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175 kW, Tier 2, Chilled Water, 319 m

DESIGN OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION

The planning process of most projects can be iterative and thereby
Data Center IT Capacity
expensive. Data center projects are burdened with these challenges and can
175 kW
benefit greatly from simplification and time savings. Schneider Electric’s data
Adaptable from 50 kW to 525 kW
center reference designs help customers optimize the planning process by
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Target Availability
infrastructure designs. The use of these designs has a positive impact on not
Tier 2 just the project itself, but also on the performance, reliability, and efficiency of
the data center over its lifetime.
Annualized PUE at 100% Load
1.63 in Beijing, China
1.62 in Paris, France Reference Design 10 includes design information for three spaces: IT space,
1.78 in Singapore facility power, and facility cooling. Combined together, they comprise the
integrated power, cooling and structural systems required to meet the
design’s specifications published in this overview document.
Total Racks and Average Density
62 racks at 2.8 kW/rack

IT & Facility Floor Space

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319 m

Regional Voltage and Frequency

400V, 50Hz

ABOUT THIS DESIGN

 Air-cooled, packaged chiller

cooling architecture

 Energy savings through water-

side economizer during favorable
outdoor conditions

 Highly scalable and adaptable

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Facility Power
The facility power system supplies power to all of the critical and non-critical
components within the data center. The architecture used in this electrical
design is a single path with N+1 UPS and a generator. Switching between
generator power and utility is achieved using a programmable logic controller
(PLC). A 1600 amp bus feeds Prisma P electrical and mechanical
switchboards. In the electrical room, UPSs are configured down-stream of the
switchboards. A Symmetra PX configured to N+1 redundancy provides 225 kW
of critical power to the IT room with 6 minutes of runtime. Valve regulated lead
acid (VRLA) batteries are housed in an isolated battery room. A Galaxy 300
UPS provides 9 kW of power to the pumps in the facility cooling system.
DESIGN OPTIONS
Additional low-voltage transformers can be included in the design to support
This reference design can be modified as
lighting and other building loads. The power distribution architecture from the
follows without a significant effect on the electrical room to the IT space utilizes a combination of LV panels and Modular
design’s performance attributes: Power Distribution. The facility power system is designed to support additional
peripheral devices like fire panels, access control systems, and environmental
 Add StruxureWare Power Monitoring monitoring and control devices. Power meters in the electrical path monitor
Expert power quality and allow for predictive maintenance & diagnostics of the system.
 Provision for load bank These meters also integrate with StruxureWare Power Monitoring Expert.
 Change UPS batteries Every component in this design is built and tested to the applicable IEC
 Add/change standby generator options: standards.
 Location
Further design details and schematics are available in the engineering package.
 Tank size
 Fuel type

FACILITY POWER BLOCK DIAGRAM

FACILITY POWER ATTRIBUTES
Utility AC G

Name Value Unit

Load
1600A, 400V, 65kA bank Total amps (main bus) 1600 A
Input voltage (main bus) 400 V
225kW Switchboard kAIC 65 kA
Symmetra SSW
PX250
Power path Single
9kW
Galaxy SSW Generator redundancy N
300
25A,
630A, 400V, 36kA
IT space UPS capacity 225 kW
400V,
100kA IT space UPS redundancy N+1
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IT space UPS runtime @ rated load 6 minutes
IT space UPS output voltage 400 V

IT Space: 4x Facility cooling UPS capacity 9 kW

ME Space: IT Space: 1x
PDU and 3x
2x Pumps RDP Feed Facility cooling UPS redundancy N
CRAH Feeds

Facility cooling UPS runtime @ rated load 9 minutes

250A, 400V, 65kA

Packaged Packaged
CRAH CRAH Humidifier AHU
Chiller Chiller

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Facility Cooling
The mechanical design utilizes chilled water as the primary medium for heat
dissipation. The architecture consists of a single chilled water loop. The cooling
system contains two 245 kW air-cooled, packaged chillers in an N+1 redundant
configuration. Economization is achieved with a dry cooler to save energy
during favorable outdoor conditions.
In order to extend availability of chilled water during a power outage, a 1 cubic
meter water storage tank provides 2 minutes of continuous cooling.
The piping architecture of the mechanical system feeds room-based Uniflair
Chilled Water CRAHs in the IT space. It also feeds room-based CRAHs in the
electrical and battery rooms. More information on the cooling configuration is
provided in the IT space section of this document.
DESIGN OPTIONS This design is instrumented to work with StruxureWare Cooling Monitoring
Expert.
This reference design can be modified as
Further design details such as dimensions, equipment placement, temperature
follows without a significant effect on the
set points, pipe sizing, flow rates, and pressure drops are available in the
design’s performance attributes:
engineering package.
 Add StruxureWare Cooling
Monitoring Expert

FACILITY COOLING ATTRIBUTES

FACILITY COOLING BLOCK DIAGRAM
Name Value Unit
Piping detail inside IT space Total cooling capacity 245 kW
Input voltage 400 V
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
Uniflair Uniflair
CW CW
Mechanical redundancy N+1
CW supply Air-cooled,
Outdoor heat exchange
packaged chiller
CW return
Coolant supply temperature 16 C
Uniflair
CW Coolant return temperature 22 C
3
Storage tank size 1 m
Ride-through time 2 minutes

