Data centre design reference

Generic reference designs for power, cooling, controls and operations

About

About this reference and Tusen AS, who publish it.

On this page
  1. Tusen AS
  2. What we do
  3. How we work
  4. Contact

Tusen AS

Tusen AS is a Norwegian engineering and software company. It is led by a power-systems engineer who also works in control and operations engineering, and it builds its own software to support that work.

This reference shows how we think about data-centre design. The designs are generic so they can be published. Work for a client starts from that client's own load, site, grid connection and rules.

What we do

Power-system design

  • Grid connection and site power concepts
  • Single-line diagrams, UPS and battery topology, generator and storage plant
  • Protection, selectivity and arc-flash studies
  • Power quality for AI load swings

Control and automation design

  • Control architecture for power monitoring, building management and plant controllers
  • Sequences of operation and safe states
  • Alarm design and network zoning for operational security

Cooling-system integration

  • Liquid cooling: CDUs, facility water, heat rejection
  • Interfaces for heat reuse and district heating
  • Power supply and control of the cooling plant

Operations and the digital record

  • Maintenance programmes built from failure modes
  • Commissioning support and handover
  • A register-keyed 3D model that links assets, live data, maintenance and documents

How we work

  • One asset register from the first drawing to the last work order. The key on the drawing is the key on the label, in the control system and in the maintenance system.
  • Every design value has a stated source or a stated assumption.
  • Client information stays with the client. No client, site, name, tag or layout appears on this site, and quantities from project work appear only rounded or as parameters; the designs are generic patterns.

Contact

Through tusenlabs.com.