China Unicom’s Hyperscale Data Center Story

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China Unicom: Growth through RELIABLE operations

China Unicom achieves zero interruption to users’ workloads with the help of Schneider Electric experts and EcoStruxure™.
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The Challenge

• For continued growth, consistency is a must for everything from utility entrance to rack power distribution to 24/7 capacity and support across sites.
• China’s data center industry growth rate far exceeds the global average, but providing ample, quality cloud computing resources and networks to reach new demands remain a challenge.
• China Unicom’s competitive advantages are great, but must be maintained by focusing on improvements to infrastructure support, supply chain, business models and IT infrastructure operations.
• Critical facility operations at China Unicom's super sites must achieve zero interruption for users’ key workloads.

The Solution

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• China Unicom elected to outsource on-site critical power operation services for two of its sites to Schneider Electric – from utility entrance down to rack power distribution units, with emergency generators and direct-current power supply systems included.

The Results

• By leveraging Schneider Electric's proven experience and best practices, China Unicom has greatly improved the reliability of their critical facility operations, preventive and predictive maintenance, and risk management capabilities.
• China Unicom’s two largest data centers has achieved zero interruption to users’ key workloads.