Value Delivered
A financial services company looked to expand its growing empire by building a new data recovery center in central New Jersey. Forest Electric New Jersey (Forest NJ) served as the electrical contractor for the 120,000-square-foot building project, which included 90,000 square feet of "white space" and 30,000 square feet for infrastructure, as well as a printing facility and office space.
Client Objectives
The client required a new data recovery center in order to more properly support their growing business.
Solutions
Forest NJ was the single-source electrical contractor on this new data center project. The scope of this work was set out in two parts: the infrastructure and the data center.
For the infrastructure, Forest NJ was responsible for installing:
- One 28kV distribution switchboard
- Two 5kV transformers and switchboards
- Six 2MW generators and paralleling switchgears
- Six uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems
- A hydrogen detection system, a leak detection system, and a heat tracing system
For the data center, Forest NJ was responsible for installing:
- A complete data center ladder rack and under-floor cable tray
- Two redundant 48V DC power plant systems
- 44 power distribution units (PDUs)
- 800 underfloor equipment outlets
- Complete emergency power off (EPO) system and electrical power management system (EPMS)
- Data center lighting and house power
Client Background
This financial services company's professional service, its core product, is the fastest growing real-time financial information service in the world. The New York-based company employs over 9,000 people in more than 125 locations around the world.