Arizona State Courts Building New Data Center • Phoenix, Arizona

The Arizona Supreme Court began with a small room of 993 square feet to house all of their IT equipment. Over the past 18 years, increasing demand on the IT system has expanded beyond the room’s capabilities. The data room was further compromised by recurring water damage caused by its location on the first floor. A review of the Supreme Court’s data needs, current data room, and network equipment led to the recommendation to build a new 4,000 square foot data center to support the Supreme Court’s statewide information needs.

The new Data Center consists of 150+ servers supporting over 250 applications. It runs over 9 miles of copper cabling and 1.5 miles of fiber. The network supports 4,000+ users located in over 300 locations and processes up to 400 million packets of data per second. The racks are configured to allow for hot and cold aisles keeping maximum cooling on all equipment. The system provides up to 48 Terabytes of data storage and is expandable to four times that amount.

The Data Center includes full redundancy in HVAC and power systems along with an overhead and below raised floor cable tray system. All floor tiles are removable and capable of being rearranged to allow for under-floor access, acts as an air conditioning duct, and is pressurized.

Fire protection was designed to provide both pre-action and FM200 system coverage. It has a Primary FMS-200 Fire Management System replacing an old halon system and uses a clean EPA approved environmentally safe agent to suppress fire that does not harm electrical equipment.

The Data Center has 2 UPS (uninterrupted power supply). These are 150 KVA systems with 15 minute battery backup. If normal power from the electrical provider fails, this system maintains uninterrupted power to equipment until the 500 KW diesel generator comes on-line and assumes the equipment load. It also acts as a filtering system to ensure constant, clean voltage to critical equipment.

oWner

State of Arizona Phoenix, Arizona

architect of record

LSW Engineers Phoenix, Arizona

partner or Joint Venture

MRT Architects Phoenix, Arizona

structural engineer

KPFF Consulting Engineers Phoenix, Arizona

mechanical / electrical engineer

LSW Engineers Phoenix, Arizona

General Contractor

The Beck Group Dallas, Texas Completion date: 2008 number of Courtrooms: Not Applicable Construction Cost: $1.6 million

Type of Court: Court Administration Building area: 4,000 BGSF; 3,750 NAA Finance method: Appropriation delivery method: Design / Bid / Build Type of Construction: Renovation leed Certificate: Designed to LEED but not submitted