IT services and data centers
North of London, England
Track Busway, 250 amp, with integrated metering
3.2 MW facility
Fujitsu is among the largest information and communication technology providers in the world, employing over 9,000 people in the UK and Ireland and running several data centers there.
Customer demand required an extension to a 3.2 MW data center, and the space available was a parking lot that had to become operational in months. The existing facility distributed power through traditional cabling under a raised floor. Fujitsu typically supplies two 32 amp feeds per cabinet, and when a customer needs something beyond that, the job means running cable between cabinets and PDUs.
Starline’s 250 amp Track Busway as the overhead distribution, with metering integrated into the tap-off units. Fujitsu specified the ability to use either wired or wireless meters.
Head of Data Centre Development Simon Levey described having tap-offs on site and being able to plug them in and have additional circuits running for customers within minutes. His advice to others specifying it: label carefully, get the bus bar orientation right, and know your tap box requirements as early as possible.
Tell us what your building has to do and we will tell you whether busway is the right answer for it.