Economizer type Water-side

Packaged
Packaged

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Chiller
Chiller

VFD

Thermal Storage
VFD CW supply
to IT space

System
bypass
Dirt/air
separator Strainers
CW return
from IT space

Expansion
tank
City Water

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IT Space
The IT capacity of this design is 175 kW. The design is highly scalable and
adaptable; it can be configured to support IT loads within a range. Smaller
starting loads as low as 50 kW can be supported by making adjustments such
as reducing the number of IT pods or decreasing the quantity of UPS modules.
Likewise, this design can be used as a baseline for larger loads as high as 525
kW by using a step and repeat approach to the design. This flexibility drives
efficiency and defers capital expenditure until needed.
The IT space design specifies all of the physical infrastructure systems, as well
as their physical arrangement/spacing, required to meet the overall design’s
performance attributes. This includes racks, PDUs, rack power distribution,
DESIGN OPTIONS cooling units, and airflow management systems.
This reference design can be modified as Each pair of rows (pod) within the IT space can be “stepped and repeated” in a
follows without a significant effect on the standardized and predictable manner. This enables right-sizing of power and
design’s performance attributes: cooling that scales with IT growth. Each pod supports an average power
density of 2.8 kW per rack. All the pods are outfitted with integrated power
 Add environmental and security distribution.
management Each pod is powered by floor-mount Modular Power Distribution. Every rack is
 Change rack options (tall, configured with a metered rack-mount PDU to enable remote monitoring of the
wide, deep)
units for efficiency and capacity management.
 Change power distribution options
 Rack PDU type (basic, The space is cooled by N+1 redundant Uniflair Chilled Water CRAHs that
switched) control the supply of cool air by monitoring the temperature in the space.
 Add StruxureWare Data Center
The security of the room is maintained at multiple points. At the rack level,
Expert
access is controlled by a door lock and sensor. At the room level, security
cameras are utilized for monitoring.

R R R R R R R D R R R R R R R
IT ROOM ATTRIBUTES
R/A-2/Z1 R/A-3/Z1 R/A-4/Z1 R/A-5/Z1 R/A-6/Z1 R/A-7/Z1 R/A-8/Z1 D/ R/A-10/Z1 R/A-11/Z1 R/A-12/Z1 R/A-13/Z1 R/A-14/Z1 R/A-15/Z1 R/A-16/Z1
A-9/
Z1

Name Value Unit

C/B-1
C

R R R R R R R D R R R R R R R
R/B-2/Z2 R/B-3/Z2 R/B-4/Z2 R/B-5/Z2 R/B-6/Z2 R/B-7/Z2 R/B-8/Z2 D/
B-9/
Z2
R/B-10/Z2 R/B-11/Z2 R/B-12/Z2 R/B-13/Z2 R/B-14/Z2 R/B-15/Z2 R/B-16/Z2
IT load 175 kW
Input voltage 400 V
R
R/C-2/Z3
R
R/C-3/Z3
R
R/C-4/Z3
R
R/C-5/Z3
R
R/C-6/Z3
R
R/C-7/Z3
R
R/C-8/Z3
D
D/
C-9/
R
R/C-10/Z3
R
R/C-11/Z3
R
R/C-12/Z3
R
R/C-13/Z3
R
R/C-14/Z3
R
R/C-15/Z3
R
R/C-16/Z3
Supply voltage to IT 230 V
Z3

Average density 2.8 kW/rack

C/D-1
C

R
R/D-2/Z4
R
R/D-3/Z4
R
R/D-4/Z4
R
R/D-5/Z4
R
R/D-6/Z4
R
R/D-7/Z4
R
R/D-8/Z4
D
D/
D-9/
R
R/D-10/Z4
R
R/D-11/Z4
R
R/D-12/Z4
R
R/D-13/Z4
R
R/D-14/Z4
R
R/D-15/Z4
R
R/D-16/Z4
Number of racks 62 racks
Z4

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IT floor space 158 m © 2013 Schneider Electric. All rights reserved.

R R R R R R Single or dual cord Single

C/E-1
C

R/F-7/Z5 R/F-6/Z5 R/F-5/Z5 R/F-4/Z5 R/F-3/Z5 R/F-2/Z5

Heat rejection medium Chilled water

CRAC/CRAH type Room-based CRAH
CRAC/CRAH redundancy N+1

Containment type None

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Design Attributes
OVERVIEW Value Unit
Target availability Tier 2 Tier
Annualized PUE at 100% load 1.63 / 1.62 / 1.78
Data center IT capacity 175 kW
2
IT & facility floor space 319 m
Average density 2.8 kW/rack
FACILITY POWER Value Unit
Total amps (main bus) 1600 A
Input voltage (main bus) 400 V
Switchboard kAIC 65 kA
Power path Single
Generator redundancy N
IT space UPS capacity 225 kW
IT space UPS redundancy N+1
IT space UPS runtime @ rated load 6 minutes
IT space UPS output voltage 400 V
Facility cooling UPS capacity 9 kW
Facility cooling UPS redundancy N
Facility cooling UPS runtime @ rated load 9 minutes
FACILITY COOLING Value Unit
Total cooling capacity 245 kW
Input voltage 400 V
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
Mechanical redundancy N+1
Outdoor heat exchange Air-cooled, packaged chiller
Coolant supply temperature 16 C
Coolant return temperature 22 C
3
Storage tank size 1 m
Ride-through time 2 minutes
Economizer type Water-side
IT SPACE Value Unit
IT load 175 kW
Input voltage 400 V
Supply voltage to IT 230 V © 2013 Schneider Electric. All rights reserved.

Average density 2.8 kW/rack

Number of racks 62 racks
2
IT floor space 158 m
Single or dual cord Single
Heat rejection medium Chilled water
CRAC/CRAH type Room-based CRAH
CRAC/CRAH redundancy N+1
Containment type None

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Data center infrastructure management (DCIM)

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