TIMELINE
THE FIVE STEPS OF BUILDING A DATA CENTRE
Data centre construction is booming. Despite the rising cost of materials and real estate, the data centre construction market is expected to grow by $8.7bn over the next four years, achieving a CAGR of more than 10%. More than 100 hyperscale data centres were built last year, with hundreds of more new projects already in the pipeline.
PHASE
PHASE
Assessment
Planning
Once a developer finalises the project’s goals and target customer, the assessment phase usually begins with site selection. Choosing the right location for a data centre can have a massive impact on things like the facility’s access to renewable energy or ability to do free cooling.
This phase (along with the design process) can sometimes take place alongside or even before the site selection and assessment process. The developer outlines the different parameters the site will need to fulfil, from a target PUE, whether to build greenfield or retrofit an existing site, levels of power redundancy, and whether the site will be built in multiple phases or all at once.
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