Case: Verne

The key thing in the datacenter business is to guarantee uninterrupted service to customers. Even if there is a power outage in the national grid, the power supply must never be cut off. With the emergency power systems supplied by kW-set, Verne (former Ficolo Oy) has been able to keep its obligation to its customers.

Verne Global Finland produces datacenter, colocation and telecommunication services in Finland in three data centers in Helsinki, Pori and Tampere.

“kW-set has been our key partner since the beginning. When we started our operations in Ulvila near Pori, kW-set delivered the mission-critical, on-site emergency power systems for us. Since then, kW-set has managed the emergency power system, as well as lifetime and annual maintenance, for the Pori datacenter, and will continue as our key partner in the new The Air datacenter building in Helsinki,” says Seppo Ihalainen, CEO at Ficolo Oy.

“The decisive factor, in addition to the price, was our prior successful cooperation with kW-set, who offered the best overall solution for us. Throughout the competitive bidding process, we had a good feeling about kW-set, which inspired trust in the company,” says project director Johannes Lähteenmäki.

The Air datacenter features new cell-based technology combining power and cooling. Each cell has its own generator in order to guarantee the supply of emergency power.

“We acquired the emergency power solution from kW-set as a turnkey delivery. The concern with the Helsinki project was its broad scope, and how to adapt the kW-set delivery to a new kind of datacenter. However, kW-set provided a flexible service, and was understanding about our suggested changes to the schedules. We managed to complete the project with flying colors!” says Johannes Lähteenmäki.

According to Seppo Ihalainen, the company does not have to be an expert in all areas; instead, they rely on kW-set to manage the backup power technology on their behalf. “I appreciate the excellent expertise of kW-set in the field of emergency power units. Their service is entrepreneurially minded, and they have good responsiveness.”

When the company has grown through acquisitions, kW-set has helped in the deployment and maintenance of emergency power systems at new sites.

“Our growth goals are tough. We will add more cells to Helsinki and, hopefully, more data centers as well. We need back-up power systems in all acquisitions. It will be interesting to see how the industry develops, because the greenness brings different requirements for back-up power as well,” says Ihalainen. Highly recommends the kW set. “Our cooperation has continued without friction for more than 10 years. The kW-set experts listen to the customer and are technically experts in their field.”

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