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team collaboration was the key to success for eCho.
from day one to move-in, it set the tone for building a
reliable, redundant, scalable and flexible mission
critical facility that met all the owner’s objectives and
brought the team’s Guiding principles to life.
“the syska hennessy/Corgan team, combined with
turner Construction, translated some basic
requirements into a state-of-the-art facility on a modest
budget. by asking questions, listening carefully and
then coming back with options and recommendations
at every step of the process, the design and
construction teams assimilated our underlying mantra
of reliability, availability and maintainability for this data
center. they were the consummate collaborative
partners,” said bill badger, project Manager, Cps
energy. “we would sketch out ideas on a dry erase
board or over a web conference. in short order, those
ideas were integrated into the design and construction
of the building. for Cps energy, this was the perfect
integration of owner, designer and builder. eCho is
the tangible result of the best teamwork on the
planet.”
VITAL STATS:
the Cps energy’s Mission Critical Control and data
Center (eCho) was built with concurrently
maintainable goals in mind, with a feed from two utility
sub stations, allowing for a robust system while
maintaining the overall budget constraint. supporting
multiple operating groups under a single roof, the
facility is awaiting leed Gold certification. eCho
features a control center operating space of 10,000 to
15,000 sq. ft. the facility’s data processing or white
space area is currently comprised of another 10,000
sq. ft. of space, with design provisions to double the
space and critical it load for future expansion.
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Will Hodges, P.E. is Senior Associate at Syska Hennessy Group. He can be reached at 972-638-5406
Val Loh is Principal at Syska Hennessy Group. He can be reached at 212-556-3404
Bob Stickney is Principal at Syska Hennessy Group. He can be reached at 972-638-5420
cPs energy Mission critical
control and Data center
san antonio, texas
75,000 sq. ft.
opened 2015
Bill Badger, CPS Energy Project Manager
Refrigerant-based laminar cooling system located on the back
panel of each rack.