Environmental monitoring
Temperature, humidity, water-leak and smoke sensors are placed according to equipment risks and maintenance routes, not as an afterthought.
SETEK / ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY
From project intent
to operational readiness.
A data center is not defined by its enclosure. It is defined by the IT workload it must support, the power and thermal conditions it must maintain, and the acceptance tests that prove the complete system can perform.
Start a project enquiry ›01 / DEFINE
What must the infrastructure actually do?
Before selecting a container size, we document the servers, GPU class, rack count, power per rack, anticipated growth, cooling interface, redundancy expectations and site conditions. This requirement set becomes the reference for every downstream engineering decision.
- Workload and IT equipment definition
- Capacity, rack density and upgrade path
- Availability and maintainability objectives
- Local utilities and site-specific constraints
02 / SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Separate the functions.
Coordinate the interfaces.
IT MODULECompute
Server racks, networking, aisle arrangement, cable management and physical service access.
POWER MODULEElectrical
Incoming power, UPS and battery strategy, protected distribution, rack PDUs and monitoring.
COOLING MODULEThermal
Direct-to-chip liquid loops, CDUs, pumps, heat exchangers, residual air cooling and external heat rejection.
For high-density D2C designs, rack liquid connections are coordinated with the CDU and heat-rejection interfaces. Immersion and rear-door heat exchangers remain project-specific options, not a universal default.
03 / THERMAL & ELECTRICAL INTERFACES
Power and cooling are
one design problem.
POWER QUALITY
From the grid to the rack.
A project begins with the real electrical connection: voltage, available capacity, short-circuit level and permitted backup strategy. Distribution diagrams then define UPS boundaries, protective coordination and monitoring points.
- Source, transfer and UPS arrangement
- Rack PDU and branch-circuit schedules
- Redundancy and maintainability targets
THERMAL BALANCE
From GPU heat to ambient air.
The thermal design follows heat from cold plates to the rack manifolds, the CDU and the external rejection equipment. The remaining air-cooled fraction must be handled separately, including room air paths and non-liquid loads.
- Supply/return temperature and flow design points
- CDU, pumps and heat-exchanger interfaces
- Residual air and leak-detection strategy
The heat split depends on the selected server platform and operating point; no generic liquid-cooling percentage should be treated as a guaranteed SETEK product result.
04 / OPERATIONAL READINESS
Design for the people
who will operate it.
Power visibility
Incoming supply, UPS health, branch loading and rack-level metering can be presented as one operational view where supported by the chosen equipment.
Safe access
Clearances, access control, lighting, fire-safety interfaces and component replacement are coordinated with the final enclosure and site layout.
Commissioning evidence
Factory and site tests are traced back to the Basis of Design so that operating readiness is demonstrated against documented acceptance criteria.
05 / DESIGN CONTROL
Interfaces matter as much as equipment.
We review boundaries between packages and suppliers to reduce commissioning surprises. Electrical one-line diagrams, thermal design points, space and access requirements, lifting plans and site connection details must tell the same story.
For projects in seismic regions, the supporting structure, equipment restraints, flexible interfaces and relevant isolation systems must be evaluated within the broader site concept rather than treated as decorative additions.
EXPLORE THE TECHNICAL PATHWAYS
06 / DELIVERY & VALIDATION
A disciplined handover path.
RFIRequirements received
Clarify the user brief and missing technical inputs.
BoDBasis of Design
Document assumptions, limits, compliance targets and interfaces.
ConceptArchitecture & budget
Align modules, preliminary layouts, major equipment and commercial scope.
FATFactory verification
Test agreed functional sequences and package interfaces before shipment.
SATSite acceptance
Confirm installation, connections, operation and project acceptance criteria.
Actual tests, certification evidence, lead times and performance commitments are determined in the project-specific engineering scope and supplier documentation.