AlfaTech Qualifications – Data Center (pps 220415)

AL FATECH LOCAT IONS San Jose, California – HQ | San Francisco, California | Ventura, California | Monrovia, California | San Diego, California | Atlanta, Georgia

INNOVAT I VE I DEAS | SUSTAINABLE SOLUT IONS | INTEGRATED PARTNERSH I PS

Table of Contents Data Center Experience

Firm Profile

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Engineering Studio

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Lighting Studio

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Technology Studio

Sustainability Studio

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06

Project Approach

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Project Experience

ALFATECH PROFILE

2022

Vela Tech Holdings, Inc. established as holding company for AlfaTech and other business units.

2020

S&K Engineering of Monrovia and LFA Lighting of Ventura join our growing firm. Opens San Diego Office

COMPANY PROFILE

2019

Growth of leadership team. Further expansion into international markets with new and existing clients.

2018

Through RSBG: adds strength of 65+ offices throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa.

AlfaTech was established in Silicon Valley in 1987 as a mechanical, electrical, and technology (low voltage, security, and A/V) design engineering firm. Responding to client needs, we grew our service offering to include architectural lighting design, sustainability, smart building, and project management services. In addition, we expanded into five California offices, including San Jose, San Francisco, Monrovia, Ventura, and San Diego. AlfaTech is gaining ground through organic, merger, and acquisition growth. Establishing Vela Tech company portfolio with parent company RSBG, our services reach the West Coast to the Midwest and the East Coast from partner offices in Seattle, Chicago, Reston, and Edison. We also have an international presence with offices throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. AlfaTech has a solid reputation forged by a corporate commitment to enduring client relationships and service excellence. We provide complete design, design-assist, and design/build project delivery services. Our project experience includes core and shell, tenant improvements, upgrades, repositioning, and restacks. Each AlfaTech project aims to achieve maximum energy performance, resource conservation, and pollution reduction, resulting in the highest energy savings and sustainability at all design phases while creating a balance of preservation, constructability, schedule, and budget. Given the dynamic nature of what we do, our AlfaTech teams are active listeners, and together with their focus on client and partner relations, are true team players.

2017

Expands offices in Los Angeles and Japan. Celebrates 30 Years Success!

2015

Develops partnerships in India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

2014

Merges with Timmons Design. Expands San Francisco office to One Post Street Location

2012

Develops Architectural Lighting Design group. Creates Ireland and Thailand partnerships.

2010

Develops Sustainability / LEED and Energy Solutions groups.

2008

Ranked as one of the Top Five Engineering Firms in Silicon Valley

2006

Merges with MCT. AT-PD founded. Reports annual volume $150M

2003

Named one of the Top 100 Largest Private Companies in San Francisco.

2000

Named one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley.

1996

Merges with S&H and MPL. Opens San Francisco office.

1989

Creation of an in-house Technology Group focused on voice, data systems, and overall technology

1987

Jeff Fini, PE, founds AlfaTech MEP Design in Silicon Valley

OUR GEOGRAPHIC REACH

NORTH AMERICA San Jose, California - HQ San Francisco, California Ventura, California Monrovia, California San Diego, California Atlanta, Georgia Seattle, Washington Chicago, Illinois Reston, Virginia Edison, New Jersey EUROPE Leamington Spa, UK Stockport, UK Leeds, UK Wakefield, UK Sunderland, UK Nottingham, UK Manchester, UK Maidenhead, UK Birmingham, UK Bishop’s Stortford, UK London, UK Croydon, UK

Munich, Germany Berlin, Germany Cologne, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Wiesbaden, Germany Hamburg, Germany Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany

Gujarat, India Dehradun, India Rajkot, India Visakhapatnam, India Tamil Nadu, India Gandhingar, India Manilla, Philippines Indonesia Laos Vietnam NORTH AFRICA Beau Bassin, Mauritis Cairo, Egypt MIDDLE EAST Dubai, UAE Abu Dhabi, UAE Al Ain, UAE Madinat Zayad, UAE Doha, Qatar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Amman, Jordan Baghdad, Iraq

