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Sudlows Celebrates 100 Years of Success
20 Feb 2012
Sudlows looks to forward to the year with a celebration of its 100 year history. Sudlows was founded by Manchester entrepreneur, Albert Edward Sudlow in 1912. Albert was a Victorian gas engineer who was quick to champion a new alternative technology known as “electricity”. As one of the oldest electrical firms in Manchester and a founding member [...]
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Sudlows Double Nomination For The Green IT Awards
16 Feb 2012
Sudlows have been named as finalists in both the ‘Environmental Project of the Year for companies with over 100 Employees’ and ’ Environmental Project of the Year in the Public Sector’ categories at the Green IT Awards. Both projects involved the design and build of new energy efficient data centres on behalf of The Co-operative Group and Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council, respectively. Now in their [...]
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Manufacturing Technology Centre Appoints Sudlows For New Server Room
6 Feb 2012
Sudlows have been awarded the contract to design and fit out a new server room for The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). The new server room will provide essential support for the MTC’s global manufacturing research projects. Andy Hirst, Global Projects Director for Sudlows commented; ‘The new server room at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) will be [...]
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Sudlows Celebrates 100 Years of Success
Data Centre Design
Sudlows consider key project drivers such as energy efficiency, space, location, resilience, tier modelling and budgetary limitations at every stage of the design and consultancy process. We listen to your individual requirements and liaise with utility companies to bring together the most cost-effective and appropriate solution.
To clearly identify the immediate requirements of your new data centre build or upgrade, we create a technical design brief with clients, which takes into account potential future needs.
Dedication to your data centre is just one reason why we are the data centre provider of choice. By placing you at the core of our business we can develop an accurate understanding of your precise needs.
New Technology
High level data centre associations with leading global manufacturers such as Riello, Rittal, Brand-Rex and Fujitsu actively support our involvement in the integration of energy efficient and environmentally sustainable technologies.
In association with our manufacturing partners our consultants invest considerable time to research, develop and evaluate newly emerging data centre products. This promotes our technological focus within the critical power industry and offers exclusive opportunities to trial new products as they appear on the data centre market.
As members of The Green Grid consortium and endorsers of The EU Code of Conduct for Energy Efficient Data Centres, we are ideally positioned to advise, recommend and support our clients on current environmental issues. By incorporating the most suitable products for your data centre, Sudlows remains one step ahead of other data centre companies.
Embracing the latest technologies within the data centre will improve overall performance, reduce carbon emissions and ensure that the facility is truly ’fit for purpose’.
Some of our latest designs incorporate innovative Flywheel Technology and High Density cooling cabinets.
3D Virtual Modelling
Early visualisation of technical designs means that all clients can envisage any scope for further expansion and benefit from best fit facilities.
Even if you data centre plans change direction, our CAD designers will ensure your facility remains responsive to your requirements.
Flywheel Technology
Flywheel Technology is an alternative to traditional systems, but is not right for every data centre and so its application should be assessed against the expected IT load, initial project budget and desired performance criteria.
Sudlows data centre consultants are experienced in all areas of technology assessment, installation and integration and will use this technology only for optimum system design.
CHP
CHP technology captures waste heat from electrical generation to be used for hot water and space heating. This type of energy generation is most appropriate in buildings with large electrical or thermal demand, particularly for multiple user locations such as city centre, industrial or built up environments.
Our data centre consultants at Sudlows have exceptional knowledge and experience of all power and cooling technologies and can perform a critical facility assessment for independent recommendations and advice.
Trigeneration
This process recovers excess waste heat generated by CHP and, using a heat-driven process, produces efficient cooling power. The excess heat operates an absorption and absorbtion chiller linked to a CHP unit to provide one of the most environmentally-friendly options for air-conditioning.
Trigeneration has particular suitability toward data centre applications since it reduces high levels of power consumption in the data centre.
Speak to our data centre cooling specialist for more information about using this technology in your data centre.
Wind, Water and Solar Power
We encourage data centre energy efficiency and focus our research on the latest developments in sustainability to keep ahead of new technological trends.
Our knowledge of renewable energy generation systems means that if a site becomes available, we will assist in designing a suitable solution.
If you are interested in operating more ecological alternatives for solar, wind or water powered data centres we will conduct feasibility studies to assess your energy demands and determine your new data centre design.
Free Cooling
When temperature and humidity levels are favourable, air and water economisers can use up to 100% of outside ambient air temperatures to help meet specific data centre requirements.
Free Cooling lowers the level of energy required for precision cooling, subsequently reducing demand placed on CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioning) units and chilled water systems.
Arrange a data centre audit with our consultants to provide a critical assessment of your cooling recommendations and location.
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Fuel cell technology is a highly reliable and secure method of generating power, only relying on a constant supply of fuel for effective conversion to electricity.
Our data centre consultants assess your requirements and consider vital fuel cell factors such as system cost, complexity, fuel options (such as hydrogen) for the successful application to your environment.
