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Basefarm Oslo 5
was completed.
Basefarm
customers can now
access more than
10 megawatts of
critical capacity
and up to 6,000
square metres of
white space.
Located only five
kilometres away
from Basefarm’s
existing data
centre, Basefarm
Oslo 5 will be used
as part of a dual
site solution for
customers requiring
high levels of
redundancy.
heights, widths and depths in the same row
and can be ceiling or cabinet-supported.
BTS Kit also features an elevated, single-
piece duct, allowing cabinets to be
removed, omitted or replaced as required.
With a high-quality glacier white finish that
reflects more light, a durable construction
and a maintenance-free design, the BTS
Kit has given Basefarm the security of
enduring performance in building its new
mission critical data centre.
Along with the BTS Kit, CPI supplied
Basefarm with a range of GF-Series
GlobalFrame Cabinets with Finger Cable
Managers installed.
The GF-Series GlobalFrame Cabinet System
is an industry-standard server and network
equipment storage solution that provides
smarter airflow management. Also in a
glacier white finish, GlobalFrame Cabinets
feature perforated areas on the doors that
are 78% open to maximise airflow.
“During the design phase, we considered
many different options for cabinet and
containment solutions. CPI’s GlobalFrame
www.intelligentdatacentres.com
Cabinets and the BTS Kit stood out as
the best-in-class to meet our needs in
building a super-efficient data centre,”
added Elgethun.
With CPI’s cabinets and aisle containment,
Basefarm had deployed a solution that
allowed them to:
• Eliminate hot spots
• Support 4x higher heat and power
densities (6 kW to 30+ kW)
• Utilise 100% of supplied air and
reduce chilled air waste
• Improve CRAC unit efficiency
because of the higher supply-to-return
temperature differences (Delta Ts)
• Allow increased room temperature
and higher set-points on cooling
equipment for more free cooling hours
using low-cost economisers
• Provide flexibility for supply air
delivery through the ceiling, wall or floor
The result: A reliable and
sustainable data centre
The dream of building Oslo’s most
reliable and sustainable data centre
became a reality, just one year after the
design process began, when phase 1 of
Finding an
innovative and
low-cost cooling
solution was a top-
level priority for the Basefarm design team
from the start.
In a facility designed to grow over the next
five years, beyond meeting the desired
Power Useage Effectiveness (PUE) goal of
1.1, this was a chance to break new ground
and become a model for other green data
centres to follow.
With the flexibility CPI’s BTS Kit and
GlobalFrame Cabinet Systems provided,
Basefarm can now quickly scale the new
data centre to accommodate its clients’
future colocation needs.
“The combination of the quality and design
of CPI’s products and their responsiveness
during deployment meant it was a win-
win situation for Basefarm. The cost of
improving our PUE numbers by 10% is a
small cost compared to being able to use
the space 80% more effectively. And it
looks great,” Elgethun stated.
Taking a team approach was the key to
building the trust needed for Basefarm and
CPI to work together to successfully design
and build Oslo’s biggest and greenest data
centre yet – Basefarm Oslo 5. ◊
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