Data Center - Floor Planning

A data center floor planning is neceesary to achieve following among other benefits...

1. Cooling predictability
2. Power Density Calculation
3. Electrical Efficiency
4. Efficient Space Allocation

A Data Center Floor Plan consists of the Structural layout and the Equipment layout.

Structural Layout: The room layout includes the location of walls, doors, support columns, the height of the raised floor, location of accessramps, lifts etc.

Equipment layout: The equipment layout shows the footprint of IT equipments and the Non-IT (power and cooling) equipments including their footprint. IT equipment is usually measured as rack locations. Rack locations are not affected by no of devices installed within the rack.