle Cost Assessment Occupant Wellness and Comfort

Security Systems Design Architectural Acoustics Wireless Design & Modeling Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Integrated Building Management Systems BMS Network Integration Telco Facilities and Services Voice Systems and Applications Relocation & Data Center Migration Services Strategic Planning and Analysis Project Management Management Consulting

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN Power Systems

Emergency & Standby Power Lighting and Lighting Controls Security Systems 24 / 7 Power Systems (UPS) Power Monitoring Systems Toxic Gas Monitoring Graphic Control and Alarm Panels Grounding and Bonding

Façade Engineering CFD / Wind Studies Wind Studies Thermal Stratification Studies Energy Concept Studies

Energy Management Energy Conservation Fire Alarm Systems Public Address Systems Plug Loads Control

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High Dry Bulb Occurrences

WEATHER ANALYSIS

AlfaTech provides weather analysis to review historical weather data to influence site selection, for HVAC equipment sizing, and for other critical building arrangement decisions. American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) publish BIN, or analyzed “average” weather data, which is typically issued for airports and major metropolitan areas. ASHRAE also posts analyzed data for these sites such as extreme weather conditions that can be expected over a five-year period, a ten-year period, and on up to a fifty-year period. ASHRAE also publishes an Extreme Max Wet Bulb temperature which is important for design of any evaporative process such as cooling towers or evaporative cooling systems. The challenge with published data is that extreme weather conditions published by ASHRAE do not cover all cities and possible mission critical facility locations. Also, the extreme weather data represents the single worst-case conditions to be expected, but provides no information on how long that condition may last, or how often and how long weather conditions exist just below these extreme conditions. Through downloaded hour-by-hour weather data information, AlfaTech is able to provide additional insight into weather patterns, how long hot spells and cold spells tend to last, and the magnitude of these weather anomalies. We also use this information to confirm system sizing differences between sites due to weather conditions.

tower selection for the western site location would require a cooling tower fan motor increase from 3 horsepower to 7.5 horsepower to meet the same indoor design conditions. These comparisons can provide insight into optimal site locations with respect to impacts as a result of weather. These analyses can review weather trends going back as far as recorded data can be sourced, in most cases up to 50 years in the past. This trend data can identify weather pattern changes that can occur due to urbanization such as converting open field to commercial developments and industrial usage. It can also provide information related to climate change which is affecting peak weather conditions. Through detailed review of this data, additional information can be provided to influence decisions on what worst case design condition should be included in the design. The design conditions published by ASHRAE and other resources provide single points of peak weather while the additional data collected and analyzed by AlfaTech can identify trends that can result in a more cost-effective design.

Duration

As an example, through evaluating two sites less than 35 miles apart in the Portland, Oregon area of the US, it was determined that a cooling

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CFD / WIND ANALYSIS

previous projects, AlfaTech has been able to advise on proposed equipment placement, building arrangements, recirculation concerns, fresh air flow, and other elements to create an optimized design. Interior CFD models can be used to model airflow within a data center. Particularly when an underfloor air plenum design strategy is used, an airflow model can assess the floor height, the impact of underfloor obstructions, and the placement of air handling systems. In addition, indoor CFD models can assess the flow of air at the server rows to address hot spots, hot air recirculation, dead zones, and proposed phasing strategies. Through the use of CFD, AlfaTech can help clients optimize their design to ensure proper performance and operation of the completed design.

In order to complete a design for advanced facilities, there are often requirements to validate the design approach using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models. CFD models can simulate a variety of design conditions for both interior and exterior airflow conditions. AlfaTech has developed modeling techniques for both interior and exterior airflow modeling scenarios. Exterior CFD models can be used to analyze a building’s performance under prevailing or common wind conditions (speed and direction). These exterior models can help to influence design of outside air intakes, exhaust or relief openings, pressure sensor locations, and orientation of buildings to achieve optimal air flow. A common use of exterior wind models for mission critical data center facilities is to confirm standby or emergency generator performance. Typical diesel generators draw in combustion air and exhaust the products of combustion which can range from 500°F up to 1,000°F. The exhaust plumes can, if improperly designed and arranged, be drawn into outside air intakes or otherwise artificially influence the performance of neighboring equipment. Due to the high temperature and relatively small volume of combustion air required, these plumes tend to rise rapidly and as such, may not impact surrounding equipment performance. In addition to combustion air, a typical generator draws in and exhausts significant airflow for radiator cooling. These airflow rates can have a larger impact concerning performance of surroundings systems, and thus modeling is necessary to ensure required system performance is achieved. Through wind modeling on

