This document outlines over 10 considerations for building a new data center, including availability requirements, power needs, location impacts, design and construction teams, life cycle costs, efficiency metrics, modular approaches, staffing needs, budgets, and regulatory compliance. It emphasizes carefully evaluating availability, growth plans, energy rates, location qualities, and selecting experienced design partners. It also notes the costs of high availability, green initiatives, and regulatory certifications must be considered in planning and budgeting.

1. Ten + Considerations When Building a New Data Center
Randy Ortiz
VP, Data Center Design & Engineering

2. Analysis is not paralysis when building a new data center
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3. Ten+ Considerations When Building a New Data Center
1. Availability required or commonly known as the Uptime
Institute’s Tier level.
• Typically the more available your site is the larger the expense
expense.
• Carefully evaluate availability needs to avoid over sizing and over
designing your data center.
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2. Anticipated day one loads and incremental growth
• Power profile of existing equipment
• Track IT equipment patterns
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4. Ten+ Considerations When Building a New Data Center
3. Location impacts
Close to headquarters
DR site?
Energy rates
Hardness of location (environmental
& physical)
Free cooling opportunities
Availability and reliability of power
Availability and reliability of network
carriers
4. Design & construction
consulting and vendor selection
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Selecting the correct team can
make or break your project!
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5. Ten+ Considerations When Building a New Data Center
5. Life cycle cost modeling
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Computing needs
• Facility needs
• Financial impacts
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6. Green evaluation to PUE
• There is a cost to being green
7. Modular approach (MEP)
• Sizing for what you need and
easy transition
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6. Ten+ Considerations When Building a New Data Center
8. Staffing Capabilities
(Facilities)
Do you have access to the
correct personnel to operate
you ac ty
your facility?
8. Budget Analysis
Alignment with corporate
expectations and goals
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10. Regulatory or outside
influences
Be sure to consider impact
to cost in becoming HIPAA,
SOC or other compliance
certifications
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7. Our Approach
• Internap’s process of evaluating cost & energy benefits for new data
centers includes all of the above and some not listed.
• Internap utilizes an Internap audit tool that generates a report
comparing the ROI of the overall cost against several factors including
the cost to being energy efficient.
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8. Our intelligent IT
Infrastructure solutions
can take your business
to a higher level.
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