Working with International investors, constructors and leading technologists.
Smart Places is a consortium of companies focussed on using technology to make buildings easier and cheaper to operate and to help companies meet their ESG targets by reducing and measuring emission reduction. Smart Places has now focussed on the Data Centre industry as one of the highest users of energy and water and one which is under increasing scrutiny to improve its ESG standing.
We believe that the Data Centre industry needs to radically change how it operates and we have pulled together some trends, technology and suppliers that can do just that.
What is different about our approach?
Pathfinder Services ... Smart Places is not a Data Centre builder or operator. During our everyday operations in data networking, IoT and Media, and our up-to-date industry knowledge, we have been able to source key elements that will enable investors, developers and operators to create new Data Centres which are more efficient, greener and meet the ESG goals of their customers, investors and funders.
Smart Places will identify and create detailed plans for sites that can deliver the following:
Renewables ... Local Wind and Solar power in MW capacity with significantly lower prices to co-located Data Centres than Grid prices.
Grid Connectivity ... National Grid and possibly gas grid connectivity and capacity to back up the intermittent sources of power and ensure complete power resilience.
Land with Planning Permission for industrial use.
Green re-use of heat cases to improve the overall ESG ratings of the Data Centre development
(Scope 1 2 and 3) and attract new sources of capital.
Connectivity planning and provision to ensure that the site is fully diversely connected to
multiple carriers and attracts the widest possible range of tenants.
Smart Design and Operation using Internet of Things (IoT) devices that ensure the development
is very efficient to operate.
Analytics and Reporting simplifying ESG reports
Interface with manufacturers/providers of the latest Data Centre technologies and services
dnEnviro and Inferrix UK offer a fully integrated DCIM/DCIoT solution that ensures complete control of all IT & OT assets across the complete Data Centre estate. The state of the art technical capability of our product set, coupled with our unique pre-integrated deployment approach, ensures faster implementation – short time to market and reduced risk. This is all done while ensuring that the Data Centres carbon footprint is kept in check.
The Data Centre is the nerve centre, where the majority of critical assets that drive 'Business Operations’ reside. Unplanned Service interruptions can cause significant ‘Business Impact’, ‘Revenue Loss’ and 'Increased Operational Costs', as well as impact on the organisations reputation.
Enterprises are increasingly keen to centralise the management of their entire DC/ Server/ NOC assets & make them sustainable / reduce carbon footprint - to ensure all IT & OT assets that impact the IT teams’ service level commitments to their business team are proactively managed in real-time, with ubiquitous secure access and with optimal energy usage.
The integrated reporting module enables the DC management teams to generate and auto configure delivery of performance report in configurable frequencies.
Holistic management of all the assets in a Data Centre: