Data Center

TestFit 5.0: Optimize Your Data Center for the Best Option

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Joann Lui

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As the data center market grows rapidly, we’re excited to introduce Data Center as a new building type in TestFit.

With decreasing vacancy rates in primary markets and increasing demand for high-power computing capabilities, this new building type will help you compete for sites with the right power availability fast.

From multi-level data centers to massive campus development, you can use TestFit to:

Calculate energy requirements
Tabulate data hall and yard sizes
Optimize for estimated electricity availability with Generative Design

Optimize for Power Availability

You can now enable Power Parameters to set relevant values to your Data Center, including target power density and design PUE.

You’ll also see all the metrics related to your Data Center in the tabulation panel. Here you can benchmark your site plan against electrical availability with a pass/fail score.

TestFit Generative Design will also have the ability to optimize for estimated electricity availability on the site. This means that you will be able to input a maximum and minimum megawatt (MW) to a site and only options that are within that limit will be generated.

TestFit Generative Design for data center

Types of Data Centers

Infill Development

Using regions, you can plan for multi-level Data Centers with data halls, electrical rooms, admin areas, and mechanical yards.

Campus Centers

For massive campus developments, you can divide up your prospective land into phases or zones for various Data Centers types.

With TestFit’s customizable road layout, you can design major roadways and plan for substation layouts all while automatically allocating for maximum buildable area.

Secure Electrical Rights Fast

With this update, you can now quickly and accurately determine the feasibility of Data Centers. To win in this competitive Data Center market, you can use TestFit to get underwriting done fast to secure electrical rights and know exactly what you need from utility companies.

Ready to learn more? Book a demo with our team to see how TestFit can help you meet the growing demand for Data Center capacity.

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About Author

Joann Lui, AIA, is a Product Marketing Manager at TestFit with 10+ years of experience as a licensed Architect. She's also the Founder of Women Architects Collective - a global online community of women in architecture. Combining her passions in marketing, technology and architecture, she's on a mission to help architects build happier and healthier careers.