Design of Data Centers using Precast, Prestressed Concrete

A data center is a building or a group of buildings that house computer systems, telecommunications components, storage systems and redundant power supplies. They support IT and network operations for business practices, artificial intelligence, artificial and augmented reality, and the “cloud”. They may be defined by size, function, and operation as onsite, edge, colocation, or hyperscale, but they generally share the common characteristics of heavy content loads, high energy consumption and mechanical cooling, fire suppression, high security and mission critical operation that cannot go out of service.

The largest proportion of data center buildings today are designed with precast, prestressed concrete. Some are designed as total precast, with precast concrete floors and roof framing carrying the heavy loads of computer racks, uninterrupted power supplies and the miles of wiring and piping on strong materials that are inherently fire resistance or fire rated. Others are designed with steel framing with precast concrete walls providing durable insulated concrete walls panels as shear walls or simply as building enclosure cladding.

This webinar will cover the applications of precast concrete in these buildings. The precast concrete framing, gravity and lateral systems, components, and connections will be reviewed as applied to both total precast and steel-framed buildings. Considerations for production and erection of precast as well as the essential coordination with mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and architectural installations will be discussed.

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11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT