Data Centre Developers
Structural engineering for data centre developers: repeatable building types, load reserves for future rack densities and design against a fixed date.
Data centres are built against a date, and rarely only once.
What you need from us
- One properly analysed building type that repeats at the next site
- Floors and foundations with documented load reserves
- Design in step with a programme that is set by the grid connection
- Extension and densification with the facility live
How we work
On a rollout the work pays off at the type, not at the individual project. We analyse the base module once and properly – grid, slab depth, foundation options by ground condition – and adapt it site by site. From the second site on, that is faster and cheaper than starting again.
Declare the load reserves, do not hide them
Rack densities rise faster than buildings age. We design with reserve and write down how much sits where, so a later densification is a calculation rather than an investigation.
Dates
The grid connection sets the date and it does not move. We deliver in phases and say early which decision has to be made when for the date to hold – see data centres.