Engineering Mission Critical Facilities & Data Centres

Developing long-term relationships with hyperscale, colocation, technology, enterprise, and government clients – we are united by a focus on the operational efficiency and speed to market that this dynamic sector demands.

WSP acquired kW Mission Critical Engineering, a top US data centre design firm with decades of expertise to lead our national and global mission critical teams.

Whether planning a data centre campus, upgrading a legacy building, or implementing sustainability goals, our Mission Critical Future Ready approach begins by listening to our clients. We believe it’s vital to understand their unique challenges and objectives. Then, using our deep knowledge of planning, designing, and delivering data centres, we work together to rapidly develop effective, tailored solutions – aligned to client’s mission, while balancing constraints on schedule, budget, sustainability, and risk.

"We are uniquely positioned in the mission critical industry by uniting leading US data centre design experts with worldwide technical engineers, sustainability advisors, and program managers to provide an integrated, multidisciplinary solution to our clients."

Addam Friedl
Managing Director, kW Mission Critical Engineering, Member of WSP and Global Mission Critical Network Lead

WSP’s Global Mission Critical Network, is led by acquired kW Mission Critical Engineering, a top US data centre design firm with decades of expertise. Our mission is to use our global reach, regional knowledge, and local expertise to collaborate and solve our clients’ most difficult challenges, to efficiently use and conserve resources, and to be responsive to ever-advancing technological innovation.

Integrated, multidisciplinary solutions

Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing and fuel oil
Fire and life safety
Building controls and monitoring
Security
Information and communication technology
Analytics: Power studies and modeling
Building information modeling (BIM)

Project and design management
Civil and geotechnical
Structural and vibration analysis
Due diligence and environmental
Sustainability and ESG
Commissioning
Acoustics
Substation, transmission and energy

Data centre trends and client challenges

Adapting to an AI-driven world

AI technologies are rapidly changing how data centres are designed and built and our mission critical experts are keeping our hyperscale, colocation and enterprise clients future ready. The higher compute power needed – and therefore additional cooling power required – by facilities running AI demands flexible innovative solutions for reliable operations and enhanced performance.

From distributed uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems providing back-up power at rack level, to specialized mechanical systems distributing stable liquid cooling direct to AI processors, our mission critical experts are constantly adapting client designs to keep pace with the rate of technology change and speed to market demands.

Committing to water reuse

As water conservation policies become global mandates to tackle the resource crisis, our water and data centre design experts are working with hyperscale and colocation clients to minimize freshwater use. We are engineering solutions from rainwater collection, onsite treatment plants and recycling local wastewater, to reusing cooling tower runoff and converting waste heat back into useable resources.

Together with our clients, we are committing to water reuse and improved energy efficiency while continuing to deliver the performance needed to power and cool facilities housing a new generation of AI technologies.

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