TiePoint
Experience
Founded in 1994, TiePoint’s staff of registered senior-level engineers represent some of the most experienced data center engineers in the industry. In fact, TiePoint’s expertise in high-availability has made them one of the select few electrical engineering firms with the experience necessary to serve as the client’s prime consultant. The TiePoint team has created some of the world’s most reliable data centers.
Design: Internet Services Provider
Tier IV, 60,000 square feet of raised floor, 110 watts-per-square-foot load density, three 2(N+1) UPS systems, 16 MW 15 kV N+2 sound attenuated engine-generator system with closed transition transfer with utility.
Design: Major Insurance Company
Tier IV – Uptime Institute Certified, 40,000 square feet of raised floor, 60 watts-per-square-foot load density, 2(N+1) UPS system, N+1 engine-generator system with closed transition transfer with utility. Mechanical plant replacement required sequential installation strategies to maintain continuous operation. BAS controls were replaced with fault-tolerant Delta V industrial controllers. The multi-phase infrastructure upgrade replaced an existing Tier II infrastructure.
Design: Electronic Media
Ongoing design and engineering support for three campus data center facilities totaling 190,000 sq. ft. Comprehensive design and construction period services for a concurrently maintainable (Tier III) 50,000 sq. ft. facility completed in 2008, delivering 150 W/SF across 16,500 square feet of raised floor.
Design: Transportation Services Firm
6.4 MW, 13.2 kV engine-generator plant, 6 x 600 kW UPS modules, automatic static transfer switches, medium voltage control and distribution equipment and low voltage distribution equipment support a 60,000 square foot data center for dual-power-cord technology.
2,400 kW, 480 V system + system UPS replacement, 10 x 600 kW UPS modules, automatic main-tie-tie-main transfer system, low voltage distribution equipment to support a 60,000 square foot data center for dual-power-cord technology.
Forensics: Incident Review and Root Cause Analysis
TiePoint has extensive experience assisting data center owners with the review of incidents and in providing root cause analysis for infrastructure system failures, including engine-generator systems, transfer systems, and UPS systems.
Forensics: Site Uptime Network® Abnormal Incident Reporting
TiePoint has a unique capacity to capture critical lessons learned from incident reports submitted by over 150 data centers. Without divulging the origin or details of any specific incidents reported, TiePoint provides clients the benefits of this volume of data in the design of their custom facility.
Consulting: Energy Study
TiePoint developed a real-time energy model for a 60,000 square foot, 110 watts-per-square-foot data center that predicts energy consumption, system efficiency, and PUE.
Consulting: Site Reviews
TiePoint provides site reviews that encompass all of the key infrastructure systems. Reviews typically focus on maintainability and availability, operating conditions, and suitability for ongoing system support.
Consulting: Mechanical and Electrical Systems LCCA
TiePoint provides life cycle cost analyses for a variety of mechanical and electrical systems to assist owners in evaluating initial costs, in addition to total cost of ownership.
Consulting: UPS Modifications
Product and system upgrades require thorough investigation to determine overall impact on existing system availability. TiePoint possesses extensive experience assisting data center owners in evaluating, preparing procedures for, and implementing product and system upgrades.
Consulting: Infrastructure Capacity Planning
Many data center clients have benefited from TiePoint’s expertise with planning infrastructure capacity. These efforts typically begin with a thorough survey of existing conditions, continue with an analysis of the site’s goals for power density and uptime, and conclude with a strategic plan to migrate from existing operating conditions to desired operating conditions.
Avoid downtime. E-mail: info@tiepoint.com or call 410-583-9100.