High Availability by Design
Data Center Design-Build Services
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Advanced Facilities, Inc. is an innovative provider for the planning, design, engineering and construction of small to medium sized data centers and other business-critical facilities.
Advanced Facilities is a licensed general contractor, electrical contractor and mechanical contractor in multiple states and locales.
Process:
Initial Consulting:
Discovery – Reconciling the business objectives with the availability and capacity goals.
Audit – Detailed site review of the existing data center and supporting environment (if applicable).
Recommendation – Define and articulate the path required to take the existing infrastructure from what was discovered during the Audit Phase to meet company goals defined in the Discovery Phase.
Conceptual, Planning & Design
At the beginning are business requirements to be identified which will provide the framework for the design concept to meet the budgeting and business needs. This includes the complete analysis of existing facilities and capabilities and compare and contrast these against the new availability and capacity requirements. With this information a detailed design is created, budgeted and a timeline created.
Details include:
- Availability requirements
- Growth plans
- Electrical requirements
- UPS and distribution strategy
- Precision Air Conditioning capacity and distribution strategy
- Facility security, monitoring and management
- Primary and ancillary space requirements
- Room Layout and IT rack requirements
Design Execution – data center construction and commissioning
Advanced Facilities provides full construction contracting service including on-site project management and commissioning. Detailed documentation is provided to ensure continuity and integrity.