Rostock, Germany Bochum, Germany Stralsund, Germany Copenhagen, Denmark Vienna, Austria Zurich, Switzerland

Madrid, Spain Paris, France Milan, Italy Athens, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Moscow, Russia

ASIA Dhaka, Bangladesh Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh Mumbai, India New Delhi, India Pune, India Andra Pradesh, India

Exeter, UK Luton, UK Edinburgh, UK

ALFATECH ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING STUDIO AlfaTech’s Engineering Services is the apex supplier of high-quality, professional engineering services that help buildings thrive. We partner with clients to turn their visions into a tangible reality. As one of the leading MEP consultants in the Western U.S., AlfaTech strives to improve the life of hundreds of thousands of Americans every day through the buildings we design. Coining the expression “Innovation & Excellence,” AlfaTech is the apex supplier of high -quality, professional engineering services that help buildings thrive. AlfaTech partners with ambitious clients to turn visions into reality. To us, conscious design elements are indispensable in meeting the escalating expectations emerging within vibrant and diverse typologies. We believe the highest-efficiency buildings transpire from mirroring the sustainable features inherent to the world around us. Propelling cutting-edge solutions requires a thoughtful design that can interact with the physical environment. Elements like smart buildings, reduced reheat, and synergies before waste initiate perpetual savings. Eager to do our part, we pride ourselves on designing state-of-the-art facilities that reach unprecedented levels of integration. We think that sustainable design is more than just a phrase. It is a perspective. We are committed to rock-solid partnerships with our clients by delivering on our promise always to excel.

OCCUPANCY

DESIGN

CONSTRUCTION

END OF USE

SUSTAINABLITY

PROCESS ENGINEERING DESIGN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN

TECHNOLOGY

COMMISSIONING / ENERGY SOLUTIONS

RETRO COMMISSIONING

LIFE OF A BUILDING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN HVAC 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

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

PROCESS Industrial Waste Collection Acid Neutralization Bio-Kill Waste System Process Waste Containment Ultra pure De-ionized Water Systems USP Water WFI Water Specialty Chemicals Chemical Storage Lab and Special Gas Systems Ultra High Purity Gas Piping Bulk & Specialty Gases Toxic Materials Handling Code Compliance Process Distribution Piping Process Cooling Water Medical Gas Medical Vacuum Waste Anesthetic Gas Disposal system (WAGD) Dental Vacuum System Dental Water System

COMMISSIONING ENERGY SOLUTIONS Early Quantifiable Energy Study Incentives 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

PLC Programming Fire Protection and Plumbing

ALFATECH LIGHTING

Balancing occupant

experience with efficiency,

AlfaTech Lighting Studio

takes a holistic approach to

lighting design. From

generating a basis of

design through construction

documents to post-

occupancy. AlfaTech

Lighting Studio applies

daylighting strategies and

prioritizes sustainability

and energy-efficient

technologies.

LIGHTING STUDIO AlfaTech’s Lighting Studio provides aesthetically pleasing and sustainable design solutions for some of the world’s most complex and high-performing buildings. AlfaTech Lighting Studio brings a creative spirit to each project. We work closely with clients to gain an understanding of project requirements and goals. The Lighting Studio works with the design team to chart the best course based on our client’s objectives, the architect’s design, building systems, facility operational strategies, sustainability goals, and energy efficiency. Every building is unique, each having its own aesthetic and operational preferences. Lighting Studio considers preferences with great attention and detail. We are well-versed in coordinating with a range of consultants handling mechanical, electrical, plumbing, acoustical, structural, landscape, civil, security, and signage. The Lighting Studio possesses a wide range of project experience, offering a range of design and analytical services supporting a project from beginning to post-occupancy. Services include schematic daylighting design studies, facility orientation, and daylighting modeling to yield favorable LEED accreditation outcomes. AlfaTech Lighting Studio delivers solutions to address a range of goals, reducing energy consumption by harvesting daylight. Our Lighting Studio aims to delight occupants by bringing the daylight into a space by evenly distributing light while mitigating glare by considering how the eye adapts. We believe design should seamlessly transition from daylight to electric lighting, dynamically considering the sun’s rotation as it engages with a space. Our approach ensures a stimulating space that plays with light and shadow. Additionally, outdoor views have positive effects. Lighting Studio values and brings a biophilic design connecting occupants with nature. DESIGN THAT PLAYS WITH DAYLIGHT AND CONNECTS WITH NATURE

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

AlfaTech Lighting Studio engages daylighting model software to provide visual representations of how daylight will impact a facility. These images allow more informed design decision-making. Our clients expect floor plan calculation points and renderings to gain a better sense of light distribution. Lighting Studio provides floor plans, 3D views, and sectional perspectives to gain an insight into how daylight affects the space.