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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM)

Review of the proposed installations allows end users, maintenance staff, and other critical decision makers the opportunity to truly see and experience the completed arrangement in a way that renderings, section views, and elevations did not allow. AlfaTech continues to innovate in the area of BIM, and to influence the software providers and provide our extensive knowledge and experience as a benefit to our clients. This results in a better coordinated, optimized result for our clients.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a common tool referenced in the industry, but the concept covers many topics beyond just completing design in three dimensions as most people assume. 3D design is merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the full power and potential of BIM. At AlfaTech, we have been leading the industry using BIM for 3D design efforts, initially through the use of AutoCAD MEP and more recently through the design tool Revit. Through the use of Revit, AlfaTech can coordinate the design elements for our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology designs with the balance of the building design such as architectural and structural elements. Beyond the standard usage of BIM for 3D coordination, AlfaTech uses the Revit platform to define parameters in design elements that can further influence robustness of design. Through intelligent modeling, our Revit designs can adapt and change pathways and riser diagrams as the system designs change. Importing information from Excel or other database software can also allow for rapid updating of the building model elements. An updated building model can then be used to update system design elements, energy performance of the design, and to consider design options. Through integrated viewing and coordination software such as Navisworks, Revizto, and Fuzor, the model can be further coordinated to ensure a conflict-free design with optimum system and pathway designs. This software also allows for virtual reality reviews of the project design to allow for better visualization of the completed project.

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INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ( IBMS)

The ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) is creating new possibilities for building owners, product manufacturers and systems integrators, allowing the evolution of intelligent buildings to move at a rapid pace. IoT and analytics can be defined as a large number of data points brought together into a networked environment using one common Internet Protocol (IP) platform, allowing connected devices in a building to exchange and analyze information to optimize building and end-user efficiencies through automated controls. This evolution is how Smart Buildings are taking operational and energy efficiency to the next level through an Integrated Building Management Systems (IBMS) approach. The convergence of information technology (IT) systems that includes any use of computers, storage and networking devices and operational technology (OT), traditionally associated with manufacturing and industrial environments is reshaping how companies embrace IT/OT. Operational technologies seen in commercial office buildings consist of a number of facilities sub-systems including BMS, EMS, lighting controls, shade controls, security systems, conference room schedulers and more. Historically, all of these sub-systems operated independently of each other. Today we are seeing building sub-systems become network- enabled at an increased rate, creating a new generation of intelligent buildings. This transformation is placing new demands on the traditional corporate IT network, as all of these systems must communicate over a converged managed network. OT’s modernization through IT integration brings with it the required consideration of network and information security. Many OT systems were never designed for network security, as a result, the risk of connectivity was

not considered. Security breaches and threats have sharply increased both IT and facilities manager’s concern about allowing these ‘unknown’ devices on the corporate network. The vulnerabilities of OT systems can leave organizations and critical infrastructure at risk of industrial espionage and sabotage. IBMS is a network and applications architecture that enables IT/OT integration between facilities sub-systems through open protocols and open source application program interface (API). The key to successful intelligent buildings is to establish secure integration between sub-systems to enable collective monitoring, reporting, analytics and automation. A successful implementation can reduce cost by optimizing operational and energy efficiencies. These capabilities allow for more strategic space planning and enhance the employee experience and productivity. AlfaTech is uniquely positioned to guide and assist our clients through this complex process. With combined MEP and technology design and consulting services, we understand how to engineer these solutions from both the building facilities systems and the IT network, server and applications perspective. Intelligent Buildings require a close partnership and shared strategic vision between Facilities and IT. Through our experience and technical expertise, AlfaTech continues to guide clients through this evolution, helping them embrace and navigate the complexities of truly integrated building management systems.

