High-resilience prefabricated Data Center: HiRef contributes to one of Italy’s most important digital infrastructures

HiRef, together with the companies of the HiWorld Group, contributed to the development of one of the largest prefabricated Data Centers in Italy. The infrastructure, located in Central Italy, is designed to support the digital services of a leading state-owned public company and currently represents a new national benchmark in terms of size, performance and safety standards. The project required a solution capable of ensuring maximum plant safety and reliability, while combining rapid execution, energy efficiency and operational continuity under any circumstance.

The project consists of the construction of a prefabricated modular Data Center of approximately 1,200 square metres, made up of 44 modules assembled on site in just 5 weeks. The final configuration provides more than 200 racks for a total capacity of 3 MW, developed according to a redundant 2N architecture. This approach enables the infrastructure to guarantee service continuity even in the event of a fault affecting part of the system, thanks to backup systems sized to meet the resilience requirements specified by the customer.

One of the project’s distinctive features is its prefabricated approach, which makes it possible to significantly reduce time-to-market compared to traditional construction. The modules are designed, manufactured and integrated according to an industrialised process, resulting in an infrastructure that is scalable, replicable and faster to install. The solution was also developed using 100% recyclable materials and a cement-free approach, helping to reduce the environmental impact of the overall project.

From an energy efficiency perspective, the Data Center was designed to achieve a PUE value of ≤ 1.25 at full load, a particularly significant result when compared with the average values of the national market. The project is also prepared for certification according to the international ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 standard, confirming the high level of reliability and safety of the infrastructure.

This achievement confirms the value of an integrated approach in the development of this type of facility. Today, especially in the Data Center sector, customers need a partner capable of supporting them throughout the entire project development process, from design support to the coordinated supply of the main infrastructure components. In this context, the HiWorld Group. provided complementary expertise, integrating engineering know-how, precision air conditioning solutions, prefabricated modular technology, electrical switchboards, rack cabinets and supporting infrastructure systems. This vision makes it possible to offer complete solutions, designed to respond consistently to increasingly demanding efficiency and safety requirements. The project demonstrates how the strength of the Group lies in its ability to transform different specialist skills into a single coordinated proposal. This model enables HiRef to support the customer not only as a technology supplier, but as a partner capable of contributing to the definition and construction of resilient, scalable infrastructures, ready to meet the needs of next-generation Data Centers.

To learn more about the technologies used and the characteristics of the units supplied, the complete technical dossier is available for download.