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IT-load forecasting, availability objectives, redundancy strategy, scalable plant architecture and modular expansion aligned with commercial and operational priorities.
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Data Centres engineering experience.
Data centres and mission-critical facilities require resilient power, controlled environmental conditions, coordinated protection and disciplined commissioning so the completed operation remains available, maintainable and ready to grow.
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What Emplan can provide.
Data centres and mission-critical facilities require resilient power, controlled environmental conditions, coordinated protection and disciplined commissioning so the completed operation remains available, maintainable and ready to grow.
Electrical resilience
Utility supply, substations, transformers, generators, UPS and battery systems, switchgear, distribution, protection, earthing, metering and power-quality coordination.
Cooling and airflow management
Precision cooling, heat rejection, containment, airflow control, humidity, water use, controls and efficient performance across variable IT loads.
Fire, security and specialist interfaces
Detection, suppression, compartmentation, emergency systems, access control, surveillance, fibre pathways and secure coordination with specialist vendors.
Monitoring and sustainable performance
BMS and DCIM interfaces, alarms, metering, PUE and WUE-informed decisions, renewable-energy interfaces and measurable operating targets.
Integrated systems testing
Commissioning planning, witnessed testing, failure-mode verification, integrated systems testing, training, documentation and operational-readiness support.
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Data Centres
03 projectsOngoing & upcoming
Projects in delivery.
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Data CentresCompleted · February 2024
Global Tech Company — Mission-Critical Infrastructure
High-level data-centre and mission-critical engineering experience within an anonymised global technology workplace, coordinating resilient power, cooling, monitoring, fire protection and secure digital infrastructure.
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Asset type
- Anonymised global technology workplace
- Project status
- Completed
- Completion
- February 2024
- Appointment scope
- MEP and mission-critical infrastructure engineering
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Anonymised global technology workplace
- Engineering scope
- Resilient power distribution and UPS-supported critical loads; Dedicated cooling and environmental control; Fire detection, protection and life-safety interfaces; Monitoring, alarms and secure ICT coordination; Commissioning and operational-readiness support
- Confidentiality
- Client identity intentionally not published
Emplan capabilities applied
- Resilient power distribution and UPS-supported critical loads
- Dedicated cooling and environmental control
- Fire detection, protection and life-safety interfaces
- Monitoring, alarms and secure ICT coordination
- Commissioning and operational-readiness support
Emplan project recordData CentresProject photograph not published
Data CentresCompleted · August 2023
European Union Headquarters — Server & ICT Environments
Building-services and mission-critical infrastructure coordination for secure server and ICT environments within an institutional headquarters fit-out.
- Location
- Dunhill Towers, Westlands, Nairobi
- Asset type
- Institutional headquarters
- Project status
- Completed
- Completion
- August 2023
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Institutional headquarters
- Engineering scope
- Critical electrical supply and UPS coordination; Dedicated cooling and ventilation; Fire detection and protection interfaces; ICT pathway and equipment-space coordination; Maintainability and continuity planning
- Emplan scope
- Server-room, ICT and supporting MEP infrastructure
Emplan capabilities applied
- Critical electrical supply and UPS coordination
- Dedicated cooling and ventilation
- Fire detection and protection interfaces
- ICT pathway and equipment-space coordination
- Maintainability and continuity planning
Completed projects
Delivered and established experience.
Data Centres
Hotel Server & ICT Infrastructure Portfolio
Server rooms, communications, security, controls and guest-technology infrastructure coordinated within the wider MEP strategies for complex hotel developments and renovations.
- Asset type
- City, airport, luxury and remote hotels
- Appointment scope
- MEP engineering including server and ICT infrastructure
- Location
- Not yet published
- Project status
- To be confirmed
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Portfolio: Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport, Novotel Nairobi, Gem Forest Hotel, Le Meridien JKIA, Mayfair Hotel and Jacana Lodge · City, airport, luxury and remote hotels
- Engineering scope
- Server-room power, UPS and cooling coordination; Structured cabling, fibre pathways and communications spaces; Security, access-control and guest-technology interfaces; BMS, controls and operational-network coordination; Maintainability and service continuity across varied hotel operating models
- Portfolio
- Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport, Novotel Nairobi, Gem Forest Hotel, Le Meridien JKIA, Mayfair Hotel and Jacana Lodge
Emplan capabilities applied
- Server-room power, UPS and cooling coordination
- Structured cabling, fibre pathways and communications spaces
- Security, access-control and guest-technology interfaces
- BMS, controls and operational-network coordination
- Maintainability and service continuity across varied hotel operating models
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