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> The floors are also unusually strong, designed to carry 200 to 300 pound per square foot (10 - 15 kPa) live loads. This is pretty much the coolest thing I've
by Pfiffer 16y ago
> The floors are also unusually strong, designed to carry 200 to 300 pound per square foot (10 - 15 kPa) live loads.
This is pretty much the coolest thing I've seen all day. I'm not sure what kind of standards buildings are held up to in terms of load-per-foot-squared, but that seems like an awful lot to me. That building is incredible.
- rdl 16y agoMost purpose built datacenters are >100 lb/sf. You only really need in excess of that for rooms full of batteries. Even generators, while individually heavy, usually have enough spare space around them that the overall loading in the room isn't approaching banks of batteries. Most datacenters which are in excess of that were either originally built for telcos (crazy battery banks for the DC plant), or were industrial (e.g. the TANK FACTORY in SF which became 360 Spear/365 Main).
- cosmicray 16y ago> You only really need in excess of that for rooms full of batteries. Behold, racks of crossbar switches (from one such AT&T facility). I'm glad these things are pretty much a relic of the past. I suspect the weight of those racks was one reason for the floor load ratings. http://long-lines.net/places-routes/MoundsOK/DSC00536A.html http://long-lines.net/places-routes/MoundsOK/DSC00536A.html