Skip to main content

Home › Projects › U-M Health-Sparrow Health System Centralized Data Center

U-M Health-Sparrow Health System Centralized Data Center

U-M Health-Sparrow Health System

This is a 3,000 SF Data Center with 12” access floor covering 80% of the room. There are 56 racks house IT equipment, with 40 additional racks in ten data closets
throughout the West Wing of the hospital.

The cooling system is comprised of four 30-ton Liebert packaged computer room air conditioning units fed from the hospital’s central utility plant Chilled Water
System. The down flow units distribute air under the floor and out perforated tiles to cool the space in a hot aisle, cold aisle set up.

The electrical system consists of three 300 kVA Liebert UPS systems comprised of a 300 kVA dual conversion UPS, two battery cabinets and two 190 kVA flywheels that feed power into a 300 kVA Liebert FPC power distribution unit. This system is configured into a triple bus, N+1 system that utilizes Liebert FDC units for distribution to the racks both in the Data Center and data closets throughout the building.

Fire protection is handled with a FM 200 system that protects the main data center. The clean agent fire suppression system is contained within multiple tanks located within the data center. A waterproofing system was applied to the concrete structure as well.