Data Center & Servers

Server Room Build-out

Server rooms built for the Lao climate: racks, N+1 cooling, online UPS, earthing, gas suppression, access control and alerting sensors.

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What we usually find on site

Plenty of servers live in a storeroom or under the accountant's desk: hot, dusty, unearthed, and open to the cleaner. The pattern we see again and again: the only air-conditioner fails in April, the room hits 40°C within the hour, and the switches and NAS shut themselves down. Sometimes the AC never comes back after a power cut because it has no auto-restart.

What a server room should have

System	What we design
Racks & cabling	42U racks, cable management, both-end labels, front-to-back airflow
Cooling	Two alternating (N+1) air-conditioners or precision cooling
Power	Online double-conversion UPS, dual PDUs, earthing, surge protection
Security	Card or face access, CCTV, an entry log
Fire	Smoke detection and clean-agent gas suppression
Monitoring	Temperature, humidity and water-leak sensors alerting via SMS/LINE/email

Heat and unsteady power

Two air-conditioners on a lead/lag controller that alternates them and starts the second unit when temperature climbs. Both must restart by themselves after a power cut. Many Vientiane buildings see voltage sag between 17:00 and 19:00 as load peaks; an online double-conversion UPS keeps the output steady throughout. We measure earth resistance on site rather than trusting the drawings.

Things that get missed

A gas-suppressed room has to be sealed, or the agent leaks out before the fire is out
No condensate or building water pipes over the racks
Mine-site rooms need dust filters and a cleaning schedule

Right-sized

From a single rack in an office to multi-rack rooms with raised floors or aisle containment.

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What it does

Redundant cooling

N+1 air-conditioning with a lead/lag controller and auto-restart after outages.

Clean power

Online UPS, surge protection and a measured earth.

Cabling & labeling

Tidy cabling, labels at both ends and patch documentation.

Environmental sensors

Temperature, humidity, water and smoke alerts before equipment shuts down.

Physical access control

Card or face access with CCTV on every entry.

Fire suppression

Early smoke detection and equipment-safe gas suppression.

Design and rollout

1
Site survey: space, floor loading, power, earthing and flood or leak risk.
2
Calculate power (kW) and heat load (BTU/h) to size UPS and cooling.
3
Design rack layout, cable pathways and airflow.
4
Install power, cooling, racks, security and fire systems.
5
Cut the mains and switch off one AC for real, then hand over documentation.

Where it fits

A head office moving into a new building in Vientiane.
A dusty mine-site server room that needs sealing and filtration.
Hotels and hospitals that run 24/7.
School or ministry IT rooms being brought up to standard.

Typical system sizes

Micro

Fits: Single rack in an office

Enclosed, locked rack with fans
Online UPS and PDU
Temperature sensor

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Standard

Fits: 2–4 racks, dedicated room

N+1 cooling with lead/lag controller
Access control and CCTV
Full sensor suite and alerting

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Enterprise

Fits: 5+ racks or a small data hall

Precision cooling and containment
Modular UPS and gas suppression
DCIM and MA contract

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Brands we supply & install

APC by Schneider Electric Eaton Vertiv CommScope Panduit Legrand LINK ZKTeco Hikvision Dell Technologies Hewlett Packard Enterprise Lenovo

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FAQ

What temperature should a server room run at?

ASHRAE recommends equipment inlet air of about 18–27°C. There is no need to run the AC at 16°C; what matters is stability and a standby unit.

Can we use ordinary split air-conditioners?

For small rooms, yes: two units, a lead/lag controller and auto-restart after power returns. Comfort units are not designed for 24-hour duty, so they need more frequent cleaning and checks. Larger rooms should use precision cooling.

Why not water sprinklers in the server room?

Water ruins every device in the room, even for a small fire. Clean-agent gas puts the fire out without damage, but the room must be sealed and the design has to fit the building's fire protection. Where the building already has sprinklers throughout, a pre-action system is the usual compromise.

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