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Engineering in DC:

Life Cycle Post

Construction

Clint Summers, P.E., Senior Director, Power Engineering
Joe Dietrich, P.E., Director of Analytics

any are familiar with the role Engineering has in Some of the functions engineering plays in the fit-out process

designing and constructing a new data center include power distribution layouts for STSs, PDUs, and

RPPs, creating striping plans, coordinating with overhead or
M in our day-to-day work as design builders. underfloor utilities, designing cable tray solutions for power

But how many know the role Engineering plays in the and/or IT distribution, coordinating with hot/cold aisle
containment, lighting design, power distribution busway design,

post-construction life cycle of a data center facility? modifications to the base building short circuit/coordination/

arc flash studies, grounding distribution designs, and more.

In the chronology of a data center facility, tenant fit-outs are one

of the first requests for engineering support after a facility is built. Once the data center has been fit-out for its tenant or tenants, the

Many of the data centers Rosendin builds are colocation facilities process of day-to-day operations begins. Rosendin Engineering has a

or "colos." These data centers lease out space to a tenant and team of engineers called Field Engineering Leads (FELs) specializing
provide power cooling and IT connectivity for other businesses to in this type of work. FELs are utilized both during the final stages

utilize by housing servers and other digital computing equipment. of initial facility construction for First Time Energizations (FTEs) as

well as during special owner operations exercises (long after initial

Part of the process of getting data centers up and running facility energization) to create Step-By-Step (SBS) procedures.

in a way where the owner is generating profits is the tenant

fit-out process. Engineering works closely with both the This service provides the operations teams with the appropriate

data center owner and the tenant during this process, processes of switching, testing, observations, data gathering,

and together, the team customizes the leased space to modifications, etc., to complete specialized work. This documented

provide maximum function and efficiency for the tenant. process is often called a Method of Procedure (MOP).

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