Disruptive Technologies
Growing emphasis on Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, AI and Analytics has increased digital transactions, making it more essential that data centers keep up with the pace of change.
The Growing Pressure on Data Centers
Data centers are dynamic and constantly evolving. In order to keep up with industry trends, data centers should be updated and optimised for resiliency and efficiency.
Outdated data centers run the risk of:
• Downtime and business disruption
• Low efficiency and higher OPEX
• Unplanned CAPEX
• Inability to support business needs
• Cybersecurity risk, limited visibility into data center operations especially with remote management
Data center managers today face mounting pressure on critical infrastructure, such as:
Outdated data centers run the risk of:
• Downtime and business disruption
• Low efficiency and higher OPEX
• Unplanned CAPEX
• Inability to support business needs
• Cybersecurity risk, limited visibility into data center operations especially with remote management
Data center managers today face mounting pressure on critical infrastructure, such as:
Changing Business Needs
Data centers are now seen as front-end strategic assets that provide competitive advantage to the business rather than back-end cost centers.
Efficiency Drive
Businesses must drive performance improvement and energy reduction to remain sustainable, manage costs and reduce carbon footprints.
Regulatory Compliance
Ensure data centers comply with the latest regulatory standards and maintain the power usage effectiveness (PUE) recommended by authorities.
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Discovery Workshop
Key stakeholders discuss major topics and how critical infrastructure can support business objectives -
Assessment
Audit the current state of facilities and operations to provide a top-level, broad overview of the possible solutions -
Design Engineering
Dive deeper into the specific solutions proposed and how different aspects can cater to the unique goals of each business -
Master Planning
Strategic discussion on how the cost model works and how the solution is going to be optimised and automated from beginning to end -
Optimisation
Optimising from available resources and adopting new technology through either an overhaul or partial technological refresh
If you are looking at plans to revamp or optimise the current state of your data center, we provide expert advisory on questions such as:
• How is my data center performing against industry standards and best practices?
• What are my available options given the existing conditions?
• What kind of project management deployment that I need to use with this new technology that I’m exploring?
• How do I maintain operations and continuously improve performance?
• How is my data center performing against industry standards and best practices?
• What are my available options given the existing conditions?
• What kind of project management deployment that I need to use with this new technology that I’m exploring?
• How do I maintain operations and continuously improve performance?
Our DCLS Suite of Services
Oftentimes, customers don’t have a true understanding of their data centers’ health and conditions after years of operations – and this is frustrating when critical events are needed to be performed swiftly such as root-cause analysis, upgrade, retrofit, etc. Hence, Schneider Electric came up with different solutions of Assessment for various needs and conditions.
Walk-through Audit
This one-day activity comprising a workshop and walkthrough by our experts provides a quick baselining of your Server Room or Data Center against industrial best practices. This audit will pinpoint areas to focus on in the next course of action.
Detailed On-Site Assessment
The most well sought-after assessment with deep-dive analysis and examinations on power, cooling infrastructure, architecture, capacity, and energy usage. Achieve higher resiliency, efficiency, and other customer-defined goals (e.g. gap analysis, feasibility study, etc) with our proprietary analytical tools and standardized framework.
Remote Assessment
Capture valuable data points with DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) software. With Remote Assessment, we analyse raw data to drive meaningful insights on trends, possible issues, associations and correlations, and provide recommendations for better efficiency and resiliency. Performed in a regular framework without any physical visit to the site.
Our DCLS Success Stories
Wondering how Schneider Electric’s Data Center Lifecycle Services can support your data centre’s needs for higher resiliency and efficiency whilst adopting transformational journey? Find out how we have successfully helped our customers with their special cases and requirements.
