LOCATION
Cheyenne, Wyoming
OWNER
EchoStar Broadcasting Center
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Hensel Phelps
ENGINEERS
Piping Systems Engineering PSE - Mesa, Arizona
COMPLETION DATE
2011
CONTRACT AMOUNT
$4,030,595 (not including owner-provided equipment)
SCOPE OF WORK
Preconstruction, piping, sheet metal, plumbing, fuel oil, and controls
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Mechanical Systems, Inc. provided the complete mechanical and plumbing systems, including fuel oil tanks and piping, for this 77,000 sq.ft. data center in Cheyenne, WY. EchoStar will use the data center for internal supercomputing, data storage and archiving. Using Tier III infrastructure for its power and cooling, as well as high-density rack-mount support solutions, EchoStar will be able to provide colocation to third-party customers.
The $40,000,000 project comes complete with N+1 redundancy for all mechanical, electrical, and diesel-powered emergency generators. It also features a central mechanical plant, consisting of 2,000 tons of cooling provided by four chillers and four cooling towers, as well as 12 air handlers serving 25,000 sq.ft. of raised floor plenum.