"We spend a lot of time in IT talking about the virtual -- packets, protocols, bits, and bytes - while paying little attention to boring facilities issues like electricity and HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning). When we buy servers, we demand redundant power supplies but ask little about the power once we plug the server in. When we load a new server into a rack, we plug it into a power strip or daisy-chain power strips and plug even more stuff in. We assume it will all work out, and most of the time it does" – Chad Dickerson, CTO Connection.

But, if it doesn’t what will you do? Can you afford to take the risk?

This exercise appears on the outset to be a purely mechanical process involving the layout of the area, computations to determine equipment capacities, and innumerable other engineering details. But the question is, is it that simple?

Working with your team(s) in partnership, Choice Solutions can help you in (re)designing your data center. Our solutions offer tangible value (increased availability, productivity, and cost savings), and our expert staff will bring wealth of knowledge in designing and building practical data centers with the following sound fundamentals: