Datacentre UPS

I now have quotes for one possible UPS for the data centre, a modular product from UPS Power

We have specified 200kVA starting point, N+1, obviously with a battery autonomy of 20 minutes, more than adequate time for the generators to get up to operating temperature and ready to be on load.

The solution consists of three 100kVA inverters plus independent chargers for the battery strings and such. It also allows us to hot add inverters, chargers and battery strings as the demand increases which is excellent as many UPSs don't allow hot dock of inverters running in parallel mode.

While the quotation included transfer/bypass control gear and battery cabinets, it was exclusive of the batteries and I am glad I was sitting down. However we have decided it is within ballpark of what we had budgeted and have placed an order.

As I am sure you can appreciate power sustainability and availability is key to service delivery and that is what we are aiming for, 100pc delivery.

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Generators and Aggreko

Having decided March is the month of facilities, as I'm sure you've already seen, we have been on the trail of UPS and air-conditioning suppliers.

One of the options on the table was Aggreko where we are currently having discussions about two times 200kVA generators and three Freecool chillers plus control gear and air handlers etc.

Once we got past the telesales folks the chaps in Belfast have been Stirling, quickly producing quotes and advising on product set. We have also allocated space for 72 hours of on-site diesel storage and a managed re-fuelling service to ensure we have the fuel in the event of a local or more national disaster. We have had to pay a little more for the service to up our priority to just below "life support services" (Hospitals, emergency services etc) putting us on par with BT etc in terms of delivery. This will provide excellent service availability in the event of grid issues and continued fuel supply in all but the most severe of disasters!
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Actelis / MetaLight EFM Kit

We had some interesting discussions with Microtel today regarding Ethernet in the First Mile products. Basically these allow us to delivery Ethernet products to you the customer over one or more copper pairs from our pop sites or co-mingled exchanges.

We are particularly interested in the ML1300 Series which would allow up to 40Mb/s over 8 pairs at a reasonable line length. It will allow us to provide high bandwidth synchronous services from our pop sites at excellent prices benefiting both yourselves and us.
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Back in Belfast!

Quick post this one. On my pda sat in the "glorious" coffee shop in Belfast Int Airport awaiting Alex before we get busy surveying property for the next locations... Will catch up with you all in a day or two, hopefully with good news!
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