I would suggest speaking with someone who has been part of a large scale datacenter design and implementation. Depending on what state/country you are in there are various electrical, HVAC, fire suppression, and other codes that you have satisfy along with any other company policies on this such as security, generator capacity (if available), carrier availability. Some buildings are great for data centers, other are not; but if this is a new building it may be pre-designed to house at least small scale data centers. Chris Burton Network Engineer Walt Disney Internet Group: Network Services The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact Walt Disney Internet Group at 206-664-4000. -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Thomas [mailto:athomas@deltacable.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:28 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Data Center Building Considerations Hello, We are doing some preliminary research into relocating our facilities into a new building. This building has not been built and we would like to have some input into at least one of the floors being suitable for a Data Center installation. What I was wondering is if there are any serious design consideration with respect to floor loading, access for things like HVAC/Power, and general convenience issues such as cable management, access security and the like. If anyone has recently gone through any kind of building design or similar work for this type of installation, perhaps you would be able to share your experience or information on the subject. Either a reply to the list or off list would be great. Cheers, Aaron