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Relevant Projects

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FACEBOOK – LEED GOLD Fort Worth, TX

Type: Data Center Size: Confidential

AlfaTech provided site selection support services and continues to provide overall design team project management as well as MEP, Architectural, Structural, Civil, Fire Protection, Controls, Wind Study, LEED Consulting, and Life Safety services for this extremely energy efficient Data Center project. Key design changes to this data center include a redesign of the building arrangement from single data center facilities with support office to a single facility with an office space bridging the equivalent of 2 data center facilities in past projects. In addition to the layout revisions, another major revision to the Core IT spaces was made to address current needs as well as future proofing the space for anticipated technology changes. The MEP system design includes a highly energy efficient design concept divergent from past data center cooling techniques at other project sites. This project represents the fifth data center site (in addition to the Prineville site in Oregon, Forest City site in North Carolina, Lulea site in Sweden, and the Altoona site in Iowa) which were also under AlfaTech project management and design services). The Client achieved LEED Gold Certification for this building.

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FACEBOOK – LEED GOLD Prineville, OR

Type: Data Center Size: Confidential

AlfaTech provided overall design team project management as well as site master planning, architectural, structural, civil, telecom and communications, paging systems, MEP, fire protection, controls, wind study, substation design, LEED consulting, and life safety services for this data center project.

This mission critical data center has direct evaporative cooling and N+1 block redundant electrical topologies.

This project involved the site master plan as well as design and construction of two main data center facilities on the site that include a single story with penthouse air handling equipment and outdoor standby diesel generators. The site also includes a cold storage data center facility managed and designed by AlfaTech to provide data storage services to meet the project goals to archive storage at reduced capital costs.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | FS All locations for this client are confidential

Type: Data Center Size: Confidential

AlfaTech provided overall project construction management including on site observation and project tracking and reporting services. In addition to providing overall management of the design build team and on-site project tracking services, AlfaTech provided the project basis of design and peer review of the design build team construction documentation to ensure a complete, and consistent design. This peer review effort included MEP, telecom and communications, architectural, structural, civil, fire protection, controls, LEED consulting, and life safety services for this extremely energy efficient data center project.

This project represents the client’s third data center site also under AlfaTech project management and design.

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NXTVN DATA CENTER PARK Virginia Beach, VA,

Type: Data Farm Size: 250 Acres

The firm provided global mission critical strategic planning and support for this large data center park provider. The company is also currently supporting a new proposed 22-building campus in Virginia Beach with new dedicated substations, underground fiber infrastructure, new undersea cable landing station, and data halls capable of supporting 336mW of critical load.

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EQUINIX SV2 – LEED CERTI F IED Santa Clara, CA

Type: Data Center Size: 60,000 SF

AlfaTech provided full mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection engineering, technology design services and overall design project management for tenant improvement to this existing operational collocation facility. This $41 million project includes two separate 22,000 SF build-outs with necessary utility infrastructure upgrades. Electrical design includes live conversion of 2N Data Center spaces to a 3+1 block redundant design and redistribution of existing loads. Mechanical design includes payback analysis for rooftop air handlers with air side economizer and central plant chiller upgrades to optimize system efficiency and reliability. AlfaTech acted as the LEED NC program coordinator and developed design and construction strategies to obtain it’s recently awarded LEED Certified Level status. The firm managed the entire application and appeals process without the use of a LEED consultant, including online documentation of sustainable measures implemented for certification. In order to meet the high data center demand in California’s Silicon Valley, Equinix targeted a rapid expansion/ conversion of their existing SV2 facility located in Santa Clara. AlfaTech led the design team and completed the MEP design for this fast-paced project. We were able to complete the project ahead of schedule, reduce the overall project costs, and incorporate sustainable construction practices. This project was awarded the 2008 Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine’s Gold ARC Award for renovation and the Silicon Valley Power Energy Innovator Award in the “Energy Efficiency Partner” category at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Energy Summit.

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EQUINIX SV5 – LEED GOLD San Jose, CA

Type: Data Center Size: 170,000 SF data center with 40,000 SF support space

AlfaTech has provided full project management and MEPT design services for this greenfield data center project.

The project includes 25MW of total power 18MW of critical power as well as parallel path designs for 5,000 ton chilled water plant utilizing pre-packaged modular chiller plant and full air side economizer air handling solution and an alternate, proprietary, refrigerant based cooling system. This project achieved LEED Gold status.

