Introduction: The AI Era
In today’s digitally connected world, data centres are not merely facilities but the backbone of modern world. Even a single day delay in a Hyperscale project delivery leads to multimillion dollar loss.
In today’s world, the road to an operational Hyperscale DC is fraught with a mix of unknown constraints like power and water availability, underground discoveries offsite and onsite, commissioning challenges, coordination issues between the General contractor and the OFE vendors and most importantly the scalability of existing design to cater for future AI workloads. Most of the projects fail because of a conventional real estate approach instead of the much-needed Infrastructure Strategy Approach. Traversing through all these challenges and handing over the facility successfully needs a deep understanding, knowledge and experience of End-to-End Life cycle of a Hyperscale
This book is an honest attempt to share the lessons learnt from being at the battlefront of Hyperscale & Mission Critical project deliveries for close to a decade. I sincerely believe that this book will add some value to anyone interested in knowing the ingredients for a successful Hyperscale DC project delivery. We need to understand that Data Centre Delivery is more of a Risk Management than a plain Project Management.
Throughout these chapters, we will move from the "concept" to “reality" We will explore:
• How stakeholder management is crucial to land the power & water supply on time
• Why LOD 350/400 must be the precursor for IFC drawings
• Prioritizing the Underground works below the permanent roads to facilitate the early MEP Capital Equipment Move In to expedite Commissioning
• How to de-link cladding from slab casting to achieve the important “weather tight milestone”
• Why Modular design approach is a sure shot way of compressing the Commissioning window to realise on time successful Hyperscale delivery
My intent is to provide a full proof strategy for realising Business Benefits for any Hyperscale, Colo provider, investor, developer or an executive director. This book is designed to ensure that when the Failure scenarios in IST are activated, the facility not only survives, but it also thrives.
Welcome to “The Blueprint – AI Hyperscale Delivery Excellence” Designed for Success