TAS Energy: Creating Energy-Efficient Data Centers

The advent of artificial intelligence, the connection of smart devices, and the introduction of other advanced computing technologies into the digital ecosystem is driving the demand for accelerated data center construction and requires the re-thinking of data center infrastructure at the same time. Modular design and offsite manufacturing of data center infrastructure, as well as new approaches to the electrical and cooling systems, are being implemented to meet these challenges. This is where Houston, Texas-based TAS Energy is focused and is leveraging its core competencies of engineering and manufacturing large scale modular solutions while developing advanced cooling systems optimized for data centers. TAS Energy is making considerable investments to support hyperscale data center customers’ modular needs, including building a Modular Solutions Laboratory (MSL), at its Houston facility to solve the problems of attaining maximum cooling efficiency. TAS Energy addresses data centers’ growing demand for power, their pursuit to augment computing prowess, and reduce cooling expenditure through its innovative designs and products.

“Our core competency is in modular systems, and we deliver the required design services and modular building techniques to users in the data centerspace,” states JT Grumski, President and CEO of TAS Energy. The modular approach requires the breaking down of the bigger data center picture into individual subsystems and modules and results in accelerated facility construction, significant cost reduction, and phased incremental capacity deployment. TAS Energy has used this approach over the last eight years and successfully completed over 22 major projects for leading data center customers.

“The benefits of building ‘modular’ are a given, and by using the pilot data center in the MSL for R&D, we continually improve our offerings to match ever changing client needs.” claims Jack Kolar, TAS Energy’s VP of Mission Critical Business.

When properly planned and executed, modular, offsite construction can work at any scale, and its use is not exclusive to any one client’s profile. Numerous data center owners operate low-density configurations and need to use techniques like hot or cold-aisle containment.