The challenges of data centers
Information and communication technologies require data that travels over data centers and computing centers. These strategic infrastructures enable data storage, processing, backup and protection. With the explosion of digital solutions, the global digital data boom is increasing by 40% per year and the data center market is growing rapidly.
Your issues at the heart of our approach
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- Ensure infrastructure reliabilityEquans has expertise in cooling and electricity to design, build and secure the availability of these critical equipments
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- Reduce delivery timesSupport the development of your data centers through project management and high quality installations
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- Optimize your PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness)The energy efficiency of the installations by systematically recovering fatal energy from the air conditioning
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- Respect international norms and standards, technical performance, deadlines and costs
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Expertise and solutions for your data centers
Controlled environment
Our cleanroom and HVAC experts bring you the knowledge and best practices to ensure the level of service (t°, availability) of air conditioning.
Backup electricity
Equans has experts in electricity: transformer, inverters and emergency generator to ensure data center reliability
Heat recovery
The temperature conditioning of a data center releases massive amounts of wasted thermal energy for which Equans masters recovery solutions
An à la carte solution
Equans covers the entire value chain of your data center redesign, expansion, or construction projects:
- Programming,
- Design,
- Engineering and Construction,
- Operations and Maintenance,
- Energy Solutions
Our references
DATA4GROUP & Equans
Design and construction of 4 data centers and associated buildings + maintenance contract
The issues:
- Need a partner to carry out the design and construction of 4 data centers and associated buildings (DC01 to DC05 + Administration Building, with DC6 to follow under construction)
Our solutions:
- Methods engineering, turnkey and replicability
- Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, control system, underground evacuation system, commissioning, fire safety
- Procurement and installation of electrical power cables and panels (TGBT, TBQ)
- Supply and installation of secondary power supplies
- Supply and installation of access controls, video surveillance, and fire detection
- HVAC: 100,000 m3/hr; installed power: 70 MVA - cable linear: 5,000 km of power cables - 5,000 smoke detectors
CERN X Equans
Construction of its new Prévessin-based computing data center
Grouping led by Axima Concept with Inéo and Léon Grosse is designing, building and maintaining over 12 years:
- Civil Engineering
- All technical equipment:
- Secure power supply
- Bay installations
- Server power and fiber network
- Cooling, air handling, heat recovery
- Security, access control
