Posted by Todd Boucher
on 06/22/2010
Durham, NH – June 18, 2010 – Leading Edge Design Group, a leading provider of Energy Optimization Services, announced today that they have been awarded the design for the Research Computing Center (RCC) Data Center at the University of New Hampshire. The existing data center will be completely reconfigured, creating next-generation data center space to support the University’s research operations.
The University of New Hampshire’s Research Computing Center, located in Morse Hall, is a data center that supports sponsored research on the University Campus. The RCC was constructed in 1986 and still operates with much of the original infrastructure. “There are several critical programs and projects that are running in the Research Computing Center,” said Patrick Messer, Director of the Research Computing Center. “The aging electrical and mechanical equipment presents a significant risk to our operations.”
Leading Edge Design Group is tasked with both providing a new next-generation data center design for the RCC and also with ensuring that data center operations are not interrupted during the reconfiguration process. “The complexity of the RCC project is significantly compounded by the need to keep the data center completely operational throughout the construction process,” said Todd Boucher, Principal at Leading Edge Design Group. “It is our design intent to build a new, progressive, energy efficient data center infrastructure while minimizing any impact to the RCC operations. We are confident that our project plan will mitigate risk to ongoing work in the RCC and are excited at the opportunity to work with the University on this project.”
As part of the new design, the RCC will receive data center electrical, mechanical, telecommunications, and architectural upgrades. Design is currently underway with construction targeted to start in the fall of 2010.
