Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City | Confidential Banking Authority Data Center Consulting Services
Project Name
Data Center Consulting Services
Size (sq ft)
10,000
HEI Project Profile - Long
Confidential Narrative Henderson Engineers was entrusted with upgrading a mission critical data center for our client. Prioritizing uptime, our team developed a comprehensive plan to enhance redundancy, efficiency, and operational reliability. A key component of this project was bridging the gap between our client’s internal facilities and IT teams. To achieve this, we developed a data center integrated management (DCIM) plan, which established a standardized framework for collaboration between the two groups. This approach ensured a unified source of truth for asset management, power, cooling, and future planning. Our scope of services included electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire and life safety, security, sustainability, and telecom. The project involved eliminating single points of failure through EPO removal, dividing colocation space for multiple end-users, deploying new rack standards, replacing CRAHs, reorganizing hot and cold aisles to improve efficiency, upgrading power distribution units (PDUs), redundant RPPs, and in-rack STS replacements. Additionally, we installed a modular, redundant chiller plant to enhance resilience, implemented structured cable tray and rack grounding, and constructed new decom, office, and server assembly rooms. The outcome was a more fault-tolerant, energy-efficient, and scalable data center that enables our client to make informed business decisions. With improved capacity planning, extended equipment life spans, and reduced operating costs, the upgraded data center is positioned to support critical operations well into the future. At Henderson Engineers, we are committed to delivering strategic engineering solutions that enhance the functionality and resilience of mission-critical facilities. Narrative to be used only when sending to Federal Reserve Henderson Engineers was entrusted with upgrading the mission-critical data center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City—a facility where uptime is paramount and infrastructure reliability is essential. Our team developed a comprehensive plan to enhance redundancy, efficiency, and operational reliability. A key component of this project was bridging the gap between facilities and IT teams. To achieve this, we developed a Data Center Integrated Management (DCIM) plan, which established a standardized framework for collaboration. This approach ensured a unified source of truth for asset management, power, cooling, and future planning. Our scope of services included electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire and life safety, security, sustainability, and telecom. The project involved eliminating single points of failure through EPO removal, dividing colocation space for multiple end-users, deploying new rack standards, replacing CRAHs, reorganizing hot and cold aisles to improve efficiency, upgrading power distribution units (PDUs), redundant RPPs, and in-rack STS replacements. Additionally, we installed a modular, redundant chiller plant to enhance resilience, implemented structured cable tray and rack grounding, and constructed new decom, office, and server assembly rooms. The outcome was a more fault-tolerant, energy-efficient, and scalable data center that enables the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to make informed business decisions. With improved capacity planning, extended equipment life spans, and reduced operating costs, the upgraded data center is positioned to support critical operations well into the future. At Henderson Engineers, we are committed to delivering strategic engineering solutions that enhance the functionality and resilience of mission-critical facilities.
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