As the fast-growing data center landscape continues to mold new facility maintenance needs, building optimal vendor partnerships can provide the reassurance that facilities need to ensure ideal operation. Let’s face it, while all businesses rely upon comfort for employees and clients alike, the fast-paced 24/7 operation of data centers truly epitomizes the importance of working in a comfortable, safe, and energy-efficient environment.

Key Elements to Proactive Data Center Maintenance Services

  1. Selection of Ideal Lighting: Data center utility spend can be astronomical and savings can foster monetary spending that can benefit CapEx projects instead of large utility costs. Upfront selection of LED lighting with industry-leading warranties and max energy efficiency are of great importance.
  2. Full HVAC Support: High hours of operation create significant importance with HVAC maintenance. Building a strong data center HVAC PM program through a trusted partner can mitigate comfort level risk and provide cost-avoidance savings by being proactive.
  3. Optimal Building Controls: Even with a brand new data center opening, there may be utility rebate incentives and new-aged technology that combine to offer tremendous ROIs on energy efficiency and utility savings to create the ideal “green” environment and be ahead of the game with rising utility costs nationwide.
  4. Selecting Specialized Companies: Why pay for a “jack of all trades” company who may not specialize in all the trades you need support with? Selecting a field partner who excels with HVAC services or lighting services — then a different partner who thrives with handyman work and another for roofing — will help to ensure the proper vendor partnerships are aligned for both service and cost efficiency.
  5. Utopian Facilities Reporting & Asset Management: The facility maintenance spend at a single data center can exceed that of a business chain with 50+ locations. With this being the case, having ideal reporting which analyzes spend by trade, in-depth breakdown of spend segments, HVAC equipment lists and repair history data….all of these are paramount for budget setting and cost management.

Once data centers begin operation with fast-moving business and tremendous hours of operation, staff comfort and safety are at a premium. Making smart, financially-strategic decisions upfront can be impactful for years to come.

Please reach out to CLS Facility Services to support your data center facility maintenance needs.