M247 Ltd Manchester Datacentre Build Blog

The main board is up and running, the generator is cabled and due to be commisioned tomorrow.

The plaster upstairs is drying nicely and should be painted early next next week.

More progress has been made on the little details, including the lines of racks shaping up nicely and last of the plaster boarding is going up upstairs.

The most important change today is this one though.  The main board is in place!

Not much chatter tonight, just some pictures

A short update and some pictures…

Progress is continuing with wiring the power system.
The fire suppression system is progressing nicely.
The first of our external cameras is up and running.

Please stop hurting me, I know it’s late.  I’m sorry.  Please stop the pain.

Lets see… they dug a hole across the road, put in a cable, and filled it in again.
Jon unpacked and started assembling the expensive router.
Matt started terminating the office cables.
David and Matt unpacked the servers and made a biiiiig pile of packaging.

Downstairs, they put most of the floor in (and by the look of it, they’ve almost completed it now) and they also started wiring the breakers.

Off camera, they dug a very long trench in the soil to run the cable round.

*throws the pictures at the mob and goes to find somewhere to hide*

Well technically it’s mostly the progress from the 17th, but I’ve been spying on the workmen so I can give sneak previews of what will be seen in the next lot of pictures.

Upstairs we have started putting in the office network, running the longest of the runs of cable, ready for termination once the walls are up.
The cabling should be finished and hidden again in a few days.

We have a happy, humming server recording an image of the progress every 5 seconds, which provides us with some excellent material to do some fun things with later.
We have also been busy, the past few days, testing out some of the new equipment that will be going on the data floor.
You may also be able to make out, on that last picture, the lights of the new power bar on the floor.  The power bar, that is.  On the floor.  Not lights removed from the power bar, cause that would be bad.

Downstairs, the plastered walls are drying out nicely… much more interesting than watching paint dry.
The supports for the suspended data trays have been going up.
More wires have been run for the power sockets.
The busy workers have even started fitting the cover for the power runs.

My spying shows that they’re just about done for today.
The first data tray has been put up … ironically, just in front of the camera.
More of the power runs have been covered.
And I think I caught a glimpse of sockets being wired.

And now it’s time for some pictures of Saturday’s work.
For pictures of today’s, you’ll have to tune in tomorrow.
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Another day of lovely progress…

Our first shipment of servers arrived in a big truck.  Thank heavens for the lift.
The second ducting has started going in on the other side of the road and runs half the length, hopefully that section will be done in another day’s work.
The plasterers have been busy, and the new walls around the UPS room have been plastered on both sides and are looking good.
The power sockets have started being run, and I’m glad I don’t have to make sense of that collection of wires.

Off camera, cable trays running power above the suspended ceiling have been going in (loudly) and cabling has started for the office.

Hopefully come the end of Monday we can bring you pictures of the office framework going up.  Fingers crossed.

And now, the pictures.

Much progress is afoot.

The first ducting trench now reaches the length of the road.
The prep work for building the offices upstairs has now begun.
The camera is back in place downstair *cough* and we will hopefully be able to bring you some cool pictures from that in the next few days.
The holes for the cooling in pipes are drilled, the rest of the sockets are in, and the first three electrical boxes are up on the wall.
The UPS room wall is up… and the phone line is in!  Internet to follow soon.