THERMAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Data Centre Cooling Design India

Cooling systems developed around confirmed IT loads, rack density, environmental criteria, failure response, efficiency and maintainable operation.

DISCUSS YOUR PROJECT
Data centre chilled-water cooling plant and heat-rejection engineering
PROJECT CONTEXT

Design Decisions Connected to Delivery

Mission-critical thermal design is an end-to-end chain from the IT equipment to room airflow, cooling units, distribution, central plant and heat rejection. JEC coordinates that chain with electrical resilience, water, drainage, controls, spatial requirements and the client’s operating philosophy.

DESIGN PRIORITIES

What Shapes the Approach

01

IT load profile

Initial and future rack densities, diversity, deployment and environmental limits define the thermal brief.

02

Availability objective

Redundancy, concurrent maintenance, isolation, thermal ride-through and failure response influence topology.

03

Airflow management

Supply paths, containment, pressure, return-air conditions and bypass or recirculation risks are reviewed together.

04

Efficient operation

Part-load performance, temperatures, free-cooling opportunity, water use, metering and controls support whole-life efficiency.

CAPABILITIES

Technical Scope

Thermal load criteria

IT, electrical, envelope, people and support-space loads with growth assumptions.

Cooling option studies

Air-cooled, water-cooled, direct expansion and other architectures assessed for project conditions.

Chilled-water design

Plant, pumps, distribution, temperature strategy, pressure control and redundancy.

Data-hall airflow

CRAH/CRAC distribution, containment, air paths and sensor/control coordination.

Heat rejection

Cooling towers, dry coolers and external plant coordinated with climate, water and acoustics.

Liquid-cooling interfaces

CDU, facility-water, heat rejection, water-quality, leak-detection and controls inputs integrated from the appointed specialist.

PROJECT OUTPUTS

Information Developed for the Agreed Stage

Deliverables are confirmed against the appointment, available inputs, responsibility matrix and required review or approval process.

01Thermal design basis
02Load and capacity calculations
03Cooling topology and schematics
04Plant and distribution layouts
05Controls and failure sequences
06BIM and maintainability reviews
COMMON QUESTIONS

Planning the Appointment

Does JEC design proprietary liquid-cooling technology?

JEC coordinates confirmed requirements from the client-appointed technology specialist or vendor with facility cooling, power, water, drainage, controls and space.

What is a high-density data hall?

The relevant threshold depends on the technology, deployment pattern and owner criteria; the rack-density schedule should be confirmed rather than assumed.

How is cooling resilience tested during design?

Topology diagrams, failure scenarios, isolation strategy, controls sequences, spatial reviews and commissioning requirements are coordinated against the availability objective.

PROJECT ENQUIRY

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