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Santa Ana City Jail Reuse Data Center Features and Adaptability The Table below shows the individual data center features and their general adaptability to the Santa Ana Jail facility. Overall, the feasibility analysis shows that the Santa Ana City Jail poses numerous challenges to integrating a state-of-the-art data center design. Based on its location, multi -story configuration, confined and compartmentalized (non -cohesive) floor plans, minimally -purposed electrical system and mechanical systems designed for personnel air conditioning only, the facilities are generally not accommodating to the demanding design requirements for a data center and will require extensive renovations to serve as a data center. Data center facilities rarely meet the operational and capacity requirements of their initial design. The combination of new technologies, such as blade servers, which require substantial incremental power and cooling capacity; pressures to consolidate multiple data centers into fewer locations; the need for incremental space; changes in operational procedures; and potential changes in safety and security regulations converge to impose constant facilities changes in the modern data center. Thus, the overarching rule in data center facilities is to design for flexibility and scalability. Data center trends show that that seven-year-old data centers are typically obsolete. In some cases, the user's needs have grown beyond their capabilities in as little as two to three years requiring relocation or expansion to meet their growing needs. Typically for a data center investment to last 10 to 15 years, the design needs to be specifically tailored to an IT / business's current and future needs, or provide a design that allows enough flexibility to adapt to the growth and change in the industry. 123 65A-130 Jail Reuse Data Center Features and Adaptability # Data Center Feature Ada tabilit Yes Partial No 1 Significant saces for reuse. x 2 Usable spaces meet requirements da rooms x 3 Greater portion of the Jail is adaptable to the use x 4 S ace is flexible for changing technological needs x 5 Space is flexible for emerging new rack design x 6 Space meets electrical requirements x 7 Space meets cooling requirements x 8 Backup ower is adequate x 9 S ace meets reuse building codes - x 10 Flexible to support new services x 11 Allows for seamless grov.1h x 12 Locatedout of flood plain x 13 Secure, from outside terrorists x 14 Allows for modularity to adapt to technology x 15 Access to fiber x 16 1 Multiple power providers x 17 Safe area _ x _ 18 Adequate sace for delivery trucks x 19 Secure from intruders x 20 Minimum ceiling height of 12' x 21 Minimum columns ace of 40' x 22 Sufficient emergency backup ower x 23 Cost effective to accommodate use x 24 Rooms with a minimum of 12'celling height x Overall, the feasibility analysis shows that the Santa Ana City Jail poses numerous challenges to integrating a state-of-the-art data center design. Based on its location, multi -story configuration, confined and compartmentalized (non -cohesive) floor plans, minimally -purposed electrical system and mechanical systems designed for personnel air conditioning only, the facilities are generally not accommodating to the demanding design requirements for a data center and will require extensive renovations to serve as a data center. Data center facilities rarely meet the operational and capacity requirements of their initial design. The combination of new technologies, such as blade servers, which require substantial incremental power and cooling capacity; pressures to consolidate multiple data centers into fewer locations; the need for incremental space; changes in operational procedures; and potential changes in safety and security regulations converge to impose constant facilities changes in the modern data center. Thus, the overarching rule in data center facilities is to design for flexibility and scalability. Data center trends show that that seven-year-old data centers are typically obsolete. In some cases, the user's needs have grown beyond their capabilities in as little as two to three years requiring relocation or expansion to meet their growing needs. Typically for a data center investment to last 10 to 15 years, the design needs to be specifically tailored to an IT / business's current and future needs, or provide a design that allows enough flexibility to adapt to the growth and change in the industry. 123 65A-130