With all due respect to residences, offices and commerce, you should also make room for server farms
Server farm.
NIS 1,000 per square meter "white floor"
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A server farm (a dedicated structure for storing information) is no longer a concept associated only with giant companies.
The process of growing data and beyond storing it in the cloud takes place today in every area of human life.
In light of this, the need for server farms is growing, and the search for efficient solutions is being done creatively.
For example, after two years on the ocean floor Microsoft floats from the farm farm with 864 servers.
It turns out that underwater, without oxygen and humans, the efficiency is much greater.
Recently, transactions of sale of plots for the establishment of server farms have been carried out by companies and real estate developers, who have identified potential for profit in renting information storage space to a variety of companies.
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In Israel, a server farm is considered a secure facility.
Due to the security situation, these facilities are located underground, contrary to what is customary in the US and Europe.
The choice of location is very important and is characterized by proximity to high voltage lines and fiber optic infrastructure.
Bandwidth is critical, since the speed of information transfer and backup is very important.
These facilities must be active non-stop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so backup systems for electrical and air conditioning systems are designed in a configuration known as two legs.
The double electrical installation includes 2 separate systems, including: electrical panels, cables, lighting, generators, etc.
The air conditioning system is also built from a dual system, so that in the event of a malfunction the backing air conditioning system will go into action.
It is also possible to perform maintenance operations on one system while the other is working.
The air conditioning systems cool the foundations (racks), which produce a lot of heat.
When there is a problem with the merger, the servers turn themselves off, which can cause damage to the companies that store the data.
The technological challenge of recent years is to improve the efficiency of the air conditioning system so that heat dissipation from the bases will require less cooling energy.
In server farms, the calculation of the main area is different from the practice in a normal structure.
The area where the foundations are stored is defined as a "white floor", and is the net area for storage.
In a 10-dunam plot with 50% plan and 100% construction, 10,000 square meters can be built on two or more underground floors. The "white floor" area will be about 3,000 square meters.
In the rest of the area, the various systems for farm maintenance, a nucleus, stairwells and protection will be installed.
For comparison, office rental prices range on average from NIS 40 to NIS 100 per square meter. Storage space in server farms is rented at prices of NIS 1,000 per square meter "for a white floor."
It should be noted that this is a net area, and if we consider a price per square meter gross, we will receive about NIS 300 per square meter.
The duration of planning, issuing a building permit and setting up a server farm ranges from 30 to 32 months.
The Government of Israel is promoting the Nimbus project and in January 2020 published the tender documents for the early screening phase for the provision of cloud services for government ministries for the continuity of the functioning of services in the State of Israel, even in the event of disconnection from the Internet.
In conclusion, it can be said that more and more real estate companies and entrepreneurs can be seen these days looking for suitable areas for the establishment of server farms, on the assumption that these areas have a high profit potential.
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The article was written with the help of an engineering knowledge company, which specializes in the management and construction of server farms and computer rooms.
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