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ADOBE NA1 DATA CENTER

Hillsboro, OR

Type: Data Center Size: 70,000 SF

Adobe Systems selected AlfaTech to perform design services for its DC1 data center project located in the State of Oregon. This project is a greenfield design of a LEED Certified 70,000 SF steel and precast or tilt-up data center. The data center consists of approximately 30,000 SF of “data hall” space for IT/Server equipment, electrical, mechanical, and mezzanine rooms for critical infrastructure, office space, loading dock, and equipment storage. The design included 7,500 kW of critical IT power to the data hall, which was fed from 12kV main switchgear, new transformers and new UPS modules, new PDU’s and new distribution. HVAC is evaporative cooling plus supplemental direct expansion cooling. Design of hot aisle and cold aisle containment was also included. The construction included the complete building shell and a single 3MW POD with accommodations for expansion of the remaining 4.5MW.

ADOBE DATA CENTER (PHASE 2)

Hillsboro, OR

Type: Data Center Size: 100,000 SF

The firm provided full project management services for over 100,000 SF of mission critical data center infrastructure. This includes configuration of 5+1 block redundant electrical topology with RTU indirect evaporative cooling. Phase II expansion consists of 1.8Mw block and addition of supporting IDEC units, multiple UPS units and generator.

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EQUINIX LA 1 IBX FACIL ITY Los Angeles, CA

Type: Data Center Size: 61,000 SF

This $31 million project was completed in one phase and consists of approximately 51,000 SF of collocation space, and 10,000 SF of storage area.

The colocation area contains a proposed 530 cabinets, and was designed with stand-alone mechanical and electrical systems with interconnections to the existing 6th floor collocation where necessary for reliability or where indicated in the initial single line and flow diagrams.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | F IA All locations for this client are confidential

Type: Data Center Size : Confidential

AlfaTech provided site selection support including multiple designs for alternate sites in the Midwest area of the US, followed by overall design team project management, as well as site master planning, MEP, telecom and communications, architectural, structural, civil, fire protection, controls, wind study, LEED consulting, and life safety services for this extremely energy efficient data center project. The site included design for the on-site substation as well as innovation design adaptations to support critical core IT spaces, addressing the ongoing changes in the client’s requirements.

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PATHL INE

Sunnyvale, CA

Type: Data Center, Mixed Use Size: 7,000 SF Data Center / 350,000 SF Total

The firm provided full mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for this campus project.

The project consisted of four buildings, warm core and shell, with labs, 7,000 SF data center with server load and UPS 1,500 kW, amenities building, fitness center, cafeteria, office space, meeting areas and a parking garage.

CHARLES SCHWAB

Various Locations

Type: Data Center, Mixed Use Size: 1,750,000+ SF

AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineering services as well as technology design for several projects totaling over 1.75m SF for this client. These projects included campuses, tech and data center evaluations, TI’s, feasibility studies, computer room upgrades and retail branches, at locations across the country. The newest retail branch location achieved LEED Gold certification for its sustainable features such as PV as a renewable energy source, low-flow water fixtures, and low-VOC finishes.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | RSC

Santa Clara, CA

Type: Data Center Size: 160,000 SF

The firm provided full project management for 160,000 SF multistory mission critical data center in Silicon Valley.

This is a fully base isolated steel and concrete structure and the project included full buildout of electrical and mechanical infrastructure. The project configuration is multiple N+2 block redundant electrical topologies with standby generators and over 16MW of critical load.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | FNM All locations for this client are confidential

Type: Data Center Size : Confidential

We are providing master planning for this project which consists of five single- story buildings connected by a common administrative area with penthouse level direct evaporative cooling with outdoor air. This also includes general electric rooms cooled with split DSE system.

This project was designed for a 90mph wind load and sand shield for outside air intake.

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DIGITAL REALTY

Santa Clara, CA

Type: Data Center Size: 41,800 SF Data Center / 54,250 SF Total

The facility consists of two stories, 54,250 SF which houses a 41,800 SF data center white space with an outdoor electrical equipment yard on the east side of the building. The facility uses direct exchange cooling unit Liebert DSE equipment, with Liebert DSE condensing equipment located on the roof. The equipment yard comprises five 2,000 kW diesel generators, pad mounted switchgear and pad mounted transformers. The building is designed for 24” raised access floors throughout the data center suites.

VMWARE

Wenatchee, WA

Type: Data Center, Strategic Planning and Programming Size: 85,000 SF total / Central Data Center

AlfaTech supported both the initial build and multiple expansion phases for VMware’s 20K SF of Tier II Data Center space. During the initial construction, AlfaTech provided project management and technical design peer review. AlfaTech was then retained for the full design and construction management of the first expansion, adding 10K SF of Tier II data center space.

