Emerson and Facebook to build rapid deployment data centre

Emerson Network Power is working with Facebook to design and deploy the company’s second data centre building in Luleå, Sweden.

“Luleå 2 will be the pilot for Facebook’s new rapid deployment data centre (RDDC), which was designed and developed in collaboration with Emerson Network Power’s data centre design team. Facebook’s RDDC incorporates a number of modular design elements, including prefabricated materials and on-site assembly, to enable an increase in the speed of deployment and reduction in material use.

“We worked with Facebook to understand their wants and needs, and we collectively developed an integrated, cost-effective, tailored solution,” said Scott Barbour, global business leader of Emerson Network Power. “This collaboration with Facebook illustrates our competencies in modular construction and showcases next-generation thinking. Emerson is able to deliver innovative, global, turnkey data centre solutions comprising design, construction, critical infrastructure equipment, building management systems, and services.”

Luleå 2 will span approximately 11613 m² and Emerson will deliver over 250 shippable modules, including power skids, evaporative air handlers, a water treatment plant and data centre superstructure solutions. It will be built next to Facebook’s first data centre building in Luleå, which came online in June 2013. Like its predecessor, Luleå 2 will be powered by 100% renewable energy and feature the latest in Open Compute Project server, storage, mechanical and electrical designs.