Expert Group on Resource Management of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2021).
However, the expansion of fibre networks and reduced latency criticality associated with AI, has shifted the focus to power availability.Increased non-water-based cooling demands with an associated increase in power consumption is further driving most site acquisition conversations to focus on power, and lead time to power availability..
The simplicity of the single-story campus also remains a key challenge for Europe, and, even in the US, this development strategy is being challenged.Multi-story building geometries with associated distribution complexities and more space for plant are having to be envisioned, carrying with them potential impact on CapEx and OpEx envelopes, as well as embodied carbon and carbon in use.Along with this, speed to market remains high on the agenda and, by default, pre-construction timescales are increasingly coming under pressure..
The dream for design standardisation remains alive but is being challenged by rapidly changing technology and service demands.The development of localisation and local code compliance for standardised design is a key USP but a balance must be struck between standardisation, localisation, and the ability to pivot towards rapidly evolving technology and tenant demands.. What are the problems that need to be solved?.
The programme for delivering a new data centre is three to five years.
Within this period a great deal of the time is taken in permitting processes and getting power to the site..This American rating system, launched in 2013 and now in the UK, challenges the built environment from a wellness perspective, while the UK’s earlier environmental assessment method, BREEAM, also places some attention on things like thermal comfort and air volumes.
In the case of designing for COVID, the most obvious starting point is to look at the airflow of a building — how it might move through an office floor plate, for example.Here, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) offers us a way to address the challenge using a process based on mathematical modelling..
Passive design measures also form a key part of a sustainable design strategy.We must consider elements such as building orientation, the optimisation of facades to balance seasonal heat loss and gain, enhancing daylight and using natural or mixed-mode ventilation.
(Editor: Elegant Infrared Sensors)