Electrical Design for Mission Critical Supply Course

Within the built environment, mission critical facilities have particular power requirements that significantly impact how they are designed and operated.

We are pleased to introduce a new 2-day Program in Electrical Design for Mission Critical Supply. The course content is designed for data center operators, electrical & mechanical engineers, building services managers and infrastructure managers to enrich the relevant knowledge in power system design for mission critical facilities such as data center and other infrastructure.

The course details about the power system design and the components that support typical data centers or critical facilities. It prepares individual to fully understand data centers’ electrical design & build by exploring the international Standards and sharing the speaker’s experience.

You will understand the mission critical supply system, from power components to distributions and efficiency; from power requirements to designed, testing, commissioning and maintenance.


- Concept on primary supply and secondary supply
- Power flow in mission critical supply system
- Features of major equipment for critical supply

(1) Uninterrupted power supply and power storage
(2) Backup generator
(3) Automatic transfer switch
(4) Static transfer switch
(5) Isolation transformer

- Efficiency assessment
- Power quality review
- Configuration diagram of critical supply (N+1 / 2N) design & analysis
- Review of cable sizing to incorporate harmonics content
- Earthing system design
- Testing and commissioning requirements
- Brief of Systems Merging Appraisal Test (SMAT)


For details, please visit the course content at http://www.stmedia-asia.com/newsletter_6.html


The Organizer

Strategic Media Asia (SMA) is one of the approved CPD course providers of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).

SMA, a critical infrastructure training and event organizer based in Hong Kong, provides an interactive environment and opportunities for members of IDC industry and engineers to exchange professional views and experience on critical infrastructure and E&M facilities.

For details of other data center courses and seminars, please visit our website at http://www.stmedia-asia.com/trainings.html.

Data Center Power & Cooling Strategies

In today’s world of high-density data center equipment, power and cooling needs are a supply and demand problem. You should understand the supply limitations of a data center and the demand of the equipment. The cost of data centers is on the rise as a result of the increased power capacity required. While server costs have remained virtually consistent, power density has been increasing.

It’s imperative for CFOs to understand the cost of energy relative to the cost of the server because the need for more data centers is increasing due to the demand for more business applications.

Powering and cooling your own data center is not only of budgetary concern, there is risk in the continuity of the physical environment itself. It is recommended that the temperature ranges 16-24*C with a humidity of 40-55%. The temperature is constantly on the rise because the electrical power used heats the air.

Unless that heat is removed, the ambient temperature will rise, resulting in equipment malfunction. Too much humidity will cause water to condense on internal parts and not enough humidity can produce static electricity discharge problems which will damage components.







When housing your own center, it is critical that all elements of the electrical system, including backups, should be fully duplicated and critical servers connected to both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ power feeds. Your backup power should consist of one or more uninterrupted power supplies (UPS), battery banks, or diesel generators. Static switches are sometimes used to ensure instantaneous switch-over in the event of a power failure. Power is the critical element in a data center because its performance affects the proper execution of every other system in the facility.

If you choose to house your IT operations in data centers, computer rooms, NOC’s, or server farms, be diligent in your research of power and cooling systems because they need to be carefully coordinated. Your equipment and data need 24 hours of protection 7 days a week.


About The Blogger


Strategic Media Asia (SMA, www.stmedia-asia.com) is a leading technical training and event organizer for corporations specialized in data center design & build, E&M facilities, telecom, ICT, finance and colocation services. Currently, SMA delivers a series of data center trainings and qualification programs in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.

All these events / training seminars are designed to support the leadership needs of senior executives (Chief Information Officers, IT Directors / Managers, Facilities Managers, company decision makers, etc.) and to provide useful and applicable knowledge.

For detail, please visit SMA's Technical Training Seminars & Data Center Qualification Programs.