On365

Datacentre Planning

Planning is the most critical element of any Data Centre or server room project and often involves the integration of many people including consultants, architects, engineers, health & safety, quantity surveyors and the client’s team.

In addition, the complexity of the new components, the existing infrastructure of any Data Centre or server room plus building and utility services must also be considered along with the demands of CDM regulations, local authorities, planning issues, waste management and building standards.

Planning mistakes can magnify and propagate through later deployment phases, resulting in delays, cost overruns, wasted time, and ultimately a compromised system.

on365’s proven approach to the design, planning and build of energy efficient Data Centres and server rooms delivers fully operational facilities ready for your critical IT servers and network with high levels of efficiency, resilience and performance ensuring business continuity and maximised uptime. We provide comprehensive space, layout, capacity and implementation planning and we ensure that fundamental physical build and location criteria are addressed as well as compliance with appropriate Building Regulations and Planning Approvals.

on365 remove much of the complexity from IT planning by adopting a “dataflow” philosophy. This incorporates dependencies and design strategy with an orderly sequence of tasks that progressively transform and refine information from initial concept to final design. Not only that but we ensure that system plans are communicated among the various business stakeholders within the organisation and that all those involved have the necessary information in order to make decisions.

on365 adopt this method at every stage of the planning phase and by implementing this philosophy on365 ensure workload is reduced, unnecessary expense is minimised, project schedules are accelerated and decision making simplified for all of our clients.

on365 provide comprehensive and detailed planning using MS Project Planner for the following key aspects of any Data Centre or server room build;

	Space		Layout
	Capacity		Implementation
	Physical build		Location

This is all delivered ensuring full compliance with appropriate regulations;

	CDM Regulations		Building Regulations & Standards
	Planning Approvals		Waste Management
	Health & Safety

Click here for more detailed information on the on365 Data Centre Planning Sequence.