DC BLOX: Proactively identifying equipment problems and managing data center customer costs with a customized SCADA solution.

Affinity Energy worked with DC Blox to create a SCADA solution with some EPMS capability. Affinity Energy proposed Trihedral VTSCADA, a cost-effective, customizable, and redundant SCADA solution.

DC BLOX

DC BLOX is a colocation data center provider targeting small to medium-sized businesses in small regions outside larger metropolises. Building a highly distributed network of small (<20,000 sq. ft) data centers connected by a high-speed fiber optic backbone, the company has plans to build 19 in total across the Southeastern United States. DC BLOX acquired their first data center in Chattanooga, TN. Next, they designed and built a data center with their signature footprint in Huntsville, AL. Similar in design and equipment, their third data center is nearing completion in Birmingham, AL.

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SVP Data Center Engineering & Development at DC BLOX

Challenge

DC BLOX wanted a cost-effective tool to proactively identify problems with data center equipment, and manage the cost associated with their tenants. Specifically, they needed to track tenant network and power usage in real time to determine if customers were exceeding their committed power limit.

Due to DC BLOX’s plans for rapid growth across the Southeast, redundancy and architecture scalability in a cost-effective manner was key to a new company-wide system.

The SVP of Data Center Engineering & Development at DC BLOX started exploring options to replace the system in Chattanooga. He knew Affinity Energy’s ability to design, develop, install, and commission SCADA and EPMS systems from previous work on data center projects at QTS, and contacted Affinity Energy in 2017, who provided a preliminary proposal.

DC BLOX suddenly shifted gears and placed Chattanooga on the backburner, but decided to instead engage Affinity Energy on the newest data center designed and built by DC BLOX in Huntsville with the system Affinity Energy proposed for the Chattanooga site.

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