Sources: Infrastructure Masons, Beaverton, Ore.; CP staff The Infrastructure Masons’ iMasons Climate Accord Governing Body is calling on all suppliers serving data center construction and operation to support greater transparency in (GHG Protocol-defined) Scope 3 emissions as part of broader efforts to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Scope 3 emissions are not produced by the company itself; rather, they include…
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Structural, thermal mass add up to data center protection
St. Louis-based Ascent LLC, a builder and operator of highly secure data centers is promoting its latest facility on the strength of mass, reinforced concrete: 15-in. walls and a 13.5-in. roof enclosing 42,600 sq. ft. of space. Dubbed DAL1 for its Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex proximity, the new Plano, Texas, facility is built to withstand exposure to 360-mph winds, well above the National Weather Service’s 200-mph threshold for (Enhanced Fujita Scale) EF5 tornadoes.
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