Data Center Physical Characteristics
MIT's building W91 was renovated in 1983 to provide a new data center facility.
IS&T made significant changes to the floor plan in 2006 and plans are underway to upgrade the physical infrastructure in 2007.
Footprint: 6,500 square feet
Electrical: One 225 KVA Mitsubishi UPS feeding two 150 KVA transformers to power panels in the Data Center. These transformers were upgraded from 112KVA in April 2006.
In January 2007 there will be an additional 300 KVA power to the Data Center for Collocation.
- Clean continuous uninterrupted power to critical loads.
- Backed up: redundant 150KVA battery strings, which are backed up by400KW diesel with a 300-gallon fuel tank.
Cooling: two 100-ton chiller towers with two matching 100-ton chillers. This provides an in-room, total of 160 tons of cooling; 80 tons in each room. Liebert units in use are 20 ton and 10 ton.
Compressors/heat exchangers: current cooling capacity is 200 tons.
Autocall: Alarm system detects smoke, heat and water problems.
Cabinet Specifications
- Height: 84 inches
- Width: 28 inches
- Depth: 36 inches
- 10" to 11" or 7 to 8 Us of space accommodate fiber, cable and patch panel management.
- Approximately 30 Us are available for equipment.
- Dual 20 AMP three phase circuits are pulled to each cabinet. (30 AMP power or other power requirements require consultation.)
