Northern Sweden Data Centre

A single storey steel framed structure that houses crucial data centre infrastructure

Data Centre, Northern Sweden

The new air-cooled Northern Sweden Data Centre houses four 7.5MW nominal (total) critical power data halls, a 5MW ETO and their associated MEP support systems

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Size/Area30MW

We constructed a single storey steel frame structure with a penthouse area clad in structural insulated metal cladding. A RD piled wall was required on the Eastern side of the building. The roof of the building has been designed as a lattlement type prefabricated wood-based loadbearing panelised system. The floor of the penthouse area is concrete and formed using the Comflor-type decking system. 

The main building includes Four data halls, Electrical rooms, Switch rooms, Water treatment rooms , MPOE rooms, BDF rooms and MDF rooms.

The internal building is generally constructed from a white wall system. The internal walls on the penthouse areas are formed using insulated metal panels system. Each electrical room houses the MV and LV electrical equipment which will likely be mounted on skids. 

Underground services were installed as part of the project to control the air handling systems and to monitor a variety of data and alarms of each of the areas as required.

LEED Gold Standard

In 2021, the project was aiming for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standard. In the event, the project well surpassed the minimum requirements for the 'MR credit 2: Building Product Disclosure and Optimisation – Environmental Product Declarations' requirements. By the end of 2021 we had obtained 78 EPD’s from 42 suppliers for permanent works materials, going well beyond the minimum requirement of 20 EPD’s from 5 suppliers.

Sustainability

As part of our sustainability approach during the Northern Sweden Data Centre construction, over 110,000 native trees have been planted in Ireland and 1,000 planted in Sweden during 2021. As a business, we are always striving for new ways to reduce our environment.