Meit Consultants have had the pleasure of working with Kao Data since 2019 and were involved in providing MEP design services following the completion of their first Data Centre, KLON 01, located in Harlow.
Meit Consultants, working collaboratively with Kao Data, JCA, MCa and Abstruct adopted the principles of KLON 01, and provided quality-of-life improvements which included fundamental changes to a number of the critical services as well as general improvements to administrative and ancillary areas.
As part of these works, Meit Consultants were involved in the MEP design of the wider site-wide campus design, KLON 02, the subsequent third and fourth Data Centres planned for the campus (KLON 03 & KLON 04), taking the design from Stage 2 to Stage 4 with Kao Data, before being novated to JCA and delivering a Stage 5 design.
KLON 02 key facts:
- 10 MW worth of available White Space
- 1800 racks across 3400sqm of technical space via 4No technical suites.
- BREEAM Rating: Excellent
- PUE <1.264 (estimated)
- Improvements to the overall MV scheme design, now incorporating a generator closed ring topology
- Energy Efficient Cooling to the technology Suites using hot aisle containment with a combination of adiabatic free cooling with mechanical cooling assistance
Photograph credit: Kao Data
