Infrastructure · Artfiles W408
Data center
Hamburg, Germany
Colocation at Artfiles W408 – redundant power supply, biometric access, and cold-aisle cooling for up to 5 kW per rack. Your hardware in a professional data center environment.
Key figures
- 550 m²
- Total area
- 120
- Racks (19")
- 5 kW
- per rack
- 100 %
- Green power
What sets this site apart
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Biometric access
Hand-vein scanner, badge & PIN – multi-stage access from the premises to colocation.
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UPS + emergency power
n+1 UPS, 10 min. bridging time, 690 kVA diesel – pre-heated around the clock.
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Cold aisle & cooling
Rittal racks, cold-aisle containment, up to 240 kW cooling capacity (n+1).
General information
- Year built
- 2011 (completion)
- Location
- Wendenstraße 408, 20537 Hamburg
- Total area
- approx. 550 m²
- Colocation area
- Two fully separate fire compartments, each approx. 225 m²
- Capacity
- Space for around 120 cabinets (19" racks), distributed across both fire compartments
- Build-out status
- Site fully built out since 2016
Rack and climate concept
- Rack system
- Racks from Rittal
- Airflow
- Cold-aisle containment for even supply-air distribution to the racks
- Climate concept
- Designed for high power density per rack; air conditioning and UPS configured redundantly (n+1)
Security
- Site access
- Rolling gate, with access card (badge)
- Building access
- With access card (badge) and PIN
- Colocation access
- Biometric authentication (e.g. hand-vein scanner)
- Intrusion protection
- 24/7 security service, motion detectors, alarm system, comprehensive video recording in colocation. Combination locks on racks.
- Fire protection
- Early fire detection system and Inergen gas suppression system
- Building monitoring
- In addition to smoke detectors, floor moisture sensors and cold-aisle air pressure monitoring — for early detection of anomalies and rapid response
Power supply
- Transformer station
- Own conversion 10 kV → 400 V; expansion space reserved for downstream infrastructure
- Grid connection
- Four main tracks with three phases each — separate main lines and protection down to the racks for a high level of redundancy
- Power design per rack
- Area designed to provide approx. 5,000 W electrical power per rack and dissipate the associated heat (cooling)
- UPS
- Socomec Masterys GP (quantity: n+1), each 120 kVA at full load
- Bridging time
- 10 minutes guaranteed at maximum load
- Emergency generator
- Aggretech AGS670V_E53 with 690 kVA at full load
- Start-up time
- The pre-heated generator typically reaches full output within about one minute (start-up phase secured by UPS)
Cooling
- Air conditioning type
- Stulz Cyberair 2 and Cyberair 3
- Cooling capacity
- Approx. 80 kW per cabinet, currently up to 240 kW cooling capacity at full load (redundant n+1 design)
- Air volume
- Up to 20,000 m³/h (per cabinet), differential-pressure controlled.
Sustainability
- Power supply
- Operation with 100% electricity from renewable sources (provably allocated generation — details on request)
Impressions
Insights into colocation, cold aisles, and on-site infrastructure.
