Rolls-Royce supplies MTU diesels for new data centre in Beijing

Tianjin Pauway Power Equipment Co Ltd has commissioned an emergency power supply system consisting of ten 20-cylinder MTU Series 4000 engines for a new data centre operated by internet service provider Sinnet in the eastern district of Beijing. The brand MTU is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems.

Sinnet operates a total of eight data centres. The new facility, located in a large industrial area in east Beijing, began operation at the end of 2017. It has 1220 server cabinets on an area of over 11 000 square metres, which have to be protected in the event of power failure.

Each of the ten emergency diesel gensets has an electrical output of 2000 kW. The gensets are installed at a height of 33 metres, on the roof of the data centre. They are supplied with diesel stored in eight underground tanks, which places high demands on the fuel supply system, says MTU.

Including the new east Beijing site, this is the fourth time Sinnet has equipped one of its data centres with emergency diesel gensets from Pauway, powered by MTU engines.

Hao Liu, President at Pauway, said: “For us, the high availability and reliability are the most decisive factors for choosing MTU engines. Our customers depend on us ensuring that the data flow is maintained at all times – even a power outage must not lead to any disruption or impairment of our service whatsoever.”