Photos: The building of a data centre

Mega-volt sub stations and room-sized cooling pumps

By Nick Heath, 11 June 2008 15:46

Energy supplier EDF is building the on-site sub-station, seen here.

The site is plugged into the 'super grid', the base level of the national power grid and during shortages is given the same power priority as a hospital.

Power is channelled through two HV mains feeds to provide back-up in case one goes down.

Photo credit: Nick Heath



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