Feasibility Study and Improved Resiliency
Customer Challenge
Our client from a research and development lab faced multiple problems, ranging from:
• Multiple Hot Spots
• Harmonics Issues
• Transformer reaching maximum capacity limit
• Landlord Power Reliability & Limitation
• Steps to retrofit the Data Center for expansion
Assessment Scope/Solution
To solve these issues, our Data Center Specialists implemented the following solutions:
• Power Quality Analysis
• Air-flow Distribution Best Practices
• Energy Efficiency Assessment
• Feasibility study for Data Center expansion
Customer Benefits
Through our DCLS suite of services, our client walked away with:
• Full understanding of Harmonics Causes and detailed options for solutions
• Breakdown of Critical Infrastructure Power consumption
• Detailed Block Diagram of electrical distribution
• CRAC Units redundancy & Airflow Characteristics
• Detailed framework on the expansion plan
Our client from a research and development lab faced multiple problems, ranging from:
• Multiple Hot Spots
• Harmonics Issues
• Transformer reaching maximum capacity limit
• Landlord Power Reliability & Limitation
• Steps to retrofit the Data Center for expansion
Assessment Scope/Solution
To solve these issues, our Data Center Specialists implemented the following solutions:
• Power Quality Analysis
• Air-flow Distribution Best Practices
• Energy Efficiency Assessment
• Feasibility study for Data Center expansion
Customer Benefits
Through our DCLS suite of services, our client walked away with:
• Full understanding of Harmonics Causes and detailed options for solutions
• Breakdown of Critical Infrastructure Power consumption
• Detailed Block Diagram of electrical distribution
• CRAC Units redundancy & Airflow Characteristics
• Detailed framework on the expansion plan
Improved Resiliency and Elimination of a Single Point Of Failure
Customer Challenge
Our client from a major telco provider faced problems such as:
• Overdue modernisation of obsolete equipment in a >15-year old site
• The need to increase data center capacity, reliability and power efficiency to be the leading provider in the industry
• To have a defined plan with zero downtime during the transformation project execution
Assessment Scope/Solution
To solve these issues, our Data Center Specialists implemented the following solutions:
• Combination of Data Center Assessment and MPS (Modernization, Performance & Safety)
• Well-defined methodology to manage the risk of downtime
• Design, costing and planning of the transformation plan
Customer Benefits
Through our DCLS suite of services, our client walked away with:
• Trusted Single Point of Contact (SE) for the transformation project
• A comprehensive solution design for customer’s site to be innovative, competitive, pacesetting, efficient, environmentally sustainable, secure, resilient, customer-centric and digitally-enabled Data Center.
Our client from a major telco provider faced problems such as:
• Overdue modernisation of obsolete equipment in a >15-year old site
• The need to increase data center capacity, reliability and power efficiency to be the leading provider in the industry
• To have a defined plan with zero downtime during the transformation project execution
Assessment Scope/Solution
To solve these issues, our Data Center Specialists implemented the following solutions:
• Combination of Data Center Assessment and MPS (Modernization, Performance & Safety)
• Well-defined methodology to manage the risk of downtime
• Design, costing and planning of the transformation plan
Customer Benefits
Through our DCLS suite of services, our client walked away with:
• Trusted Single Point of Contact (SE) for the transformation project
• A comprehensive solution design for customer’s site to be innovative, competitive, pacesetting, efficient, environmentally sustainable, secure, resilient, customer-centric and digitally-enabled Data Center.
Get a Free Data Center Audit and Sample Report
Enjoy a free walkthrough by our experts, who will provide a quick baselining of your Server Room or Data Center against industrial best practices.
Sample report includes:
• Preliminary investigations report on potential risks and efficiency deficiency
• Expert assessment on performance ratings of the data center infrastructure systems (power, cooling, airflow, layouts) against best practices*
• Recommendations to resiliency and efficiency improvement
Sample report includes:
• Preliminary investigations report on potential risks and efficiency deficiency
• Expert assessment on performance ratings of the data center infrastructure systems (power, cooling, airflow, layouts) against best practices*
• Recommendations to resiliency and efficiency improvement
*Terms and conditions apply
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Data Centers need to be in top condition at all times and most importantly, predictable on various fronts (reliability and efficiency). There are few factors hindering us from achieving that. One of it is Design vs Actual Operation, where the actual Data Center being operated will always deviate from its design-intent. Over time, there will be site issues which built up and result in chronic problems going undetected. As time goes, equipment performance will degrade in capacity and reliability.
Hence, we’ll want to know the true health of the Data Center’s current condition, the extent of how the equipment could support the current and future loads and whether it will still support the IT blueprint and business requirements. -
Our assessment is brand-agnostic and measurements are performed around the devices. We’ll need customers to download the data of the devices and DCIM/BMS (if required) for data log and alarm reports for further analysis. Other measurements shall be on the white space environment. Hence, regardless of the make and architecture, assessment could always be performed with impartial scrutiny.
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