Data centers are continually driving to become more efficient, and to get more useful work out of staff. In the case of giant hyperscale data centers, increasing automation may be calling time on the practice of people patrolling thousands of yards of data center perimeters.
Novva data centers, led by former C7 CEO Wes Swenson and backed by CIM Group, has a 100-acre flagship in West Jordan, Utah - a campus that could reach more than 1.5 million sq ft (139,350 sq m) of data center space. The first phase, involving a 300,000 sq ft (28,000 sqm) data center was completed in late 2021 and includes a 120MW substation as well as an 80,000 sq ft (7,500 sq m) office building for Novva’s headquarters.
To cover that much space, Novva is turning to autonomous drones and robots. The company is deploying Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot to patrol data halls, as well as semi-automated security drones (also known as Unmanned Ariel Vehicles, or UAVs).
“When you run a 100-acre campus, you really should have an aerial view of the operation,” says Swenson.
Drones take flight at the data center
In 2021, Novva deployed two Blackbird drones from Nightingale Security – and plans to have four on the Utah campus.
“For the most part, it just does its own thing and then just autonomously goes back to its landing site,” says Swenson.
Continue reading: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/drones-at-and-even-in-a-data-center/
Novva data centers, led by former C7 CEO Wes Swenson and backed by CIM Group, has a 100-acre flagship in West Jordan, Utah - a campus that could reach more than 1.5 million sq ft (139,350 sq m) of data center space. The first phase, involving a 300,000 sq ft (28,000 sqm) data center was completed in late 2021 and includes a 120MW substation as well as an 80,000 sq ft (7,500 sq m) office building for Novva’s headquarters.
To cover that much space, Novva is turning to autonomous drones and robots. The company is deploying Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot to patrol data halls, as well as semi-automated security drones (also known as Unmanned Ariel Vehicles, or UAVs).
“When you run a 100-acre campus, you really should have an aerial view of the operation,” says Swenson.
Drones take flight at the data center
In 2021, Novva deployed two Blackbird drones from Nightingale Security – and plans to have four on the Utah campus.
“For the most part, it just does its own thing and then just autonomously goes back to its landing site,” says Swenson.
Continue reading: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/drones-at-and-even-in-a-data-center/