SERVICES

Interior and exterior architectural lighting design

Daylighting modeling, design, and analysis

Conceptual design

Circadian lighting design

Visualization, including computer renderings and hand sketches

Systems integration

Custom luminaire design

Economic evaluation

Energy and light level calculations

Code compliance forms

LEED project lighting design and documentation

Light modeling

Lighting audits

Light pollution studies

Environmental impact studies

Lighting refurbishments

Lighting strategy across multiple portfolios and sites

Expert witness or opinion Lighting control system design

Site lighting

Landscape lighting

ALFATECH TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY STUDIO AlfaTech’s Technology Studio provides smart building design solutions for some of the world’s most complex and high - performing buildings. Our Technology Studio services combines consulting, design, and software creation, and we work with clients worldwide. AlfaTech Smart Building Services help building owners and stakeholders with office strategies to roll in more Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine learning and cloud-based data and analysis in facility operation to optimize various building systems and keep maintenance low. The Smart Building Technology will also be beneficial to post-pandemic return to the office. To implement the latest and greatest technology, the essential operational technologies, including a unified user interface and reporting system that monitors and structures all various systems (BMS, Lighting Control, Shade Control, Security, Access, Conference room scheduling, and others) data in place will be required. This will be accomplished through a web-based user interface integrated building management system known as Smart Building Technology..

OUR SERVICES

INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (IBMS)

Strategy sessions with stakeholders to understand smart building expectations and requirements.

Integration through open protocols or (API)

Develop matrix outlining all systems which should be included in Intelligent (SMART) Building System.

Collective monitoring, reporting, analysis, and automation

Provide smart building design expertise to ensure all required systems for integration are connected to building technology network (BTN) and communicate via open protocol like BACnet IP. Develop a Master Systems Integration (MSI) RFP outlining system requirements and specifications for the provision of open MSI System of hardware and software components either on dedicated on-prem private network or hosted off-prem in the cloud .

Optimizing operational and energy efficiencies

Improve strategic facilities and space planning

Enhance employee experience/productivity

Reliability with an integrated systems approach

Consolidate facilities management platforms

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

MIGRATION SERVICES Requirements Gathering Business Impact Analysis

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ANALYSIS Technology Refresh Efficiency & Optimization Corporate Office Relocation

LOW VOLTAGE DESIGN MDF / IDF / MPOE DESIGN Lab / Server Room / Data Center Pathways and Building Riser Systems Campus Outside Plant (OSP) Design Copper / Fiber Backbone Cabling Copper / Fiber Horizontal Cabling Design Team Coordination Product and Vendor Selection Contract Documents AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN Audio Visual Solutions (Conference Rooms, Executive Board Rooms, Café Spaces, Lobby Spaces, Digital Signage, Training Rooms, All Hands Spaces, Theatre / Auditoriums, Collaboration Spaces, Recording / Broadcast Studios, Network / Security Operations Centers) Product and Vendor Selection Contract Documents Bidding and Negotiations Construction Administration

Inventory / Audit Documentation Technical Design Coordination Capacity Planning Migration Strategy and Planning Equipment Database Development Migration Documentation Technical Staff Augmentation Migration Project Management MANAGEMENT CONSULTING Technology Standards Development Product / Vendor Evaluation Competitive Cost Analysis Technology Trends and Benchmarking Facilities & IT Collaboration

