Operating since 1994, Cyberfort offers the highest level of protection for companies’ business-critical data and applications with military grade security.
Housed in a former Ministry of Defence nuclear bunker in Kent and thanks to a unique underground design and ultra-secure location, its cloud hosting data centre (previously known as ‘The Bunker’) can offer clients enough protection to literally withstand any army.
As an enterprise offering secure space where infrastructure can’t afford to fail, having a reliable and fully working UPS and supporting infrastructure in place is crucial to ensure Cyberfort and its customers continue to operate without disruption regardless of the situation.
However, the data centre’s existing power protection setup comprising 6 x 80 kVA UPS was approaching its end of life, with the cost involved in maintaining and running these UPS systems becoming increasingly more expensive and unviable.
The decision was made to phase out the existing UPS and replace with newer more efficient technology.
A Challenging Install & A Move To Multi Sentry
Authorised Riello UPS reseller and service partner Specialist Power Systems is a long-standing supplier for Cyberfort, having looked after the UPS at both their sites in Kent and Newbury since 2008.
They were asked to specify a replacement, but the unique installation environment threw up several significant challenges.
The data centre is housed in a bunker 5 metres underground with only a relatively small opening available to lower the equipment into place, while each item couldn’t exceed a 1,000 kg lifting beam rating.
Taking these space and weight restrictions into account, our Multi Sentry (MST) range proved the optimum solution.
Delivering exceptional performance and up to 96.5% efficiency in one of the most compact footprints in its category made the transformer-free MST the ideal fit.
The 6 x end of life UPS would be replaced with 4 x 100 kVA MST units connected in parallel to deliver 300 kVA N+1 redundancy.
Successful Outcome
Due to the complex nature of the installation environment, the replacement was staggered over a 12 month period involving substantial electrical works, such as 2 new 630A electrical supplies from A and B substations. This involved running infrastructure more than 100 metres and trenching new low voltage cables 85 metres.
However, the new Multi Sentry UPS are already proving their worth, with the enhanced efficiency already cutting the data centre’s electricity costs by around £32,000 a year.
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