AIMS @ Kuala Lumpur

International TIER 3+ Compliant ISO Accredited Data Center

Building Information
Address Menara AIMS, Changkat Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Building Information
  • Single block 18-storey commercial building and 3 basement parking levels.
  • The building consists of 10 data centre floors and 3 sub-floors for the installation of mechanical and electrical facilities and power plants.
Power Supplies 11kV HT power feed from TNB power grid
Power Capacity 10 MVA
Telecommunication Manhole
  • Dual manhole for the incoming telecommunication fibre path
  • Diverse fibre trunking from manhole sub-duct to the data centre floor
Antenna, Wireless or Microwave Equipment Space at Rooftop
  • Yes
  • The UPS and EPG backup power are provided to rooftop IDU Room
  • Dedicated grounding system for the ODU is installed at the rooftop. This earth point is linked to the existing building’s basement earth chamber.
  • Multimode fibre backbone links rooftop IDU Room to the data centre.
Site Specification
Ground Floor 2,500 sq ft
Mezzanine Floor 2,500 sq ft
Level 1 - 13 6,500 sq ft
Building Floor Information
Floor Height 3.8 meter, slab to slab
Floor Load 5 k-N per square meter
Data Centre Specification
Critical Load Power Density 100 watts per sq ft
Cooling Density 120 watts per sq ft
Rack Arrangement/ Space Configuration
  • Hot aisle and cold aisle configuration:
  • Cold Aisle Spacing: 1,200mm
  • Hot Aisle Spacing: 1,000mm
Critical Load Power Distribution 1 x primary and 1 x redundant final sub-circuits from separate PDU within the data centre
Lighting 500lux light density at the raised floor
Raised Floor System
Gross Raised Floor Area Per Floor 6,500 square feet
Usable Raised Floor Area 5,000 square feet
RAF Height 600mm raised floor height
RAF Type HPL wood-core rigid grid system
Concentrated Load 4.5 kN
Uniform Load 12 K-N per square meter
Underfloor Insulation Thermal isolation trocellin polyethlene foam
Perforated Panel Perforated panels are placed at the cold aisle
Construction/ Partition
Ceiling No false ceilings for data centre areas
Partitions 2 hours fire rated partition for each IG55 fire zone
Cabling System Two tier overhead structured cabling system and infrastructure
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System
UPS System
  • True-online Double Conversion Static UPS
  • DRUPS is installed to protect data centre critical loads
Static UPS Capacity 2 x 1200kVA and 800kVA
Total Statis UPS Capacity 3200kVA
UPS Battery Autonomy 10 minutes at full load
DRUPS Capacity 3300kVA
UPS Redudancy 2N configuration/ N+1with IP Bus configuration
UPS External Bypass Provided
Synchronization Load bus synchronization is installed
Earthing System
Dirty Earth
  • Dirty and clean earths are available at the data centre area
  • The dirty (electrical) earth system is linked to existing building electrical earth
  • All electrical earth/ bonding is connected to the main dirty earth bar including the raised floor system pedestals bonding
Clean Earth Clean earth point is provided to each rack location under the raised floor
Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
PDU Configuration
  • Each PDU receives one 415Vac protected power supply from an UPS output panel within the data centre.
  • PDU is equipped with Digital Power Meter, KWH Meter. The power meters provide the electrical consumption reading of the PDU through the KWH meter or digital meter via Building Management System (BMS) interface
Isolation Transformer K-13/ K-20 rated isolation transformer is included in each PDU
PDU Capacity 200kVA/225kVA
Circuit per Cabinet
  • For 2N configuration
  • 1 x primary and 1x redundant final circuit from separate PDU. STS backup is provided at the primary source in the PDU level
Circuit Protection Each final circuit is individually protected by a MCB and isolation transformer at PDU.
Circuit Breaker Sizes Single phase 20A, 30A single phase and three phase power supplies are available from the PDU
AC voltage at Cabinet Level 240V/ 50 Hz , 415V/ 50 Hz
48V Direct Current (DC) Plant 2N configuration. The DC plant is supported by EPG
Direct Current (DC) Plant Capacity 2 x 2000A
Emergency Power Generator (EPG)
EPG Plant
  • 2 x 2MVA backup diesel generators
  • 3 x 1.1MVA backup diesel generators
  • 2 x 1MVA backup diesel generators
  • 2 x 500kVA backup diesel generators
Fuel Tank External fuel tanks able to support EPG plant for 24 hours at full load
Supported Services Data centre, CRACs, chillers, lighting and general services within data centre areas
Cooling
Chiller System Air cooled and water cooled, chilled water based ACMV system water is installed
Chiller Redundancy N+1 redundancy for chiller unit
Chiller System Support Chiller system is supported by EPG Plant and Dynamic UPS System
Chiller Pipe Dual chilled water piping system from chiller plant to the data centre floor and ring chilled water circuit within the data centre floor
CRAC System Down flow configuration computer room air condition unit
CRAC Redundancy CRAC system in the same farm area are configured in N + 1 and equipped with an automatic changeover controller
CRAC Power Redundancy Each CRAC is connected to two power sources from different ACMV panel via Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS)
CRAC System Support CRAC system is supported by EPG Plant
Supplement Cooling Overhead supplement cooling is installed to support high density load. Refrigerant gas pipes run from the supplement cooling distribution to the overhead supplement cooling system.
Temperature Control 22 Degree +/- 3º
Humidilty Control 50 RH +/- 10 RH
Containment Cold aisle containment with access control is available
Water Leakage Detection
Water Leakage Detection Water leak detection system is installed in data centre areas
Leak Detection Type Resistive leak tape (cable) monitoring leakage at any point along the perimeter of the data centre area and surrounding the CRACs
Fire Detection and Suppression Systen
Fire Suppression Inert Gas IG-55 fire suppression system is installed in the data centre areas
IG-55 IG-55 Gas suppression system is installed above and under the raised access floor in the data centre areas
Fire Alarm and Detection System Two stages of alarms are implemented for heat and smoke detection system
High Sensitivity Smoke Detection (HSSD) System HSSD system is implemented above CRAC and operated independently from the fire alarm system
Security
  • 24 x 7 on site security
  • Multi layered security controls
  • Card access control system at all data centre and building entrances and exits
  • 24 x 7 CCTV monitoring backed by digital recordings up to 90 days storage at multiple sites
Building Management System
Monitoring
  • Building Management System (BMS) to monitor and control all facilities within AIMS’ data centre
  • Automatic control and monitoring of the environmental control system
  • Monitoring of high tension supplies
  • Monitoring of UPS and backup generator systems
  • Monitoring of switchboard, PDU, fans, CRAC units
  • Monitoring of fire safety system
  • Monitoring of water leak detection
  • Monitoring of room temperature and RH
On Site Manned Support
  • 24 x 7 Service Operation Centre
  • 24 x 7 Facility Management team
Awards and Accreditations
  • ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System
  • ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Management System
  • ISO/IEC 20000-1 Information Technology Service Management (ITSM)
  • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
  • Computerworld Readers Choice Awards for Cloud IaaS category in 2015
  • ‘Data Center Service Provider of The Year’ by Frost & Sullivan in 2006, 2014 & 2016
  • ‘Best Data Centre Engagement of The Year’ by Outsourcing Malaysia Excellence Award in 2011

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