There was some talk a few days/weeks ago about a mailing list related to data centers. While this URL is not geared towards datacenters and more focused on the general planning for technological infrastructre(s) in an educational (school) environment, nonetheless, I believe it serves as an excellent *primer* for those seeking general information on construction and planning of facilities. There seems to be quite a need for that information on this list judging from the responses concerning the datacenter forum. The guidelines were provided by the subcontracted architectural and engineering firm of Einhorn, Yanee & Prescott for the Board of Education NY State. The nice thing about the document is all the standards used to generate each particular section are located on each page. This alone will give people a good background on which agencies to obtain certain types of information from. It is available in both HTML and PDF. http://www.nysed.gov/facilities/fachome.html The guidelines cover: o Environmental/Life Safety o Planning for Electrical Power o Lighting o Space Planning and Pathways o Wireless Systems o Distance Learning Capabilities o Appendix A - Asbestos Regulations o Structured Cable Plants o Libraries o Security o Appendix B - Resource Addresses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <o> The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and <o> expect different results. <o> Rishi M. Singh - Sysadmin & Network "Cleaner" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~