Data centre design and delivery · module to campus
We design data centres up to 50 MW and deliver them in phases of up to about 15 MW. Our founding team supported the design and delivery of Zimbabwe's national data centre and supercomputing centre, alongside a partner contractor.
Projects in Africa, Asia and the USA · Working with owners worldwide
Project record
Each project shows our role: design, design coordination, or delivery support.
Design + delivery support Harare, Zimbabwe
Public record · Client website
Design coordination + delivery support Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Public record · Coverage, ADIAC
Design Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Design + delivery support Harare, Zimbabwe
Phase 1 commissioned on 24 February 2021, at a launch led by the President of Zimbabwe. The phase 2 disaster-recovery centre is under way, with the same role.
Public record · Launch coverage, DCD
| Project | Site | Scale | Our scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phased data centre | Harare, Zimbabwe | 5–10 MW | Module layout and machine-room design | Design |
| Existing building converted to a data centre | USA | — | Layout and MEP-interface design support | Design |
| Municipal government cloud platform | China | 114 user organisations (2023) | Machine room, cloud resources, security, backup and migration | In operation |
Every proposal names the full-load and failover tests, who signs them off (your engineer or an independent commissioning agent, not only us), how your operators are trained, and what happens when trained staff leave. We start from the power a site can actually get, then add climate, water and access. For operators with many sites, we keep one standard design and adapt it to each site.
What you get before you commit
The sheets below are from Northridge, a sample site with 10 MW of IT load. Yours are drawn from your own site data. The free 24-hour first design is the block plan and power estimate. The free proposal adds an outline power diagram and hall layout, cost ranges, the programme and the hand-off table. The full drawing set is issued at design lock.
A-101 · Site plan: halls, plant yards, generator yard, solar field and land kept for phase 2.
E-001 · Single-line diagram: two 33 kV feeds, four 8 MVA transformers, 2N UPS and seven 2.5 MW generators.
A-201 · Data hall: 200 racks per hall, containment, busway runs and fan walls.
3D views made from the same model as the drawings, ready to show your board.
Walk through the sample site in 3D
A low and high cost for each system, with the basis for each. Ranges, not a single price, until the design is fixed.
Weeks from go-ahead, order dates for transformers and switchgear, and the tests before handover.
Every hand-off point from grid to rack, and who owns it. On the sample set, 47 of the 56 hand-off points are ours.
How we work
You see drawings for your site before any fee. Each step starts only when you approve the one before it.
Within 24 hours
Block plan and power estimate, from your four inputs: site, IT load, available power and target date.
5 working days
Outline power diagram and hall layout, cost range by system, programme, hand-off table and a 3D walkthrough of your site, plus the inputs we need you to confirm.
Agreed in writing
Site, power and requirements fixed. You get the issued single-line diagram, hall layouts, cooling diagrams, bill of quantities and commissioning plan.
On site
You choose our role. We can be your designer only, or design and supply, or deliver the whole job with a local contractor. In a public tender we check the procurement rules first, because a designer often can't also bid for supply. We aren't tied to any equipment brand. When we supply, the proposal lists the brands we compared and why we picked one.
On site
Load and failover tests with signed records, handover documents and operator training before switch-on. After handover, support response times are written into the contract.
For private projects, the first design is free. For public tenders, we check the rules before doing any design work.
Our organisation
Our core team leads design, client contact and quality control on every project. For each job we add people from a group of 90+ engineers, site supervisors and installers we've worked with again and again. About half are engineers and half are site staff. We name the key people in our proposal.
In each project country, we send our own project manager and hire and train the site team in the country, with local partners where the work needs them. G2MAX answers to you for the design and every hand-off point we own.
| Role | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Founder (Jay) | Your accountable contact for our scope |
| Lead design engineer | Power, cooling and layout design |
| Electrical engineers | Supply, distribution, backup power and protection |
| Mechanical engineers | Cooling, heat rejection and water systems |
| ELV/BMS engineers | Monitoring, controls, alarms and building systems |
| Project manager on site | Daily coordination, programme and site hand-offs |
| Site team hired and trained in country | Installation and site work |
| Quality team | Test records and handover |
What we deliver
Power plan from the supply the site has. MV, LV, UPS, generators and solar sized, then tested under load and failover.
Air, chilled water or liquid cooling, matched to rack density and climate. Tested under full load, with duty and standby units switched over.
Hall layout, racks, containment and cabling routes. Handed over ready for your IT.
Building management, security and monitoring, with alarms and controls tested end to end.
We aren't locked to any equipment maker. We choose transformers, UPS, cooling and racks for your site, climate and budget, and show you the options side by side.
Meters at the incomer, UPS output, IT distribution and cooling plant. PUE measured as ISO/IEC 30134-2 defines it, and we state the measurement category we use. We give a PUE target only for a specific site, based on its climate, load and power.
Modular, phased builds. Phase 2 land, switchboard ways and cable routes are left ready, so phase 2 can usually be added while phase 1 stays live. If a shutdown is needed, we tell you how long it will take before you approve the phasing.
Questions
A block plan and a power estimate for your site, built from four inputs: site, IT load, available power and target date. There's no fee and no obligation. If it's useful and you want to go further, we send a short checklist. Once you return it, the free proposal follows within 5 working days.
You do. They're yours to keep, whether or not you work with us.
Tell us what you do know, even if it's just the nearest substation or a generator plan. We'll show the options and what each one depends on.
Yes. Most of our designs are phased. We size phase 1 for the power you have now and leave the site ready for the next phase.
In most countries, yes. We send our own project manager to support delivery, help hire and train the site team in the country, and work with local contractors where permits or specialist work need them. Our team has done this in Zimbabwe and the Republic of the Congo.
Tell us the standard your project needs and we design to it. Certification itself is carried out by the body you choose.
Design lock and delivery are paid. We price them for your project once the proposal is agreed. Before that, you get cost ranges by system, not a single number.
The engineers who draw your first design stay with the project until handover, with a site team chosen for your project. We name the key people in the proposal.
We use it only to prepare your design and reply to you. If you need an NDA before sharing details, say so in the form.
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