Design Services

Design work I can undertake for you is:

  • Site selection – sourcing, short listing and analysis of suitable sites to build data centres.
  • Design management – Management of data centre design and construction projects.
  • Design reviews – Analysis of new or existing data centre designs to ensure they are to the client’s specification.

Projects

Some of the projects I have undertaken areā€¦

Data centre operator – Site selection – 12 African countries

Project typeSite Selection for more than 20 sites across 12 African countries
Project descriptionWorking with the operator, I procured and managed design teams to undertake a site selection process for the data centre operator
My roleProject Director of the design team
Key outcomesShort list of more than 10 sites, 3 have reached financial close.

Data centre operator – Colocation new build – Johannesburg, South Africa

Project typeNew build
On existing campus, including headquarter and customer office
Project description4 x 1,500m2 data halls (2 x colocation, 2 x hyperscale)
Day 1 IT capacity 8MW
Final day IT capacity of 12MW
My roleProject Director of the design team
Key outcomesData centre operator’s first build >10MW, this became their standard design

South African bank – Data centre expansion – Johannesburg, South Africa

Project typeRefurbishment and expansion
of the Bank’s production site.
Project description2 x 1,200m2 data halls
Day 1 IT capacity of 4MW
Final day IT capacity of 6MW
My roleProject director of the design team
Key outcomesTier IV design on a constrained site

Hyperscaler- New build – Cape Town, South Africa

Project typeNew build
Greenfield site
Day 1 of this hyperscale campus
Project description1 x 1,100m2 data halls
Day 1 IT capacity 7.5MW
Final day IT capacity of +20MW
My roleProject Director of the design team
Key outcomesWorking with the main contractor as their MEP engineer to guide the development of their construction deliverables, interface with the client and develop their commissioning process and strategy

Data centre operator – Modular new build – Mombasa, Kenya

Project typeNew build
Fitout of new data hall in existing data centre
Project descriptionDay 1 – 300m2 of data halls
Final day – IT capacity of .5MW
My roleProject Director of the design team
Key outcomesDue diligence on the site
Design review of the suppliers solution
Supervision of the installation
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