Built to store University of Michigan Hospital data, this two-story, 47,795 SF structure is designed to withstand tornado and hurricane-force winds and flooding as well as forced entry. Built into the side of a hill, this project required significant earth retention elements.

Miscellaneous features include:

• Card access system, video surveillance system (66 security cameras), motion detectors and reinforced entry doors to control unauthorized access.
• 567,220 CFM of air handling equipment
• 961 tons of cooling capacity with future plans for an additional 470 tons
• 16,150 feet of mechanical piping (three miles)
• 6,220 pipe fittings, flanges and valves
• Structure designed for 200 mph wind load
• Raised floor area designed for 100 watts/SF, expandable to 200 watts/SF
• Supports 1,400 servers, 800 applications and 29,500 workstations
• Data storage of ten petabytes
• 94 panel boards, 3,948 circuits and 435,344 feet of wire (82 miles)
• 18,000 wire terminations
• 19 million pounds of concrete
• 302,503 lineal feet of reinforcing steel in the concrete (57 miles)
• 122,639 feet of conduit (23 miles)
• 2,500 feet of cable tray (.5 miles)
• Rotary UPS systems capable of generating 2.6 million watts of electricity for 15 minutes (N+N)
• 2 x 2 megawatt diesel generators w/provisions for a third (N+1)