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Data center monitoring and reporting on Ignition.

We work with data center operators, their controls integrators and engineering firms on Ignition systems for electrical and mechanical monitoring, device templates generated from register lists, and the monthly reports operators send their customers. Customers are described by type rather than by name.

What we built

Three data center systems we built

Each is a real project.

A data center operator, with its controls integrator

Campus SCADA on multiple Ignition gateways, with device templates generated from Modbus and BACnet register lists for protection relays, power quality meters, UPS units, generators, transfer switches and PDUs, and MQTT publishing to a cloud broker.

Four campuses

Monthly business reporting

Total and critical power, PUE for each data hall, and generator runtime and emissions, produced automatically every month as PDF and CSV.

A data center engineering firm

A building management demo system and HVAC graphics: CRAC units, chiller plant, RTUs, VAV boxes and DOAS units.

Data center electrical one-line from Artek's Ignition demo: generator, utility feed, transfer switch, main bus, and breakers feeding CRAC units, an air handler and a UPS.
An electrical one-line from our data center demo. Breaker states, kW and temperatures update live. Open the demo.

What we bring

What we deliver for data centers

Data centers add equipment quickly. Building device templates up front means each new hall takes less engineering time than the first.

  • Electrical. One-lines, breaker status, relays, power quality meters, UPS and PDUs
  • Mechanical. CRAC, chillers, RTUs, VAV and DOAS
  • Protocols. Modbus, BACnet, SNMP and MQTT
  • Templates. UDTs and instances generated from your register lists
  • Reporting. PUE, critical power, generator runtime and emissions
  • Architecture. Multiple gateways, failover and historian sizing
Questions

Common questions

Can you build the device templates from our points list?+

Yes. We build generators that create Ignition UDTs and instances from Modbus and BACnet register lists, so relays, meters, UPS units, generators, transfer switches and PDUs aren't configured one at a time by hand.

Do you work through our controls integrator?+

Often. Most of our data center work has been delivered alongside the operator's controls integrator, with Artek responsible for the Ignition side.

Can Ignition report PUE?+

Yes. We built monthly reports that show total and critical power, PUE for each data hall, and generator runtime and emissions across four campuses, sent automatically as PDF and CSV.

Let's talk

Tell us about your data center.

Call us and we'll connect you with the right engineer. If we aren't the right fit for your project, we'll tell you.

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