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Achieve Better Uptime With a Utility-Style Electrical Distribution System
Driven by AI, cloud computing, and electrification, data centers are growing in size and power demand. Conventional centralized electrical distribution systems are challenged to meet their reliability requirements.
With its single point of failure, a conventional centralized system puts data centers at risk of widespread outages that cost time, money, and customer trust.
Utility-style distributed systems, on the other hand, feature multi-switchgear lineups that limit the impact of faults and reduce the risk that a single equipment issue disrupts service across the system. As data centers continue to scale, those same design principles become increasingly important.
No more single points of failure. No more unnecessary downtime.
Enable Continuous Operations With Purpose-Built Medium-Voltage Switchgear
Vista® Underground Distribution Switchgear, S&C Electric Company’s hermetically sealed, eco-friendly medium-voltage switchgear solution, enables a distributed electrical system design that:
- Isolates faults to the affected area to reduce fault impact
- Reroutes power from an alternate source to energize unaffected sections and maintain power supply
S&C’s Custom Metal-Enclosed Switchgear (MES) is a medium-voltage switching and protection solution that is custom-designed and custom-built for your data center’s unique needs.
Like Vista switchgear, Custom MES increases your resilience and uptime by isolating faults and rerouting power to maintain electricity supply.
Because this solution is custom-built, S&C can work with your data center to:
- Design a solution using the configuration of switches, fuses, and breakers that best meets your system’s requirements
- Create a switchgear shape, appearance, and footprint that fits your campus and square-footage needs
El mejor equipo para el trabajo
Brinde una protección avanzada a su sistema con la familia del Interruptor de Distribución Subterránea Vista ®. Por décadas, las empresas de electricidad han usado los tableros de distribución de S&C para mejorar la confiabilidad y resiliencia de la red. Este tablero de distribución apto para empresas de electricidad también puede aplicarse a cualquier sistema de centro de datos para administrar fallas, minimizar interrupciones de servicio y apoyar una expansión futura. Consulte a continuación los variados beneficios del tablero de distribución.
Personalizable según sus requisitos
Una menor huella de carbono y sin casas eléctricas para espacios compactos
Bajo mantenimiento para un fácil cuidado a largo plazo
Creado para resistir condiciones climáticas extremas
Fácil de operar por una sola persona
Opciones amigables con el medio ambiente disponibles
Ofrece un alto nivel de confiabilidad y resiliencia
Why Vista Switchgear Over Conventional Circuit Breaker Lineups?
Get to know the differentiators Vista switchgear offers compared to conventional circuit breaker-based systems, including advanced protection, control, and relays that reduce fault risk.
Unlike a conventional circuit breaker lineup, Vista switchgear combines advanced switches, fault interrupters, and relays for protection and control, helping isolate a fault fast while keeping unaffected circuits connected.
Matriz de comparación del Tablero de distribución
Tamaño
Compacto
Ocupa menos espacio y tiene diseño más atractivo
Ubicación
Interiores o exteriores
Aprovecha al máximo el espacio de las instalaciones
Interruptores y protección
Distribución en anillo, protección dispersa
- Se aíslan las fallas de las zonas afectadas
- Se redirecciona la fuente de energía para que las secciones no afectadas sigan funcionando.
Mantenimiento
Muy poco frecuente
Costos, márgenes de error y riesgos de seguridad reducidos
Proceso de instalación
Simple
Menos manos de obra y menos gastos
Resistencia a arcos eléctricos
Certificado e incorporado de fábrica*
- Manejo seguro
- Costos más bajos
Vulnerabilidad al clima
Resiliente: diseñado para estar al aire libre o bajo tierra
- Menos reparaciones y reemplazo de piezas
- Costos más bajos
* Solo se aplica a los Tableros de distribución Vista y Vista Green
Features That Help Your Data Center: Safety, Resilience, and Regulatory Compliance
Resilient Design
Built to withstand severe weather and help ensure equipment remains connected under stress
Easy Operation
Operable without high-voltage exposure, with clear visible breaks and control access that reduces risk
Arc-Resistant Construction
Arc flash mitigation helps ensure safety for operators
Environmentally Friendly
Green insulation option available for Vista switchgear, configured to align with standards
Ready for Data Center Expansion: Scale Up Simply With S&C Switchgear
Ever-increasing demand has data centers looking for simple expansion opportunities without sacrificing reliability—or profit.
Data centers that rely on centralized, breaker-based electrical distribution systems face difficult choices when expanding: Either add more load to the existing system at the risk of overtaxing it or invest in an additional onsite centralized system to support the added load.
As campuses grow, the risks of centralized architecture increase with them. Distributed electrical systems are designed to scale while maintaining operational continuity.
Using a distributed system with S&C switchgear, data centers can expand existing electrical systems into newly built structures by simply adding more switchgear units.
As visualized here, each switchgear unit distributes power to a set number of server racks. When the data center expands its physical footprint and adds more racks, the distributed electrical system expands as needed, adding switchgear units to accommodate the extra racks and higher loads.
Since distributed systems are capable of fault isolation and power rerouting no matter the size, the data center’s expanded system maintains its reliability, empowering the data center to scale up without sacrificing uptime.
How S&C Switchgear Has Helped Data Centers
Data centers rely on S&C to design and deploy distributed electrical systems that improve resilience, limit fault impact, and support long-term growth.
Reducing System Costs
A Texas data center reduces system cost by 35-45% while improving protection, relay coordination, and continuity after a fault.
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Improving System Design
Your data center operates with utility-level reliability expectations. Learn how utility-style distribution design can improve resilience, reduce operational risk, and support future growth.
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Scaling System Infrastructure
Scaling a sustainable power infrastructure for your company— is it Mission: Impossible?
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Prioritizing System Safety
Prioritize electrical safety during the data center boom with arc flash protection and control best practices that are aligned to standards.
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Tailoring Solution Design
Why custom-made? Because it’s timeless. We’ve partnered with customers to design custom MES for more than a century.
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