Client Health Service Executive
Location Dublin, Ireland
Value Confidential
Strategic coordination ensured the safe integration of a data centre into a live hospital environment
About the project
The hospital’s existing central data centre was relocated to another area within the hospital site. This project formed part of the relocation of the various departments around the St James’s Hospital site to accommodate the new National Paediatric Hospital.
As this project was located in a live hospital environment, the design incorporates the requirements of all current statutory legislation, regulation and guidance as contained in the relevant HBN & HTM documents. The new central data centre arrangement (known as the ISS room and IPT room) consisted of 40No. data cabinets and contains all the hospital’s central storage and critical systems.
The infrastructure for the data centre is configured on an N+1 basis with parallel routes of supply from source and back up supplies from 4 no. 120 kVA UPS or other essential equipment. The system is configured to ensure no single point of failure exists for data centre equipment, UPS equipment or ancillaries or electrical supplies to cooling plant associated with the centre.
IN2 carried out a feasibility study about the most suitable cooling solution for the relocated data centre which includes WLC and whole life CO2 and energy analysis. IN2 proposed a combination of free cooling NC units and Computer Room Air Conditioning unit (CRAC). The CRAC units were designed to meet the entire cooling load generated from the equipment associated new data centre relocation (additional Comms racks, new UPS, lighting, etc.). The systems are monitored and alarmed via the existing SHJ BMS system.
The fire suppression system is an INERGEN fire suppression system. INERGEN is cleaner agent suitable for comms room’s applications as a direct Halon 1301 or carbon dioxide alternative.
