Northern European information centre operator Delska’s upcoming facility, EU North Riga LV DC1, has been awarded the distinguished Uptime Institute Tier III Design Certification – an vital milestone forward of its deliberate launch on the finish of this yr. As soon as operational, it will likely be one of many greenest information centres within the Baltic area.
The Tier III Design certification ensures the power meets strict requirements for redundancy, security, and uninterrupted service, guaranteeing 99.982% uptime. “In a world the place even a number of seconds of downtime can value hundreds, Tier III means our infrastructure stays on-line—even throughout deliberate upkeep,” mentioned Delska CEO Andris Gailitis.
Addressing energy shortages in main European hubs, the ten MW website, providing as much as 250 kW per rack, is constructed for next-generation workloads, together with AI and high-performance computing (HPC). Its modular 6,000 m² structure is absolutely scalable, with the flexibility to develop the information centre campus website as much as 30 MW.
Sustainability is on the core of the design. The power will run completely on 100% wind vitality, with backup mills powered by Neste MY renewable diesel. Concentrating on a PUE of simply 1.3, it would use superior free-cooling techniques, hot-aisle containment, an efficient Weiss Technik wall cooling system and Trane Turbocor-based chillers. It helps each air cooling and high-density direct-to-chip cooling. Delska additionally goals for LEED inexperienced constructing certification, an achievement held by fewer than 15 buildings in Latvia.
Upon completion, LV DC1 will bear Tier III Facility certification to substantiate its development and operations meet the identical excessive commonplace as its design. This shall be Delska’s third Tier III-certified information centre and sixth general, becoming a member of two Tier III Facility-certified websites in Lithuania. Plans embrace a further Lithuanian information centre and one other facility within the area, strengthening Delska’s Baltic information centres’ community.
