CASE STUDY: DATA CENTRE & AI HOSTING

Modular Data Centre & Precision Cooling
Tier III Fault-Tolerant APC Infrastructure

Q: What PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) rating is achieved with In-Row cooling?

By coupling APC Schneider InRow RC chilled-water units directly with cold aisle containment, Microlines reduced PUE from legacy 2.1 levels down to an energy-efficient < 1.25, lowering utility power bills by 40%.

Q: How does cold aisle containment prevent thermal hotspots in high-density AI server racks?

Physical containment doors and ceiling panels enclose the cold aisle, preventing cold conditioned air from mixing with hot server exhaust air, enabling dense 15kW+ power loads per rack without thermal throttling.

Q: What clean agent fire suppression system protects the servers?

Microlines installed an automated Novec 1230 / FM-200 gas fire suppression system with VESDA early warning smoke detection, extinguishing fires in seconds without water damage or electrical conductivity.

Q: Is the 500kVA Modular UPS system hot-swappable during live operation?

Yes, APC Symmetra PX modular power modules and battery units are N+1 redundant and 100% hot-swappable, allowing capacity expansion or maintenance without bypassing or dropping server loads.

How Microlines engineered a 40-rack Tier III modular data centre featuring APC Schneider cold-aisle containment, N+1 in-row precision cooling, 500kVA hot-swappable modular UPS, and automated DCIM monitoring with PUE < 1.25.

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Tier III

40-Rack Enclosures

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PUE < 1.25

In-Row Precision Cooling

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500kVA UPS

N+1 Hot-Swappable Modular

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99.999%

Fault-Tolerant Uptime SLA

analytics The Challenge

An enterprise cloud provider needed a turnkey 40-rack Tier III modular data centre capable of housing high-density AI GPU compute servers (15kW per rack). Legacy perimeter cooling caused severe thermal hotspots, high electricity consumption (PUE > 2.0), and risk of single points of failure.

Key Objective:

Deploy a modular cold-aisle contained data hall, install APC Schneider InRow RC chilled water cooling, integrate a 500kVA hot-swappable Symmetra PX UPS, and achieve 99.999% uptime with PUE < 1.25.

thermostat The Microlines Solution

Microlines built a self-contained modular data hall using APC EcoAisle cold-aisle containment doors and roofs paired with APC InRow RC precision cooling units placed directly next to high-density racks. Dual A+B feed power distribution was backed by an APC Symmetra PX 500kVA Modular UPS system.

Engineering Deliverables:

✓ APC EcoAisle Cold-Aisle Containment System (40 Server Racks)
✓ N+1 APC InRow RC Precision Air Conditioning Units (Chilled Water)
✓ 500kVA APC Symmetra PX Modular Hot-Swappable UPS & Battery Bank
✓ Schneider EcoStruxure Data Center Expert DCIM Remote Management
✓ Novec 1230 Clean Agent Gas Fire Suppression & VESDA Smoke Detection

OEM Products Deployed in Project 7

Data centre power, cooling, and DCIM monitoring hardware installed by Microlines engineers.

APC SCHNEIDER

APC Symmetra PX 500kVA UPS

Modular hot-swappable 3-Phase UPS, N+1 redundant power modules, 96%+ high-efficiency mode.

APC SCHNEIDER APC InRow RC Cooling

APC InRow RC Precision Cooling

Chilled water in-row air conditioning, variable speed EC fans, real-time rack temperature monitoring.

APC SCHNEIDER

APC EcoAisle Containment System

Cold-aisle containment doors & ceiling panels, fire-safe drop roof, LED lighting integrated.

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Schneider EcoStruxure DCIM

Real-time Data Center Infrastructure Management software, thermal 3D modeling, automated SMS alerts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Technical questions regarding PUE efficiency ratings, hot-swappable UPS, and clean agent fire suppression.