Vendor-independent sourcing and integration of data center equipment

Power, cooling, rack, structured cabling, physical security and fire detection equipment — from the medium-voltage incoming supply to rack-level power distribution, and from precision cooling to aspirating smoke detection. The selection is always project-specific: the equipment list is determined by the result of the sizing, not by a pre-packaged range.

It means we are not committed to a single manufacturer's portfolio, so the decision is driven by technical fit and total cost of ownership. In practice we usually recommend one manufacturer within a subsystem, because of monitoring integration and spare parts supply, while choosing freely between subsystems.

The starting point is actual and planned IT load in kilowatts, plus the redundancy target (N+1 or 2N) and the required autonomy time. We size the cooling for the same load, taking rack density and the available heat rejection into account. The two sides have to be calculated together — optimized separately, the result is typically an oversized UPS and undersized cooling.

It varies a great deal by item and by manufacturer: stock items within days, while larger UPS units, gensets and chillers typically arrive on a lead time of several months. That is exactly why procurement has to start during the design phase of the project — the lead time of the critical item sets the schedule, not the length of construction. For a specific project we state current lead times in the quote.

Alongside the manufacturer's base warranty, extended warranty and SLA-based service can also be contracted, with a committed response time. For critical equipment — UPS, genset, precision cooling — regular maintenance and measurement-based condition assessment also tend to be a condition of the warranty.

Within a subsystem, usually yes; between subsystems, usually no. One manufacturer is rarely the best in every area, but the elements of one system are simpler to integrate and service within a single family. The question is not one brand or several, but where you draw the line.

Beyond the price of the equipment, typically delivery and getting it to site, installation and commissioning, integration with the existing system, commissioning documentation, and the warranty and support level chosen. On larger systems, commissioning measurements and handover documentation are separate line items as well.

Tell us the planned IT load in kilowatts, the availability target, the space and incoming supply available, and whether this is an expansion of an existing system or a new build. If some of that is still open, that's fine — sizing is part of our work. One of our engineers will then go through the details with you.