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Expansion of Existing Data Centres

Our experienced project team can undertake and manage the entire process and will make the expansion of your data centre smooth and stress free. Working as a team with the client we discuss and fully understand their expectations, which will determine the correct approach to the expansion plans and will limit any risk to your live IT services.
We believe the key to success is communication with you, the client. With our expertise in data centers and other complex technical environments you can be confident that the impact on day to day operational activities will be minimal.
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What Is Expansion of a Data Centre?

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With more data distribution and greater demand for IT consumerisation, organisations now need more hardware, resources and data center bandwidth. Furthermore, the impact of the cloud is shaping the design of modern data centers.

Today’s data center is a critical asset for virtually any company business — and the need to house and maintain an ever-increasing amount of capacity for digital assets is growing exponentially. With impacts around cloud technology, virtualisation, and the growth around data – the industry are asking some big questions around the capacity of their existing systems infrastructure. When an organisation is faced with the need to expand or modernise their data center, they must choose to either build a new facility, retrofitting existing data center space or find a business partner for colocation.
As with everything, a major consideration is cost and a strong case must be made choosing the right service enterprise provider which can lower total cost of ownership, including moving capital expense to operating expense.

Infrastructure Resilience

Enhance Reliability & Capacity

Improvements to Cooling Systems

Cost-Effecient

Important Considerations

As data center providers look ahead to modernize or expand their current data center capacity or build out their existing buildings, determining future technology trends and needs can be difficult. A significant company capital investment today has repercussions that last for years. With this in mind address the needs when it comes to understanding mission critical data center expansions or construction for the site development.
  • Challenge. The demand on a data center is expanding constantly, while IT organizations face limited budgets and space, business growth and ever-changing technology requirements to expand
  • What’s at Stake. To modernize and meet demands, IT must make one of three choices: build a new facility in an existing or new location buildings, retrofit existing space, or contract with a trusted service provider.
  • The Solution. Companies within IT and business must come together to determine the data centers future growth capacity and evaluate the total cost of ownership that comes with each choice.

Why Build or Buy?

As you examine your own business requirements, it’s very important to understand what’s actually causing data center growth.
  • Outgrowing current operations capacity
  • Outdated equipment
  • Global expansion
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Spinoff enterprises
  • The move to Big Data and Analytics
  • Disaster recovery
  • Security
  • Market trends — Enabling mobility and Internet of Things (IoT)

How it works

Built for you

Refreshing or upgrading an existing data centre can be a cost-efficient way of improving the overall reliability and capacity of an existing site. Improvements to cooling and electrical infrastructure can increase availability, substantially improve efficiencies, and should your existing data centre be at risk of failure it is the ideal time to install resilience into the infrastructure.
Expansion of your existing facility often takes place while the data centre is still operational and, in many cases, hindered by the infrastructure already in place.
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WHAT TO KNOW

What to Consider when Building A Data Centre

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

PUE is an important measurement of energy efficiency in Data Centres, providing the metrics needed to make informed green efficiency changes in Data Centre infrastructure. With the cost of power rising, an efficient Data Centre Design not only delivers cost benefits to your organisation but is considerably less damaging to the environment.

Many low capital cost approaches in energy efficiency with often just small changes can save businesses thousands of pounds a year. PUE efficiency compares the total power energy used by a facility with how much is used by the IT components. The closer the figure is to 1.0, the more efficiently the facility is operating.
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Planned Preventative Maintenance

To ensure all equipment is in working order and will perform as designed in both normal operating conditions and an emergency, regular maintenance inspections must be planned and completed according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. The service inspections provide the end user with the confidence that their Data Centre is operating at its best.
We provide a range of UPS, generator, air conditioning, and fire suppression maintenance services, ranging from simple repair to 24/7 support contracts with guaranteed response times.
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Remote monitoring

An early warning alert can prevent a situation from reaching a critical point of no return. Our support team offers customer UPS monitoring that detects any changes or errors in your system. Our automated management system monitors the environment and identifies even minor problems, sending alerts immediately and informing relevant personnel. Many monitoring systems can be remotely monitored via global operations architecture, via the cloud.
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How to build a Data Centre for your business?

Whether traditional, containerised or modular our energy-efficient scalable approach to any challenge is developed to align with the overall strategy of each business client, ensuring we optimise every data centre design and future fit-out at every stage.

With an in-house data centre design and build team of engineers, we fully support our customer-preferred architecture solution, working closely with you to ensure your data centres are running seamlessly and meeting your requirements. Utilising the latest efficient data centre cooling systems and infrastructure industry standards, we ensure no disruption to mission-critical services or business continuity operations, giving you peace of mind when working with Secure IT Environments.

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Design And Build

From initial concept through to handover, we deliver turnkey data centre solutions tailored to your needs.

