Powered Shell to Colocation Data Center Conversion
A powered shell converted into two live colocation data halls, with the first tenant moving in on its lease date.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Southeast
- Market
- Data Centers
- Capital value
- $310M
- Size
- 36 MW · 2 data halls
- Delivery
- Design-Build
- Duration
- 18 months
- Completed
- 2023
What was at stake.
The tenant's lease had a fixed ready-for-service date and daily credits after it. The existing shell needed new structure for rooftop equipment, a new electrical yard and a full cooling plant. The first schedule we reviewed had commissioning compressed into two weeks.
How we controlled it.
What our schedulers and cost engineers did on this project.
Honest review
Our schedule review showed commissioning needed nine weeks, not two, and that the finish date was already at risk.
Recovery sequence
We resequenced the electrical yard and cooling plant so L3 and L4 testing could start in the first hall while the second was still in build.
Commissioning tracked
Each system was tracked through L1 to L5, with open issues logged against the hall they blocked.
Weekly reporting
The owner and tenant received the same weekly report: date, float and the open commissioning issues.
The result.
Two weeks of commissioning on a data hall is not a plan. It is a delay nobody has admitted yet.
Recovery lead, AdenTurton
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