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Calculating Total Power Requirements For Data Center

This document provides a calculation to determine the power requirements for a datacenter. It calculates the critical load from IT equipment which is 488KW. It then adds additional allowances for future loads, UPS inefficiency, lighting, and cooling to get a total power requirement of 958KW. It sizes the electrical service from the utility at 1324KW to meet regulations and allow for power factor correction on the UPS. The document recommends a standby generator sized at 1324KW to support the critical and cooling loads.

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Calculating Total Power Requirements For Data Center

This document provides a calculation to determine the power requirements for a datacenter. It calculates the critical load from IT equipment which is 488KW. It then adds additional allowances for future loads, UPS inefficiency, lighting, and cooling to get a total power requirement of 958KW. It sizes the electrical service from the utility at 1324KW to meet regulations and allow for power factor correction on the UPS. The document recommends a standby generator sized at 1324KW to support the critical and cooling loads.

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Sl. No.

Item

Data required

Calculation

Subtotal

KW

Power requirement electrical


1

Critical load- sizing calculator

Rating of each ITdevice

( Calculator total in VA x 0.67 ) / 1000

300

KW

For equipment not listed in the


sizing calculator, critical load
nameplate

Subtotal VA (include fire, security


and monitoring systems)

( Subtotal VA x .67 ) / 1000

15

KW

Future Loads

4
5

Peak power draw due to


variation in critical loads
UPS inefficiency and battery
charging
Lighting

VA of nameplate of each
anticipated ITdevice
Total steady state critical load
power draw

[ (Add VA rating of future devices) x


.67 ] / 1000

150

( # 1 +# 2 +# 3 ) x .1.05

488

Actual Load+ Future Loads (in kW) ( # 1 +# 2 +# 3 ) x 0.15

73

Total floor area associated with


the datacenter

Total power to support electrical


Total from# 4, # 5, and# 6 above
demands

0.002 x floor area (sq ft),

2.0

0.0215 x floor area(sq m)

0.0

KW
KW
KW
KW
KW

563

KW

394

KW

KW

# 7 +# 8

958

KW

# 9 x 1.25

1197

KW

230/440

440

VAC

1571

Amps

# 7 x 1.3 (Power factor corrected UPS)

733

KW

# 8 x 1.5

592

KW

# 13 +# 14

1324

KW

# 4 +# 5 + # 6

Power requirement cooling


For Chiller systems # 7 x 0.7
8

Total power to support cooling


demands

Total power to support electrical


Total from# 7 and# 8 above
and cooling demands

10

Requirements to meet NEC and


other regulators

11

Three phase AC voltage provided


AC voltage
at service entrance

12

Electrical service required from


utility company in Amps

Total from# 7 above


For DX systems

# 7 x 1.0

Size of electrical service estimate


Total from# 9 above

Total from# 10 and AC voltage in #


( # 10 x 1000) / ( # 11 x 1.732 )
11
Size of standby generator estimate (if applicable)

13
14
15

Critical loads requiring generator


Total from# 7 above
back up
Cooling loads requiring generator
Total from# 8 above
back up
Size of generator needed

Total from# 13 and # 14 above

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