Data Center Strategy Development Data Center Programming (OPR Development, Capacity Planning, Site Selection, Conceptual Design, Colocation Lease Negotiations) Budget Development Schedule Master Planning PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Program Development Project Plan and Schedule Budgeting Vendor Selection Contract Negotiations Vendor / Contract Management Project Communication (Meetings / Meeting Minutes, Risk Mitigation, Communications Plan, Project Performance Metrics)

Bidding and Negotiations Construction Administration

SECURITY SYSTEMS DESIGN Security Solutions (Access Control, Video Surveillance, Intrusion Detection, Monitoring and Alarm, Anti- Tailgate Solutions, Biometric Solutions)

DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS Cellular DAS Design ERRCS DAS Design Predictive Modeling – iBwave Software Multi-Carrier Survey Analysis and Reports Antenna Placement DAS Infrastructure Design

INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IBMS Architecture Development Application Use Case Programming Sub-Systems Definition Integration with Traditional Platforms (BMS/BAS Systems, Lighting Control Systems, Audio Visual Systems, Security Systems) Open Source API Validation Network Integration Cost and ROI Analysis Platform and Vendor Selection TELCO FACILITIES AND SERVICES Copper and Fiber Facilities Design MPOE and OSP Pathway Design Coordination with LEC/CLEC Requirements and Capacity Planning Negotiations and Order Administration Service Delivery – Systems Integration Telco Audit and Evaluation Cost Reduction and ROI Analysis Physical Inventory and Documentation Contract Review and Negotiations

Site Risk Assessment Site Threat Assessment Product and Vendor Selection Contract Documents Bidding and Negotiations Construction Administration

RCP Coordination Vendor Selection

VOICE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Voice Over IP Solutions

WI-FI SYSTEMS DESIGN Fluke Networks AIRMAGNET Software Utilize CAD or PDF Drawings Predictive Modeling (Bandwidth Modeling, Interference Modeling, Mounting Heights, Transmission Power) Survey Analysis and Reports Access Point Placement RCP Coordination

Digital Telephone Systems Voice Processing Systems Call Center Solutions Audio Conference Systems Paging Systems Vendor Management

Active Survey and Validation Performance Troubleshooting

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Uber

Oracle

ALFATECH SUSTAINABLITY

SUSTAINABILITY STUDIO AlfaTech’s Sustainability Studio provides sustainable design solutions for prioritizing energy, water, and air quality. Our team brings deep MEP engineering expertise with digital skills. Our Sustainability Studio is a team of in-house experts whose purpose is to develop the most highly sustainable design strategies for each project. This multidisciplinary team assesses and designs projects with an integrated approach. Working with owners, architects, and other stakeholders, we examine every project with a comprehensive, systematic approach to map key programming targets. We establish project sustainability goals and collaboratively prioritize energy, water, and air quality requirements. We explore the latest system technologies and identify concepts most suitable to project applications. We perform life-cycle analysis, system simulations, and models that are utilized for validation. We review proposed system concepts with the project team to determine impacts and financial benefits in the earliest design stages.

AlfaTech goes beyond engineering – our suite of energy, water, and sustainability assessment services creates projects that benefit the triple bottom line – people, planet, and profit.

DESIGN APPROACH

AlfaTech maintains a commitment to sustainable design on every project. At the onset of a new project, our Sustainability Studio tea works with the client and the architect to establish and benchmark the project’s sustainability goals. Once these goals are set, we explore the latest system technologies, identify project-specific strategies available, and determine the most suited concepts to the project application. We provide preliminary studies of these systems, further validating the application. Together with the rest of the project team, we look at each system concept to determine the project impacts and financial benefits in the early stages of design.

SUSTAINABILITY IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR PRACTICE

We follow a holistic approach to meet project expectations in all dimensions. Providing sustainable design is an achievement if it is also functional. Increasing efficiency is realistic when it is applicable. Meeting the project budget is possible when the design is constructible.

