Data Center Design & Consulting

Designing a Reliable and Future-Proof Data Center

The best thing about a properly designed data center is that it makes the lives of everyone involved in a company or organization’s life easier.  A data center should keep everything necessary to the function of a business organized and run smoothly. The reliability of the data center is often what makes or breaks an IT-related workforce, and for most, there are few problems. That’s because a lot of thought goes into designing a data center. Here’s what to remember when moving forward with a contractor on a new data center design.

Know What you Need

Any good consultant will go through this with you, but before making an appointment for that first meeting, consider your needs. This means not only what output your company is dealing with, but how the future may change your needs and operations. Major cloud providers anticipate they will need to triple infrastructure annually. That means if you have not moved digital yet, there is a good chance that it will happen in the future, and that could call for more technological capabilities in your newly designed data center. Avoid having to repeat the process 5 years down the line and insist that the future be a part of present talks on a new design.

Encourage Input from Employees

You and your staff are the ones who actually will be using the data center to get jobs and tasks done, so do not leave anyone out. Even entry level workers who access the data supplied and stored in these centers should at least be in an informational meeting. Ask ahead of time for employees to write down concerns and questions if presence in a meeting is unlikely. The contractors have likely heard these questions before, but every company is different. That means different needs and requirements, and nobody knows the job better than those in the positions themselves.

Go with Experienced Contractors

There’s no need to work with someone who may be new to the industry. Likewise, no contractor is going to understand data center design within a year or two of starting out. Don’t be a guinea pig job for a new company: go with proven professionals. Everyone has to start somewhere, but it is likely that you are in need of this data center as quickly as possible. Consider the way that many contractors work as well; some newer ones may be troubleshooting when experienced professionals already know how to jump through hurdles that pop up on the job.

There are a lot of reasons to build new data centers, as well as update existing systems. As the world moves into the cloud and more and more digital-focused, less may be physically asked of a local data center, but the computers to do so will still need a stable environment. Finding a contractor who understands the needs of a business is tough, but Comp-Utility has the capabilities to do so thanks to experience and know-how that comes with working in the industry for years.