AlfaTech was also retained for full design and construction management of the second expansion, adding 25k SF of Tier III data center space.

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VODAFONE (FORMERLY EXODUS)

Various Locations Worldwide

Type: Data Centers Size: 1.5 million+ SF Seattle, WA 500,000 SF; Irvine, CA 115,000 SF; Santa Clara, CA 300,000 SF; Chicago, IL 400,000 SF; Austin, TX 75,000 SF; Dallas, TX 160,000 SF Singapore 50,000 SF; Paris 35,000 SF; Amsterdam 45,000 SF; Sydney 50,000 SF; Toronto 400,000 SF; London 100,000 SF; Frankfurt 130,000 SF AlfaTech served Exodus in several projects worldwide providing project management, architecture, and engineering design including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services developing corporate data center design standards and implementing detailed designs for well over 2 million SF of data center facilities both nationally and internationally. These projects are 7/24 fully redundant raised floor data centers with complete UPS and generator backup systems. All projects consist of approximately 80% raised floor and 20% support facilities.

NORZETTA DATA CENTER

Rjukan, Norway

Type: Data Center Size: 380,000 SF

AlfaTech provided comprehensive site selection and conceptual design as well as engineering design for this 140MW project in Norway for two major US corporations and two European companies. The project scope includes state-of-the-art MEP design and is projected to comply with 1.14 PUE.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | FNE All locations for this client are confidential

Type: Data Center, Office Size : Confidential

AlfaTech provided site master planning, building design and construction administration services for this project which contained eight single story data halls connected by an administration building with penthouse level direct evaporative cooled air handled equipment, rooftop condensing units and outdoor standby diesel generators to accommodate approximately 4,000 cabinets/32 MW critical IT load.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | FO All locations for this client are confidential

Type: Data Center Size: Confidential

AlfaTech provided site selection support and overall master planning and building design and project management.

The project contained eight single story data halls connected by an administration building with penthouse level direct evaporative cooled air handled equipment, rooftop condensing units and outdoor standby diesel. This is the second campus for this client in this location and will ultimately expand to over 1,000,000 SF of data center space.

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CONF IDENTIAL CL IENT DATA CENTER | AC AC1 - Cupertino, CA

Type: Office, Data Center Size: 50,000 SF Data Center / 2,000,000 SF Total

AlfaTech completed design development documentation and design-build specifications to support bidding of a data center design-build project within a 50,000 SF office campus tenant improvement project. Innovative cold aisle containment design was described in bid documents by AlfaTech which ultimately was incorporated into final design.

AC2 - Cupertino, CA

Type: Office, Data Center Size: 80,000 SF

AlfaTech provided overall design and project management as well as comprehensive mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering services, acoustical, architectural, structural, civil, telecom and communications paging systems, controls, wind study and life safety services for this data center facility for this technology company.

AC3 - Newark, CA

Type: Data Center Size: 120,000 SF

AlfaTech provided overall design team project management as well as acoustical, architectural, structural, civil, telecom and communications, paging systems, MEP, fire protection, controls, wind study and life safety services for this confidential project. The overall plan included new central and cooling plants. Engineering services including master planning, central utility plant, engineering evaluations for various design options and ultimately design of shell/core and TI.

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ABBOTT (FORMERLY PDL )

Redwood City, CA

Type: Data Center, Campus Size: 400,000 SF with central Data Center

AlfaTech was selected as a turnkey firm to design and build the 400,000 SF new headquarters campus in Redwood City, California in the US. This project includes a 4,000 SF raised floor data center. AlfaTech was fully responsibly for programming, design and construction of this state-of-the-art campus which the budget and schedule was guaranteed as a part of our highly successful single-source project delivery method.

CORES ITE

Santa Clara, CA

Type: Data Center, Offices Size: 72,000 SF data center, 18,000 SF office

AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection design and engineering services for this fast-track project completed in 2011. The project consists of the replacement of an existing single story concrete tilt-up building with a new 2-story building including 72,000 SF of Tier III Data Center space and 18,000 SF of building common, core, and office. The design incorporates hot and cold-aisle containment strategies and is intended to obtain LEED Gold level certification.