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We take pride in our design and ensure that the following principles are aligned in our approach to every project:

Environmental impacts, carbon footprint reduction

Greenhouse Gases and Carbon

Imbalance between energy resource and energy use

Interstate or local differences

The water and energy nexus

Waste and ecology

ALFATECH APPROACH

PROJECT APPROACH Our team of data center experts keeps up with the most up to the minute technology advances and industry standards, as is AlfaTech’s goal to provide each client with the most cutting - edge design services tailored to meet their needs now and for any future changing requirements. We know that from project to project, many of the tried-and-true design approaches can help ensure a successful outcome; but as no two projects are exactly alike, our approach must be customized to the individual specifics of each project. For this project, our initial step is to use our custom data center project planning questionnaire to determine the key project goals and success factors and then to use these factors as the touchstone against which all future decisions are made. 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 workshops 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. DATA CENTER PROGRAMMING

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.

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. Utility 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 to be run from a second site. This condition would require a lesser level of redundancy than an independent site requiring all redundancy to be located on-site which requires consideration for equipment redundancy when a generator or other major piece of equipment is down for maintenance. 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. Interestingly, many clients are moving away from using raised floors. The overall concept of the data center usually starts with the 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. Space Allocation : Each data center operator/owner will have a desired operational layout concept that must be

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DATA CENTER PROGRAMMING

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. Utility 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 to be run from a second site. This condition would require a lesser level of redundancy than an independent site requiring all redundancy to be located on-site which requires consideration for equipment redundancy when a generator or other major piece of equipment is down for maintenance. 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. Interestingly, many clients are moving away from using raised floors. The overall concept of the data center usually starts with the 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. Space Allocation : Each data center operator/owner will have a desired operational layout concept that must be

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 4,000 amps because of the high cost and size of equipment above 4,000 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 offline 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. 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 the ability to place equipment in an exterior yard or on the 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; CRAH 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 underfloor; interior mezzanine located air handlers with ducted air down to the floor; rooftop air- cooled chillers to provide cooling; and floor-mounted built-up air handlers supplying air underfloor. The ideal power-efficient system will incorporate air-side and/or liquid-side economizers to use free cooling, such as fluid-to-fluid heat exchangers, dry coolers, or pumped refrigerant economizers used instead of compressor- based systems whenever feasible. Cooling towers and other evaporative-based cooling solutions are a problem due to the necessity of using and storing large quantities of water. If a large source of water is

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available, such as a lake or groundwater wells, this is a plausible option. Air discharge pattern to the 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. Full hot and cold airstream containment strategies are favored whenever feasible to support efficient critical cooling air distribution. Particularly high power density facilities may even warrant direct liquid-based cooling instead of the more traditional air-based approaches. This is accomplished with liquid-on-the-chip, cold-plate, and liquid immersion cooling systems. At the onset of the project, AlfaTech will present a single point of contact that will coordinate the internal MEP/Technology team as well as be the direct day-to-day contact. Nathan Kirby, PE, ATD, LEED AP BD+C is our Mission Critical Practice Leader. He has over 17 years in the industry and he leads the project technical team who have extensive experience working with high-end data center programming and design projects. AlfaTech routinely operates at different levels of similar style design teams on international data center project and therefore uniquely understand the roles and responsibilities of each team member. In our role as supporting team members to the Coordinated Project Delivery Team, our role is to serve as the Data Center subject matter expert to support and facilitate the flow of information from the client to the design team members. Where necessary, our expertise is used to advise and recommend strategies and approaches to design based on our extensive industry experience.

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.

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

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

ALFATECH PROJECT EXPERIENCE

MISSION CRITICAL

AlfaTech provides design and engineering services on some of the highest performing infrastructure buildings from advanced manufacturing facilities to data centers. AlfaTech’s planners, designers, and engineers are highly experienced in supporting high performing facilities.

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Fort Worth, TX

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Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

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.

Awards: Chicago AIA "2020 Design Excellence Award" Distinguished Building

ALFATECH EXPERIENCE

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Prineville, OR

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Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

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.

ALFATECH EXPERIENCE

Confidential Data Center

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LEED Platinum

AlfaTech provided overall project construction management including on site observation and project tracking and reporting services through the duration of construction for this greenfield site, including interfacing with the local general contractor and regular reporting back to the US based client. 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 substation design, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, telecom and communications, architectural, structural, civil, fire protection, controls, LEED consulting, and life safety services for this extremely energy efficient data center project.

