Automation Datacenter Facilities News

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26/08/2021
This year again Automation has participated to the Hercules Trophy challenge on June 21st! We already subscribed for next year’s edition!
Automation has participated to the Hercules Trophy
23/06/2019
This year again Automation has participated to the Hercules Trophy challenge on June 21st! We already subscribed for next year’s edition!
Rainer Schwemmer – LHCb experiment CERN
17/06/2019
Design and Operation of a 3 MW Datacenter based on Prefabricated Modules – CERN’s Reply to the Computing and Storage Challenges related to the Large Hadron Collider’s (LHC) Upgrade Program.
Extension CERN Alice & LHCb-datacenters: 50% delivered
16/06/2019
2 experiments (Alice and LHCb) will install 10 SAFE Prefabricated Datacenter Modules to extend their datacenters. The modules are located on top of the experiments (near source) allowing for huge savings on the transfer of data.
SAFE Multi-Unit All-in-One Tier III Ready
03/05/2019
On March 12, 2019 Uptime Institute provided the SAFE MUP AiO 200 -KW DX DRUPS design with the TIER III Ready designation. After rigorous review it has satisfactorily proven ready to support Concurrent Maintainability and their readiness to support a TIER III build objective for 200 kilowatts (kW) of IT load.
Moving From a Cave to the Surface
14/01/2019
The new data center for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider experiment becomes fully operational (expected toward the end of the year). The current data center sits underground, 300 feet below surface. The new data center is much larger: 32,500-square foot, 3MW and it will sit on the surface and requires a fiber optic connection.