Datacenter Infrastructure Deployment — Federal Public Sector Agency
Greenfield 200 kW Tier III-ready data center for a federal public sector agency — civil works, 2N power, N+1 cooling, structured cabling, spine-leaf fabric and DCIM under a single delivery accountability.
Challenge
- Existing server room had outgrown its power and cooling envelope with new e-government workloads coming online.
- Federal procurement constraints required PPRA-compliant tender documentation, technical compliance matrices and EPC-style single accountability.
- Tier III-ready design with concurrent maintainability for power and cooling paths — but on a phased capex schedule across two fiscal years.
- Site civil readiness, fire suppression, biometric access and 24×7 monitoring all required in the same scope.
Solution
- 200 kW IT-load Tier III-ready design with 2N power topology and N+1 in-row cooling.
- Schneider APC Galaxy VX 250 kVA UPS chains (2N) with isolation transformer, STS, generator interlock and rPDU branch-circuit metering.
- Schneider InRow RC precision cooling with hot-aisle / cold-aisle containment for the IT racks.
- NetShelter SX 42U racks with structured cabling backbone (OM4 / Cat6A), labeling and as-built documentation.
- Cisco Nexus 9300 spine-leaf fabric and Catalyst 9500 / 9300 distribution / access.
- Aspirating VESDA early detection + FM-200 clean-agent fire suppression; biometric access; CCTV with 90-day retention.
- Schneider EcoStruxure IT DCIM for capacity planning, environmental sensors and change-workflow management.
Hardware used
- Schneider APC Galaxy VX 250 kVA × 4 (2N)
- Schneider InRow RC 50 kW × 8 (N+1)
- NetShelter SX 42U racks × 24 (with airflow management + rPDU)
- Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 spine × 2
- Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 leaf × 4
- Cisco Catalyst 9500-32C × 2 (distribution / core)
- Schneider EcoStruxure IT (Asset Advisor + IT Advisor)
- VESDA aspirating smoke detection + FM-200 clean-agent suppression
Business outcome
Tier III-ready 200 kW DC delivered on schedule, within the agreed phased capex envelope.
Concurrent maintainability achieved across power and cooling paths — validated with documented maintenance drills.
PPRA-compliant documentation pack handed over with technical compliance matrices and full as-built drawings.
EcoStruxure IT in production from day-1 with capacity, environmental and change workflows live.
Five-year on-site SLA for the active infrastructure registered against the customer entity.
Architecture summary
Tier III-ready 200 kW IT-load DC with 2N Galaxy VX UPS chains, N+1 InRow RC cooling, hot/cold-aisle containment, Cisco Nexus 9300 spine-leaf fabric with multi-VRF for tenant isolation, Catalyst 9500 / 9300 for distribution and access, FM-200 clean-agent fire suppression, biometric and CCTV physical security, and EcoStruxure IT DCIM as the system of record.
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