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With work complete on the first two phases of Exodus Communications’ state of the art co-location facility in Seattle, a state-of-the-art model for fire protection systems in data centers and “server farms” was born. These “mission critical” environments require the most advanced fire protection engineering as they represent facilities with enormous capital investment and stringent operation protocols. The fire protection systems installed in this 500,000 square foot facility included the basic standpipe system for fire department access and hook up to the building, as well as the wet systems with standby water to dry systems in areas vulnerable to freezing conditions. The significant element to the fire protection challenge is that of the pre-action systems dominating the buildings server "warehouse" make-up. Pre-action systems represent an added precaution to protect the owners’ highly sensitive assets. The project itself was a huge undertaking as it represented the conversion of a large high-bay warehouse into three levels of co-location space. The tight schedule, off-hour work requirements, and limited workspaces were challenges the entire team overcame with great success. The building has 64 pre-action systems, 3 wet systems, 3 dry systems and 4 standpipe systems. The pre-action systems are limited to cover no more than 10,000 square feet each and are double interlock with smoke activation. |
Exodus Phase III
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