Data Centre Life Cycle

• Data centre lifecycle stages and phases

• Exercise: Stage/Phase/Milestone/Document mapping

Design Preparation

• Creation of a SON – Statement Of Need

• Technology review

• Conceptual sizing

• How to calculate for computer room space

• How to calculate facility space

• How to calculate incoming power

• Exercise: Conceptual sizing building and power
   

• Analysing capacity of existing facility

• Analysing investment options

• Site selection

• Permits and approvals

• Exercise: Site selection
   

• Conceptual design

• Budget and project timeline

• Business case preparation

• Project delivery structure

• Project management options

• Project manager and team

Design Planning

• OSRA – Operational Systems Requirement Analysis

• TFRA – Technical Facilities Requirement Analysis

• Operations and maintenance review

• RFP – Request For Proposal process

• Vendor selection

Design Development

• Project planning

• Design development

• PDR – Preliminary Design Review

• Equipment selection

• FDR/V – Final Design Review/Validation

• Exercise: Full design validation of power, cooling, floor plans, fire suppression

• Design freeze and LLTI

• Creation of construction documents

• BOM/BOQ – Bill Of Material/Bill Of Quantity

• Exercise: Equipment selection

Acquire

• Requirements of purchase orders

• Shipping terms

• FWT/FAT – Factory Witness Test/Factory Acceptance Test

• Sequencing

• Incoming goods inspection and handling

• Asset management

Construct

• Temporary essential services

• Erection of the building

• Permanent essential services

• Building inspection

• Snag list

• COF – Certificate Of Fitness

Fit-Out

• Fit-Out

• Builders cleaning

• As-Built Drawings

Test & Commissioning

• IET – Individual Equipment Test

• IPVT/IST – Integrated Performance Verification Test/Integrated Systems Test

• Common mistakes with IET/IPVT

• Deep cleaning

• Exercise: IET/IPVT scripting

Hand-Over

• Facility hand-over requirements and documents

• PCC – Practical Completion Certificate

• DLP – Defect Liability Period

• Defect Management

• ICT Systems Installation

• ICT Systems Testing

• Hand-Over/DLP Expiry

• FCC – Final Completion Certificate

Retirement

• Reasons and definitions of retirement

• Building the business case and project plan

• Sequencing

• Transfer of site

• Demolishing of site

• Legal matters

• FCC – Final Completion Certificate