ALFATECH EXPERIENCE

Confidential Data Center

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Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

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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Confidential Data Center

Confidential Location

TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:

Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

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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Confidential Data Center

Confidential Location

TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:

Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

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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Confidential Data Center

Confidential Location

TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:

Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

AlfaTech provided site selection support, overall design and project management. The full range of services included: 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 which has direct evaporative cooling and n+1 block redundant electrical topologies.

Multiple standby generators and over 30MW of critical load. This project represents the second data center we were involved in with this client.

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Confidential Data Center

Confidential Location

TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION:

Data Center Confidential

LEED Gold

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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Confidential Client

Multiple Locations

TYPE:

Data Center, Office

A1 - Cupertino, CA

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.

A2 - Cupertino, CA

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.

A3 - Newark, CA

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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Confidential Modular Data Center

Confidential Location

TYPE: SIZE:

Modular Data Center Confidential

AlfaTech provided engineering support to the custom modular data center manufacturer in developing design strategies and documentation for Owner review and approval. AlfaTech attended on-site reviews of system installation as well as consulted with the manufacturing company for equipment selection and sizing as well as implementation of the modular building assembly on site. The scope of work included specific consulting on mechanical system design including air handler design, construction, controls, and operation. Electrical engineering scope of work included connections to the sub-station power source, routing and sizing of power feeders to the site, design and construction of the modular electrical room facility and design and construction of the power distribution to the data hall and servers. Through on- site reviews, AlfaTech optimized the design and off-site construction activities to improve operation and performance as well as operational parameters for the completed facility.

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Digital Edge Asia

Indonesia & Philippines TYPE:

New Construction, Tenant Improvement Overall 43 MW IT Load with 1.35 PUE

SIZE:

Presently, AlfaTech has been leading the overall architectural/engineering design and overall project/construction management for the following locations in Asia. Our services include detailed schedule/budget, and each site/project is considered as tier 3+ and the most efficient data center in the world with PUE of 1.35 or less.

EDGE2, Jakarta, Indonesia Area: ~406,000 ft2 (~38k m2) No. of Stories: ~15-stories IT Load: 33MW Cooling System: SPLC

PROJECT FORT, Manila, Philippines Area: 146,959 ft2 (13,653 m2) gross Data Center: 133,000 ft2 (12,356 m2) No. of Stories: 1-story + mezzanine IT Load: 10MW Cooling System: SPLC

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Digital Edge Asia

Japan & Korea

TYPE: SIZE:

New Construction, Tenant Improvement Overall 71 MW with 1.35 PUE

AlfaTech has been leading the overall architectural/engineering conceptual design for the following locations in Asia.

PROJECT TYO2, Tokyo, Japan (Phase 1) Area: 44,726 ft2 (4,155 m2) No. of Stories: 7-stories IT Load: 6MW Cooling System: SPLC

PROJECT KOBE, Kobe, Japan Building A Area: 208,734 ft2 (19,392 m2) No. of Stories: 4-stories IT Load: 24MW Cooling System: SPLC Building B Area: 219,465 ft2 (20,389 m2) No. of Stories: 5-stories IT Load: 30MW Cooling System: SPLC

PROJECT BUS1, Busan, South Korea Area: (site) 49,685 ft2 (4,616 m2) No. of Stories: new 2-stories over

existing 3-stories IT Load: 5.75MW Cooling System: conventional

PROJECT SEL1, Yeoksam, Korea Area: floors 4 to 7 only No. of Stories: 19-stories existing IT Load: 4.8MW Cooling System: conventional

Confidential Client, Asia

India & Korea

TYPE: SIZE:

New Construction Overall 420 MW with 1.35 PUE

PROJECT MUKUNB47, Mumbai, India Area: 800,000 ft2 (74,322 m2) No. of Stories: 11 buildings, 5-stories each IT Load: 300MW Cooling System: SPLC PROJECT AESPA, Incheon, Korea Area: 754,000 ft2 (70,000 m2) No. of Stories: 2 buildings, 11-stories each IT Load: 120 MW Cooling System: SPLC

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Equinix SV2 Santa Clara, CA

TYPE: SIZE: ACCREDIATION

Data Center 60,000 SF

LEED Certified

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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