The construction of the data center (Internet Data Center, IDC) integrates multiple professional technologies such as architecture, structure, electrical, HVAC, water supply and drainage, fire protection, network, and intelligence. Next, let’s take a look at the steps involved in building a data center. Since the construction process is relatively complicated, we only focus on the most critical links, and focus on the construction of important physical infrastructure.

A well-planned data center can provide long-term and stable support for user business development

A data center is a building that provides an operating environment for centralized electronic information equipment. It can be one or several buildings, or a part of a building, including the main computer room, auxiliary area, support area and administrative management area. 

Scientific and reasonable planning and design is an important step in the construction of a data center. It needs to be considered from the site selection, area division, material selection, server classification and security of the data center. At the same time, the data center must be planned and designed based on the actual analysis of the actual business volume and operational data volume. Among them, the determination of the data center level is an important part of the planning and design work.

The grades of the data center are divided into A grade, B grade and C grade: A grade is fault-tolerant type - the accident does not affect the normal operation of the electronic information system; B grade is redundant type - equipment failure does not affect the normal operation of the electronic information system; Class C is the basic type - when the infrastructure is in normal operation, the operation of the electronic information system is not interrupted, and the time required for information storage is met before the power is cut off. When planning and designing a data center, users can determine the level of data center construction according to the nature and importance of their business.

There are a host of factors that need to be fully considered and analyzed prior to site selection

The siting of the data center plays a very important role as it directly affects the user's cost and total cost of ownership (TCO). Determining site selection is one of the key decisions in data center construction, and multiple levels of factors need to be considered for data center site selection.

Geographic location, power supply, communication, transportation and many other factors affect the location of the data center. All of these factors should be approached strategically, because an industry's focus may change every few years, and every few years, a switch or adoption of new technology is required.

At the same time, it is also very important to analyze the climatic conditions where the data center is located. This will help determine the most appropriate cooling measures, including water-cooled units, mechanical refrigeration air conditioning, free air cooling, indirect air cooling, adiabatic cooling, etc., which are all for the data center to achieve lower PUE goals.

Whether the infrastructure construction is perfect directly affects the quality of the data center operation

In the construction of data centers, the construction of infrastructure platforms is a very important link. A stable and efficient infrastructure platform can not only ensure the safe operation of the data center with high reliability, but also bring significant value in reducing energy consumption and post-operation and maintenance.

In infrastructure deployment, system applications such as power supply, cooling, and monitoring are the most critical construction content. In product selection, it is necessary to combine various factors on the basis of high reliability of the product to achieve the desired level. The goal that needs to be met.

First of all, product solutions must be able to be deployed quickly to avoid investing too much energy in construction. Secondly, high energy-saving performance is one of the important indicators to measure product solutions, and high-energy-saving products can greatly reduce operating costs. In addition, the product solution must also have flexible scalability, so as to meet the needs of business development on demand. In addition, the intelligent management function of the product solution is also very important, which can help the data center to run more reliably and simplify daily operation and maintenance.

It can be seen that in terms of these factors, in the selection process of infrastructure products for data center construction, it is undoubtedly necessary to focus on the products of first-class brand manufacturers with comprehensive advantages in technology, products, research and development, and services. The construction and operation of the data center lay a solid foundation.