Maintenance

Our expert teams provide ongoing maintenance to ensure your data centre remains secure, efficient, and fully operational.

Modular Data Centres

Fast, flexible, and scalable — modular builds help you adapt to changing business demands with minimal disruption.

Containerised Solutions

Self-contained, portable data centres built for rapid deployment and optimal performance in any environment.

Upgrades and Refurbishments

We help modernise existing infrastructure, improving performance, security, and energy efficiency.

Secure Environments for Critical Infrastructure

Specialist design and implementation for high-security, mission-critical environments across government and commercial sectors.

FAQ

Answers to the Most
Common Questions

A data centre design and build service provides end-to-end solutions for creating a data centre. This includes planning, designing the infrastructure, and actual construction, ensuring an efficient and functional facility.
There are three key areas to consider when planning to build a new data centre to ensure the project meets the needs of the organisation it’s designed to serve: existing facilities, the organisation’s business needs, and the data centre technology environment. Having answers to specific questions in these three areas will put your organisation in a position to make the best choice for design, build, installation, and start-up of your new data centre.
Key to understanding how to plan and build a new data centre is knowing the details of your existing data centre setup and capacity, whether that is your own facility, a colocation provider, or a cloud service.
Getting a clear picture of what already exists helps determine if building a new data centre is indeed the right option. In this digital age It’s possible that colocation, outsourcing, or a cloud or hybrid model could best meet your organisation’s data centre needs.
As part of this evaluation process, it’s also critical to understand the goals of the business, and how the data centre meets the needs of the company. A key part of this is understanding the scale of IT in the organisation, as well as how the data centre and its operations align with the business. That requires looking closely at how much data the business deals with, how it is gathered, stored, and accessed, what contact uses the data and how, and the relevant industry standards the data centre must comply with.
After getting a good sense of organisational goals and how the existing facilities are serving the business, and could you scale this down. it’s also critical to understand the company’s technology and data center physical environments.
Data centre projects are complex undertakings. When it’s done right, a brand new data center will support your business objectives and meet current and anticipated future needs. The way to set up your organisation for success with this project is to understand existing data centre facilities, know the business needs of the organisation, and have knowledge of the necessary data centre and technology environment.
Buildings used as storage facilities are most often located in the suburbs, areas with uninterrupted power supply. The centres are built in a fenced area that is protected from unauthorised intrusion. Data centres are located in one- or two-storey buildings, in buildings using modular construction techniques or containerised units. They can also be built internal or external of a main building
The data center houses switching routing and storage hardware. The function of that hardware depends on the type of data center. There is also generally a large amount of power and cooling equipment as well as admin space. Some data centers are for access from a customer to a business’s serve
Sometimes they can be found in the city centres, refurbishing industrial buildings, storage facilities, and hangars. Buildings must meet strict requirements, must be selected based on the load-bearing capacity of walls and floors, and the materials used for construction.
To ensure an uninterrupted power supply, two mains from different substations, battery packs and emergency diesel generators are normally used. Switching to the emergency power supply is performed in milliseconds, so the risk of losing company data is minimised.
The timeframe can vary based on the size, complexity, and specific requirements of the project. Generally, smaller data centres might take a few months, while larger or more complex projects can extend to over a year.
Several factors are considered, including the client’s capacity needs, scalability, redundancy, cooling and ventilation systems, energy efficiency, and security measures. The geographical location and potential natural disaster risks are also evaluated.
We adopt the latest technologies and best practices, such as using energy-efficient hardware, advanced cooling systems, and renewable energy sources when possible. Regular energy audits also help in maintaining efficiency.
Absolutely. Our designs often incorporate modular elements that allow for easy expansion, ensuring the facility can evolve with growing data needs.

Costs can vary widely based on the size, location, technologies used, and other factors. We recommend reaching out with specific project details for a tailored estimate.

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What Our Clients Say

Opus Trust Communications

We would like to thank Secure I.T. Environments for delivering during a challenging time, as well as in a short turnaround. We are very pleased with the results

Hayden Savage, – CEO

EPUT

Our migration went smoothly and we went live in the new location as planned on the Monday morning. Thanks to the careful planning of Trust IT projects and estates teams, working in close partnership with Secure I.T. Environments, we were able to plan for the challenges of working on a tight timeline.

Jannette Leonard, Director of IT

Opus Trust Communications

We would like to thank Secure I.T. Environments for delivering during a challenging time, as well as in a short turnaround. We are very pleased with the results

Hayden Savage, – CEO

EPUT

Our migration went smoothly and we went live in the new location as planned on the Monday morning. Thanks to the careful planning of Trust IT projects and estates teams, working in close partnership with Secure I.T. Environments, we were able to plan for the challenges of working on a tight timeline.

Jannette Leonard, Director of IT

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