Optimised Data Centre Commissioning

What exactly is commissioning?

According to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), “It is a quality-oriented process for achieving, assessing and documenting that the performance of buildings, systems and assemblies meets initially well-defined objectives and criteria”.

It’s a meticulous process that is essential to ensure the quality and reliability of a new data centre.

“Done correctly, commissioning improves system performance throughout the lifecycle of a datacenter. Better system performance not only optimizes datacenter performance, but also lowers operating and maintenance costs, and reduces energy consumption for lower electricity bills.” – Michael Donato, Data Center Knowledge.

Commissioning includes different levels of testing:

• Level 1 : Factory Test or Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
• Level 2 : Inspection or on-site acceptance test (SAT)
• Level 3 : Pre-functional testing (EPF) or component functional testing (EFC)
• Level 4 : Functional Performance Test (FT) or Functional System Test (FST)
• Level 5 : Integrated Systems Testing (IST)

Rentaload are generally engaged for levels 3, 4 and 5.

The optimised commissioning solution in 4 steps

Rentaload has been carrying out commissioning for datacentres for several years. This service includes, among other things:

• Drafting the test protocol upstream
• Carrying out on-site tests
• Data recording and processing
• Preparation of the final test report

SMART equipment and solutions

We have always been driven by the vision that commissioning can be done differently. This test and commissioning phase can be further optimised, in particular thanks to SMART equipment and solutions that are essential for the proper performance of the tests:

• connected load banks,
• monitoring software,
• set of measuring equipment

At the cutting edge of technology, they perfectly meet the needs and requirements of the end customers to optimize the tests for sure:

• low Delta T,
• Integrated TTY,
• load sharing 50/50
• remote control of benches and feedback of extremely precise measurements (P/U/I/Delta T).

Customer benefits:

• Save time in carrying out your tests (up to 20% according to feedback from our customers);
• Bring real added value to your tests. The data collected during the tests provide a real “vital map” of the data centre before its first commissioning.
• Differentiate yourself from competitors by enhancing this test phase and providing valuable data for the future management of the datacentre.