National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 50600‑1:2019. It supersedes BS EN 50600‑1:2012, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCT/7, Telecommunications - Installation requirements.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 June 2019.

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-04-29. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has thesame status as the official versions.

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European foreword

This document (EN 50600‑1:2019) has been prepared by CLC/TC 215 “Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment”.

The following dates are fixed:

This document supersedes EN 50600‑1:2012.

The following major modifications have been made compared to EN 50600‑1:2012:

reference to Key Performance Indicators of EN 50600‑4‑X included;
Clause 7 (Availability) has been revised;
the design processes (Clause 8) and design principles (Clause 9) have been moved from an annex to the main body of the document;
existing Annex A has been removed;
new Annexes A and B have been added.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.

Introduction

The unrestricted access to internet-based information demanded by the information society has led to an exponential growth of both internet traffic and the volume of stored/retrieved data. Data centres are housing and supporting the information technology and network telecommunications equipment for data processing, data storage and data transport. They are required both by network operators (delivering those services to customer premises) and by enterprises within those customer premises.

Data centres usually need to provide modular, scalable and flexible facilities and infrastructures to easily accommodate the rapidly changing requirements of the market. In addition, energy consumption of data centres has become critical both from an environmental point of view (reduction of environmental footprint) and with respect to economical considerations (cost of energy) for the data centre operator.

The implementation of data centres varies in terms of:

purpose (enterprise, co-location, co-hosting or network operator facilities);
security level;
physical size;
accommodation (mobile, temporary and permanent constructions).

The needs of data centres also vary in terms of availability of service, the provision of security and the objectives for energy efficiency. These needs and objectives influence the design of data centres in terms of building construction, power distribution, environmental control, telecommunications cabling and physical security as well as the operation of the data centre. Effective management and operational information is required to monitor achievement of the defined needs and objectives.

Recognizing the substantial resource consumption, particularly of energy, of larger data centres, it is also important to provide tools for the assessment of that consumption both in terms of overall value and of source mix and to provide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate trends and drive performance improvements.

At the time of publication of this European Standard, EN 50600 series is designed as a framework of standards and technical reports covering the design, the operation and management as well as the key performance indicators for energy efficient operation of the data centre.

The EN 50600‑2 series defines the requirements for the data centre design.

The EN 50600‑3 series defines the requirements for the operation and the management of the data centre.

The EN 50600‑4 series defines the key performance indicators for the data centre.

The CLC/TR 50600‑99‑X Technical Reports cover recommended practices and guidance for specific topics around data centre operation and design.

This series of European Standards specifies requirements and recommendations to support the various parties involved in the design, planning, procurement, integration, installation, operation and maintenance of facilities and infrastructures within data centres. These parties include:

owners, operators, facility managers, ICT managers, project managers, main contractors;
consulting engineers, architects, building designers and builders, system and installation designers, auditors, test and commissioning agents;
facility and infrastructure integrators, suppliers of equipment;
installers, maintainers.

The inter-relationship of the standards and technical reports within the EN 50600 series is shown in Figure 1.

This European Standard specifies general requirements for data centres for all kinds of data centres irrespective of their size and physical construction. It introduces a classification system for availability, physical security and energy efficiency enablement.

EN 50600‑2‑X standards specify requirements and recommendations for particular facilities and infrastructures to support the relevant classification for “availability”, “physical security” and “energy efficiency enablement” selected from EN 50600‑1.

EN 50600‑3‑X documents specify requirements and recommendations for data centre operations, processes and management.

EN 50600‑4‑X documents specify requirements and recommendations for key performance indicators (KPIs) used to assess and improve the resource usage efficiency and effectiveness, respectively, of a data centre.

This European Standard is intended for use by and collaboration between architects, building designers and builders, system and installation designers.

This series of European Standards does not address the selection of information technology and network telecommunications equipment, software and associated configuration issues.

1 Scope

This document:

describes the general principles for data centres upon which the requirements of the EN 50600 series are based;
defines the common aspects of data centres including terminology, parameters and reference models (functional elements and their accommodation) addressing both the size and complexity of their intended purpose;
describes general aspects of the facilities and infrastructures required to support data centres;
specifies a classification system, based upon the key criteria of “availability”, “security” and “energyefficiency” over the planned lifetime of the data centre, for the provision of effective facilities and infrastructure;
details the issues to be addressed in a business risk and operating cost analysis enabling application of the classification of the data centre;
provides reference to operation and management of data centres;
introduces the concepts of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for resource management of data centrefacilities and infrastructures.

The following topics are outside of the scope of this series of European Standards:

the selection of information technology and network telecommunications equipment, software and associated configuration issues are outside the scope of this European Standard;
quantitative analysis of overall service availability resulting from multi-site data centres;
safety and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements (covered by other standards and regulations. However, information given in this European Standard can be of assistance in meeting these standards and regulations).

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Abbreviations

4 Conformance

5 Business risk analysis

5.1 General

5.2 Business impact analysis

5.3 Risk analysis

6 Data centre design overview

6.1 General

6.2 Spaces and facilities

7 Classification system for the design of data centre facilities and infrastructures

7.1 General

7.2 Availability

7.3 Physical security

7.4 Energy efficiency enablement

8 Design and implementation process

8.1 General

8.2 Design phases

9 Design Principles

9.1 Design reference documentation

9.2 Design principles to support energy efficiency

9.3 Design principles for EMI

9.4 Design principles to support operational excellence

Bibliography

BS EN 50600-1:2019

Information technology. Data centre facilities and infrastructures - General concepts

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Jun 2019