EN 50600-2-3:2019

Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 2-3: Environmental control

This European Standard addresses environmental control within data centres based upon the criteria and classifications for "availability", "security" and "energy efficiency enablement" within EN 50600 1

Informationstechnik - Einrichtungen und Infrastrukturen von Rechenzentren - Teil 2-3: Regelung der Umgebungsbedingungen

Technologie de l'information - Installation et infrastructures des centres de traitement de données - Partie 2-3: Contrôle environnemental

Informacijska tehnologija - Naprave in infrastruktura podatkovnega centra - 2-3. del: Nadzor okolja

Ta dokument obravnava nadzor okolja v podatkovnih centrih na podlagi kriterijev in klasifikacij za »dostopnost«, »varnost« ter »omogočanje energetske učinkovitosti« v okviru standarda EN 50600-1.
Ta dokument določa zahteve in podaja priporočila za:
a) nadzor temperature;
b) nadzor pretoka tekočin;
c) nadzor relativne vlažnosti;
d) nadzor delcev;
e) vibracije;
f) fizično varnost sistemov za nadzor okolja.
Varnostne zahteve in zahteve za elektromagnetno združljivost (EMC) ne spadajo na področje uporabe tega evropskega standarda ter so obravnavane v drugih standardih in predpisih. Vendar so lahko informacije iz tega evropskega standarda v pomoč pri izpolnjevanju teh standardov in predpisov.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 06-Jun-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 28-Apr-2022
• ICS: 35.020 - Information technology (IT) in general
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• ICS: 35.160 - Microprocessor systems
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 07-Jun-2019
• Completion Date: 07-Jun-2019
• Mandate: M/462 - Standardisation mandate addressed to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of ICT to enable efficient energy use in fixed and mobile information and communication networks
• Mandate: M/526 - [C(2014)3451] Standardisation request to the European standardisation organisations pursuant to Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council in support of implementation of the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change [COM(2013) 216 final]
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50600-2-3:2019 - Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 2-3: Environmental control

Relations

• Replaces: EN 50600-2-3:2014 - Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 2-3: Environmental control
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2017

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 50600-2-3:2014
Informacijska tehnologija - Naprave in infrastruktura podatkovnega centra - 2-3.
del: Nadzor okolja
Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 2-3:
Environmental control
Informationstechnik - Einrichtungen und Infrastrukturen von Rechenzentren - Teil 2-3:
Regelung der Umgebungsbedingungen
Technologie de l'information - Installation et infrastructures des centres de traitement de
données - Partie 2-3: Contrôle environnemental
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50600-2-3:2019
ICS:
13.020.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
varstvom okolja environmental protection
35.110 Omreževanje Networking
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50600-2-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2019
ICS 35.020; 35.110; 35.160 Supersedes EN 50600-2-3:2014
English Version
Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures
- Part 2-3: Environmental control
Technologie de l'information - Installation et infrastructures Informationstechnik - Einrichtungen und Infrastrukturen von
des centres de traitement de données - Partie 2-3: Contrôle Rechenzentren - Teil 2-3: Regelung der
environnemental Umgebungsbedingungen
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 the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 50600-2-3:2019 E
Contents
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references. 8
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Terms and definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 10
4 Conformance . 11
5 Environmental control within data centres . 11
5.1 General . 11
5.1.1 Design input . 11
5.1.2 Functional Elements . 11
5.1.3 Requirements . 12
5.1.4 Recommendations . 13
5.2 Environmental control of data centre spaces . 13
5.2.1 Building entrance facilities . 13
5.2.2 Personnel entrance(s) . 13
5.2.3 Docking/loading bay(s) . 13
5.2.4 Generator space(s) including fuel storage . 13
5.2.5 Transformer space(s) . 13
5.2.6 Electrical distribution space(s) . 14
5.2.7 Telecommunication spaces(s) . 14
5.2.8 Main Distributor spaces(s) . 14
5.2.9 Computer room space(s) and associated testing space(s) . 14
5.2.10 Electrical space(s) . 15
5.2.11 Mechanical space(s) . 15
5.2.12 Control room space(s) . 15
5.2.13 Office space(s). 15
5.2.14 Storage and holding space(s) . 15
5.2.15 Accommodation of UPS equipment. 16
6 Availability . 16
6.1 General . 16
6.2 Availability Class design options . 16
6.2.1 General . 16
6.2.2 Computer room and telecom space(s) . 17
6.2.3 UPS space . 23
6.3 Environmental control system capacity planning with respect to expansion . 24
6.4 Environmental control system capacity planning with respect to resilience . 24
7 Physical security . 24
7.1 General . 24
7.2 Protection against unauthorized access . 24
8 Energy efficiency enablement . 24
8.1 General . 24
8.2 Measurement of temperature . 25
8.2.1 External temperature . 25
8.2.2 Computer room temperature . 25
8.3 Measurement of relative humidity . 26
8.3.1 External relative humidity . 26
8.3.2 Computer room relative humidity. 26
8.4 Measurement of air pressure . 26
8.5 Coolant flow rates . 26
8.6 Heat removal . 26
8.7 Outside air. 26
Annex A (informative) Overview of the requirements for environmental conditions . 27
Bibliography . 29

European foreword
This document (EN 50600-2-3:2019) has been prepared by CLC/TC 215 “Electrotechnical aspects of
telecommunication equipment”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2020–04–29
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2022–04–29
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 50600-2-3:2014.
The following technical changes have been made:
a) Clause 5 on environmental control revised, e.g. requirements in 5.2 for environmental control in various
data centre spaces;
b) availability requirements in Clause 6 revised and aligned with EN 50600-1:2019 and EN 50600-2-
3:2019, in particular, enhanced Class 4 removed;
c) measurement requirements for granularity levels in Clause 8 revised;
d) Annex A and B removed;
e) new informative Annex A added to summarize requirements for environmental conditions;
f) minor technical and editorial improvements to the whole document.
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:
a) purpose (enterprise, co-location, co-hosting or network operator facilities);
b) security level;
c) physical size;
d) 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 s
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