The following are suggestions of how risk can be minimised whilst maximising impact and implementing sustainable construction:.
Increased non-water-based cooling demands with an associated increase in power consumption is further driving most site acquisition conversations to focus on power, and lead time to power availability..The simplicity of the single-story campus also remains a key challenge for Europe, and, even in the US, this development strategy is being challenged.
Multi-story building geometries with associated distribution complexities and more space for plant are having to be envisioned, carrying with them potential impact on CapEx and OpEx envelopes, as well as embodied carbon and carbon in use.Along with this, speed to market remains high on the agenda and, by default, pre-construction timescales are increasingly coming under pressure..The dream for design standardisation remains alive but is being challenged by rapidly changing technology and service demands.
The development of localisation and local code compliance for standardised design is a key USP but a balance must be struck between standardisation, localisation, and the ability to pivot towards rapidly evolving technology and tenant demands.. What are the problems that need to be solved?.The programme for delivering a new data centre is three to five years.
Within this period a great deal of the time is taken in permitting processes and getting power to the site..
Different countries and regions have different regulations and bureaucracies.A few years ago, we had only very basic computer modelling to help us understand what to expect from a building’s energy performance.
These days, additional layers of data are being added in, so that our design decisions are really being driven by data now.This enables us to make better, sustainable design choices, and to improve a building’s performance right from the start.
We look at issues such as the material choice for a building’s facade and structure, as well as energy performance and thermal comfort.These are evaluated with respect to the passing of time.