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Design the build, long-lead plant and fit-out

Set the design basis once. The IT load, cooling, redundancy and spec level size every package, split into the long-lead plant you order first and the fit-out, with lead times and order-by dates.

Prices checked 18 Oct 202615 packages in the scheduleEquipment supply, excluding VAT

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Design basis

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Spec level

A spec level fills battery, cooling, PDU, rack and containment choices below. Every field stays yours to change.

Racks and density
Power feeds per rack
Power
UPS redundancy
Battery chemistry
Generator redundancy
Transformer redundancy
Cooling
Room unit redundancy
Chiller redundancy
CDU redundancy
White space distribution
Strip supply
Containment
Cable category
Engineering parameters

The figures the sizing rules divide by. Change them to your design.

The schedule fills in as you change the design. It needs JavaScript; the design basis sets every quantity.

Site model

Long-lead: UPS, generators, transformers, MV switchgear, chillersFit-out and building

1 data hall · 125 racks · 10 UPS modules (2N) · 2 generator sets (N+1) · 2 transformers (2N) · 5 MV switchgear panels · 3 chillers (N+1) · 12 room cooling units. Schematic: one data hall per phase, counts from the schedule below, footprints not to scale.

ScienceShot calculation.

Cite this page

ScienceShot. (2026). Design [Online calculator]. https://scienceshot.com/build/design

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