Quantum Technology Case Studies
KEY FACTS
Location: Ashburn, VA
Type: Data Center Decommissioning
Scope: Dismantle 100K SF of data center space. Remove all equipment, pull all feeders, prepare the space for new data center build out.
Duration: 10 weeks
Client: DPR Construction for Informart Data Centers
When Infomart Data Centers, a national data center provider, wished to open up operations in Ashburn, VA, they identified the old AOL Data Center building as an ideal location, and hired DPR Construction to do the design and build out. DPR Construction, a national construction firm booking around $4 billion in new builds per year, contracted with Quantum Technology to decommission the old data center and purchase the assets.
Project Details:
The job consisted of decommissioning over 120,000 square feet of data center spaces including:
6 Main data centers of 15,000 square feet each containing:
96 CRAC units, (48) Cyberex PDU’s, (168) RPP’s, electrical panels and server racks
3 UPS Rooms with (15) UPS Systems and associated Switchgear
3 Battery Rooms with approximately 800,000 lbs. of wet cell lead acid batteries
A Chiller plant with (5) chillers and an Inergen Fire Suppression System
In addition to the equipment decommission, Quantum also recycled approximately 328,000 lbs of non ferrous metal and 443,000 lbs of scrap steel.
The project took approximately 10 weeks, running a 30 – 40 member crew.
Quantum completed Pre-task checklists each day identifying the day’s tasks, crew assignments, possible hazards and ways to avoid them.
The hazards were identified by all members of each team, so as to encourage full participation in creating a 100% safe working environment.
Crew members operated under Osha regulations with forklift and fall protection certification.
The client was extremely satisfied with the work, and the building became a major Data Center for Infomart.
