Develop clear and concise operation and maintenance (O&M) information to enable the future building to be well maintained and have the potential to be reused or recycled as valuable components in the future..
He explains the vision behind it:.‘We have a company that oversees us… called Endeavour… really trying to solve global climate challenges that we’re facing right now with regards to the access to energy to meet the demands of these colo tenants while not continuing to hurt our planet.’.
Edged aims to integrate on-site power generation - through microgrids, energy storage, or innovative cooling technology - to reduce reliance on conventional utilities.This approach supports resiliency and could allow facilities to feed surplus energy back into public networks.Though the transition to greener power is complicated, incremental steps such as more efficient cooling and reduced water usage can significantly lighten the environmental burden over time.. Urban vs. remote sites: A changing landscape.
While data centres have traditionally been located on large, out-of-town sites, newer developments often need to be closer to urban areas.Latency requirements, local regulation, and land constraints mean that ‘cookie-cutter’ single-storey facilities are no longer the only game in town.
Lincoln points out that multi-storey or retrofitted data centres may soon become more common, especially when operators seek low-latency connections in city centres..
However, building in dense urban environments introduces new complexities: community relations, architectural design considerations, and zoning regulations all come into play.Does the solution need to be completely different?
Have we formulated the problem properly in the first place?Working with a Design to Value approach enables this type of questioning and flexibility..
Developing a solution through iteration.We repeat this sequence of steps until everyone involved is satisfied that all relevant expertise has been brought to bear on the solution and that the solution fully addresses all aspects of the problem.