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FPA - Risk management and fire protection for mission-critical facilities
Developments in Technology By Barry Lee Oam, Honorary Life Member, FPA Australia Telecommunications installations are good examples of mission-critical facilities. And they have experienced some disastrous fires; prominent among them the 1975 fire...Vendor Insights
Xtralis - "What A Coincidence! – Very Early Warning Smoke Detection Together With Suppression Actuation"
Overview The early detection of smoke becomes significantly more difficult in areas, such as computer rooms and telecommunications facilities, where the air, and hence any smoke, is being continuously circulated and filtered by air handling systems....
Longhaus - Power, water, bandwidth, space and the modern data centre
Why going green gets the green light By Sam Higgins, Longhaus PTY LTD Understanding basic design elements, and their constraints, will determine the success or failure of the best assembled data centre strategy. At present it seems market hype is...
Xtralis - Using air sampling smoke detection to protect data centers from fire
Overview With an electrical usage 5 to 10 times the normal power requirement of a standard office, Data Centers require specialist air conditioning to maintain their ideal operating environment. Conventional ‘passive’ detectors are ne...
Xtralis - China Netcom Case Study
Telecommunications giant installs a fire protection system that can be remotely monitored and controlled, resulting in lower operating costs and protection of the telephone service of 10 million customers CNC Maluwan Shenyang Exchange Center Loc...