Comms and server rooms
Secure, well-cabled rooms for offices, schools and branch sites.
Data centre ICT
Data centre ICT design, build and operations
From comms rooms to hyperscale data halls, we design and deliver the infrastructure that carries your data: structured cabling, meet-me rooms, network fabrics, containment and monitoring, coordinated with your M&E engineers.
Inside the data hall
Eight layers we design and deliver
Select a layer to see what we do. The numbers on the illustration show where each layer sits.
1. Meet-me room and carrier entry
Diverse carrier entry, meet-me room layout and cross-connect design, so connectivity is resilient from the street to the rack.
2. Structured cabling and containment
Fibre and copper backbone and horizontal cabling, overhead containment and pathways, labelled and documented for growth and easy change.
3. Network fabric
Spine-leaf data centre networks, out-of-band management and interconnect, designed for performance and fault tolerance.
4. Compute and storage integration
Rack layouts, elevations and power distribution planned around the equipment you run today and the density you will need tomorrow.
5. Hot and cold aisle containment
Aisle layouts and containment planned with your mechanical and electrical engineers to keep equipment cool and efficient.
6. Power and cooling coordination
We set out ICT power and heat requirements and coordinate with M&E designers, so power, cooling and white space work as one system.
7. Monitoring and DCIM
Environmental sensors, asset records and data centre infrastructure management (DCIM), so you always know capacity, temperature and status.
8. Physical security and access
Access control, CCTV coverage and secure cages, integrated into the ICT design from the start.
01 · From concept to detailed design
Data centre ICT design
We design everything in the data hall that carries data, coordinated with architects and M&E engineers, and documented so contractors can build it right first time.
Talk to us about data centre ICT designWhat we do
- Requirements and capacity planning: rack numbers, power density, growth and resilience targets
- Concept design: white space layout, rack rows, aisles and cable routes
- Detailed design: drawings, rack elevations, cabling schedules and containment routes
- Specifications and bills of quantities for contractors
- Design reviews and coordination with architects and M&E engineers
- Alignment with RIBA Plan of Work stages when part of a wider build
02 · Installed, tested and handed over properly
Build and integration
We oversee installation so the finished data hall matches the design, then test and document everything before handover.
Talk to us about build and integrationWhat we do
- Contractor coordination and installation oversight
- Rack, stack and cabling installation management
- Fibre and copper testing and certification
- Support for integrated systems testing (end-to-end tests of power, cooling and IT together)
- As-built drawings, port maps and handover documentation
03 · Moves with minimal downtime
Migration and relocation
Moving into a new hall, a new site or colocation is planned down to the last dependency, with a way back at every step.
Talk to us about migration and relocationWhat we do
- Discovery and dependency mapping
- Move groups, cutover runbooks and rollback plans
- Out-of-hours execution with clear go/no-go points
- Post-move testing and hypercare (extra support straight after go-live)
04 · Keeping capacity, change and documentation under control
Operations and monitoring
After handover we can help you run the space: watching capacity, controlling change and keeping records accurate.
Talk to us about operations and monitoringWhat we do
- Monitoring and DCIM (data centre infrastructure management)
- Capacity and change management
- Coordination with colocation providers and remote hands services
- Regular audits, documentation updates and reporting
Every scale
From comms rooms to hyperscale
The same engineering discipline, whatever the size of the facility.
Enterprise and colocation suites
Private suites and cages designed for performance, security and growth.
Hyperscale and large-scale halls
Design experience at the largest scale, applied to facilities of every size.
Deliverables
What you receive
Clear, complete documentation that contractors can build from and your team can rely on.
Design drawings and layouts
White space, containment and cable route drawings.
Rack elevations
Equipment positions, power and patching for every rack.
Cabling schedules and port maps
Every link recorded, labelled and traceable.
Specifications and quantities
Clear documents contractors can price and build from.
Test certificates
Fibre and copper test results for every link.
As-built documentation
A complete, accurate record at handover.
Standards
Designs aligned with recognised standards
Our data centre, cabling and security work follows established industry standards and guidance.
- ANSI/TIA-942Telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centres
- EN 50600European standard for data centre facilities and infrastructures
- ISO/IEC 11801Generic cabling for customer premises
- BS 6701UK standard for telecommunications equipment and cabling installation
- Cyber EssentialsUK government-backed scheme: we prepare clients for certification
- NCSC guidanceNational Cyber Security Centre guidance informs our security baselines
These are standards and guidance we align our work with. They are not certifications held by AlphaPath Group.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What is data centre ICT design?
It is the design of everything in a data centre that carries data: structured cabling, containment, meet-me rooms, network infrastructure, rack layouts and monitoring. It is coordinated with the mechanical and electrical (M&E) design for power and cooling.
Do you design power and cooling?
We define ICT requirements such as rack power density and heat load, and coordinate closely with your M&E engineers, who design the power and cooling systems.
Can you work on existing data centres?
Yes. We design refreshes, expansions and new halls within existing facilities, as well as new builds.
Do you only work on large facilities?
No. We apply the same discipline to a single comms room as to a large data hall.