It is widely recognised that “professional” fees associated with building projects are typically in the region of 20% of the total project bill. When Data Centres are involved then these fees may increase considerably due to associated project complexities.

When businesses require Data Centre Construction traditionally the facilities team will engage a Consultancy practice to undertake data centre design works. Very often the consultants do not have the appropriate expertise or knowledge required to design contemporary energy efficient date centres. Even worse the data centre or server room may form part of a larger development and all to often it is treated no differently than the general office space with no dedicated mechanical or electrical services.

Over the last decade a new bread of specialist “Data Centre Design and Build” company’s have evolved delivering an economically and technically superior alternative to the “traditional” approach. Specialist Data Centre Design and Build companies deliver significant advantage to clients, offering a range of expertise and knowledge required to ensure the Data Centre design is suitably engineered to effectively support the clients critical I.T equipment during its life.

Eliminating costs associated with traditional Professional Consulting practices, Data Centre Design and Build company’s provide a combined Data Centre Design and Data Construction service. This approach helps improve project timelines and invariably reduces over all project costs. One of the most important benefits of the Design and Build approach is that the Data Centre will be purposely built to meet the I.T loads and will be compliant with “best Practice” data centre design principles reducing ongoing energy costs and CO² emissions throughout its life.

Workspace Technology provides expert energy efficient data centre, server and communications room solutions and services for corporate and public sector clients across the UK. For further information please contact the Sales and Technical Manager Roy Griffiths at roy.griffiths@workspace-technology.com 0121 354 4894.