A Modern Industry
Data centres are complex buildings made up of numerous elements all vital to their operation.
The proposed data centre campus will consist of separate buildings on site which will comprise of a data hall, a front of house area with office accommodation and back of house spaces supporting the management of the facility as a whole. Front of House areas are concentrated to the north, with lots of glazing and activity on the “Technology Boulevard” frontage.
In addition to the Front of House spaces, an extensive amount of mechanical and electrical equipment is needed to support the data hall.This equipment is located to the rear (south) of the buildings, in between the buildings and at roof level. Equipment will be screened by mesh fins in the majority of locations, and the proposals make a feature of the plenums to the south of the building, creating an interesting industrial piece of architecture.