FCC spectrum repacking and more


Traditional IT Systems

 

 

Using IP over RF, all guests are scanned into a proprietary CRM system
to give management live statistics on the business results of the day.

 

 

IP distribution over microwave servicing a 2400 acre ski resort

 

 


 

USDatacenters, Inc.
Ground-up build-out  project-managed 
by Rick Zach (as CTO) & team

A large, high-end datacenter in the Boston area.

 


The company hired an MEP contractor for all brick and mortar work but they reported to Rick Zach as CTO.

 


Also included office spaces but that was the easy part.

 

 


Electrical power entrances (one of two)

 

 


This was APC's largest UPS installation in the US up to that point

 


Special interior excavation to support UPS's and power feeds

 

 


APC 2-megawatt, three-phase UPS system

 

 

 

 


UPS bypass switches

 


 

Problem:   Where can one put two huge generators when they will not fit on the roof and no parking places can be sacrificed?

Answer:  Hire a civil engineer.  The fix was to re-paint the parking lot lines for the newer, smaller cars.  Not only were the generators accommodated, but five new parking spaces were gained.  The town fathers were very happy with the solution.

 


One of two 1.5-megawatt Diesel generators

 

 

 


 

DataCenter buildout  
(one of three)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Man trap entry points

 

 


Network Operations Center (NOC)

 


Backup Generator Systems

For WCVB-TV and USDatacenters

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

A brand new 1-megawatt CAT generator for WCVB-TV receiving a Robinson housing

 

 

 

   

 


 

And time to sweat the unexpected details...

Some of the most interesting problems and solutions were very low-tech.

Q: What do you do when an upper floor urinal floods over the weekend and water finds it's way into the proposed UPS electrical rooms?

A: Two answers
  • Train the NOC staff how to fix the valve
  • Move the UPS room location (fortunately, before we broke ground in the new basement UPS area)

The facility now operates as a unit of Earthlink Business
 


email: rickzach @. comsultne.com        mobile:  603-703-4740   FAX:  603-782-4006
RF Comsult of NE, LLC        296 Dockham Shore Road                Gilford, NH  03249

 

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