Data Center Power Systems

Description

Data centres are the factories of the digital age, creating value by processing, storing, and distributing digitized information whilst protecting business reputation, revenues, and profits. The ICT load is highly sensitive to voltage fluctuations and requires power system planning for varying degrees of Concurrent Maintainability and, further, Fault-Tolerance, to suit the wide range of business models that data centres enable.

This practical design handbook covers the constituent elements of data centre power systems, from the ICT load power quality demands through UPS, energy storage, emergency power generation, utility requirements, power distribution, electrical protection, and safety. Based on the wide variety of business models that create data centre deployments, the requirements for varying levels of Intermittent or Continuous ICT service, organized outages or Concurrent Maintainability and Fault Tolerance are covered in depth.