Construction Magazine November 2018 | Page 158

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Build in progress : 2-tier cable conveyance system and cabinet floor grommets for a colocation services customer
purpose-built data center whitespace .
Align has designed power , cabling and pathways for over 250MW of productionready data center space as it looks to provide “ a solution for everyone .”
This is Weber and Dooling ’ s domain as Weber takes charge of the design and build of the whitespace and Dooling oversees the physical implementation of data center technologies — the migration of the data and moving of applications and workloads .
“ It ’ s an amazingly hot market with competition increasing daily ,” says Weber . “ But Align is defined by being ahead of the curve . So , what do we do to push our solutions offering further ? We strive to provide more cost effective data center designs , workplace technology solutions , audio visual technology , Wi-Fi and big data . These are hot topics right now , but it ’ s important to understand what is ahead and think about a year , or two or three years ’ time . You ’ ve got to continually refresh and upgrade the skillsets on
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