START Campus
SINES, PORTUGAL
Jacobs provided campus planning and due diligence and is now in the first phase of design for a new data center campus located on the coast of Portugal. Anticipated to be 1.2 GW at full build-out, Sines 4.0 for Start Campus will be one of the largest data center projects in Europe and will provide leasable space to multiple hyperscale data center providers in the region. The project is intended to be a sustainable global technology and energy powerhouse in a legacy industrial zone, utilizing backup power generation to be provided from 100% sustainable / renewable resources. It will also obtain LEED project certification. The project creates a mission-critical level of infrastructure that adheres to strict requirements of fault management, redundancy and security, and will contribute to a revitalization of the region by delivering economic activity and creating new jobs.
OCP Data Center
BENGUERIR, MOROCCO
OCP Group is the largest global exporter of phosphates, and also at the forefront of innovation from employee-led change through extensive research & development and new start-up/technology incubators.
Located at the Techpark of the Green City of Mohammed VI in Benguerir, which is the largest solar energy research site in Africa, this new Tier III/IV data center provides world class infrastructure serving Morocco and the African continent. It brings great flexibility in meeting the needs of OCP, their customers and partners specializing in IT services and cloud computing solutions.
Thriving around the knowledge economy and sustainable development, the data center benefits from the accessibility, infrastructure and services of the Green City while also being immediately adjacent to Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P).
Built as an element of OCP’s digital transformation policy, the Benguerir data center includes (4) 500-SM data halls (3 at Tier III and 1 at Tier IV, Uptime Institute Certified) delivering a total of 5MW of IT capacity.
This project required delivery of a highly resilient and efficient data center in a location with a hot, arid climate, a scarcity of water and few existing data centers. The project team addressed these challenges through intensive collaboration with the client, thoughtful mitigation of the environmental obstacles and a specific focus on team dynamics that ensured our global expertise was well delivered in the local market.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
BEIJING, CHINA
Colocation Client – Flexible Modular Data Center Prototype
CALIFORNIA and VIRGINIA, USA
We provided engineering services for a prototype design for a modular scalable data center and site-specific designs for four separate locations. Each 182,000-SF facility includes six co-location suites of ~25,000-SF per facility, plus administrative and support areas. The LEED Gold facility includes a two-story administration space, data halls, mechanical and electrical rooms, technical support and office/client care spaces (i.e., (i.e., conference room, break room, work kiosks, and crash carts).
Each facility accomodates approximately 2,800 server cabinets and is constructed with structural steel frame supported on a concrete foundation or greater efficiency and flexibility for large client deployments. The facilities were designed and constructed to a nominal Tier 3 Uptime rating.
This new, Tier 3 compliant data center has an average power density of 100+ W/SF and a peak localized power density of 250 W/SF. The total load capacity is 14.4MW per site, scalable in 2.4MW increments. We designed for high efficiency/low PUE and speed to market. The estimated average annualized PUE is ~1.25.
Global Telecom Provider – Colocation Data Center
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA
We provided architecture and engineering, project management, and commissioning services for this new construction 290,000-SF free-standing multi-story structure comprised of a 20-MW data center and office space on 7.5-acre site. The Tier 3 certified data center will house 4,000 racks with 20 MW in power. The design is incorporating a number of sustainable features with a target PUE of 1.3.
The Data Center consists of two phases. Phase 1 includes a 7.5 MW Data Center, Loading Dock and an Office Building for 200 people (60,000 SF). Phase 2 is to include an additional 12.5-MW Data Center. The office building is to be the client’s “flagship” facility for North America. The data center consists of three zones: Data Hall, Technical Spaces including electrical, telecom, and meet me rooms, and a loading dock.
The office building is a 5-story glass structure that houses office space for three different groups, multiple conference rooms, gym, canteen, public areas as wells as support spaces. The entire facility requires 9 layers of security sequence for data center entry.
Jacobs provided the complete engineering and design services to deliver building shell and interior design while supporting client’s requirements for highly technical spaces. Jacobs led and participated all the city interface such as planning entitlement and permit related activities.
Confidential Co-Location Provider – Data Center Campus
HILLSBORO, USA
Jacobs provide Architectural, Structural, and MEPFP services for a two-building campus in Hillsboro, OR. Services included master planning, land use permitting, design and construction administration of two data center facilities on a 42-acre site with a dedicated substation.
Building 1 consisted of a 2-story, 54 MW data center with associated office/support space; Building 2 consisted of a 64 MW data center with associated office/support space.
Since 2015, Jacobs has been providing master planning, architecture, and engineering services to our client's data center campuses in California, Texas, Oregon, and Arizona to help facilitate their national expansion. These projects include campus upgrades and renovations, master plans, data center fit-outs, and new campus developments.
Financial Client – Data Center Prototype Design and Site Adaptation
MULTIPLE US LOCATIONS
When this financial leader decided to consolidate its aging, regionally dispersed fleet of data centers into a handful of new data centers to improve IT performance, reduce costs, and meet future corporate sustainability goals, they came to Jacobs.
Jacobs’ first task was to perform site selection and analysis for multiple planned data centers in several different regions of the US. As part of this scope, our team conducted feasibility studies for innovative building system topologies and form factors that would be incorporated into a plan of record (POR) design for the first data center, and performed in-depth comparative cost analyses to support client decisions regarding potential locations.
The Pennsylvania State University Data Center
UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
We were the architect for two data center facilities constructed for Penn State in University Park, PA and in Hershey, PA. The University awarded us both projects with the expectation we would achieve commonality in design between the two facilities to the greatest extent possible for cost savings and other efficiencies.
We provided design A/E services, including programming, architectural, engineering, interior/workplace design, and engineering during construction for the new Tier 3+ data center. Our scope included, electrical, telecom, MEP, HVAC, airflow modeling (CFD), fire protection, building systems, and sustainability (LEED) services.
Our designs were scalable and provided for capacity expansion and fit-out without interrupting the computing operations since the project was a multi-phase build out.
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