Challenge
A significant portion of the world lacks a permanent internet connection, with connectivity controlled by a few gatekeepers who lack the financial incentive to extend their reach. Currently, five companies dominate 80% of the cloud computing market, making edge computing prohibitively expensive. As a result, progress has not reached these remote areas.
Our client’s cutting-edge product aims to address this issue. Their revolutionary edge computing solution can be rapidly deployed to any location on Earth, providing a full-stack infrastructure that overcomes challenges related to bandwidth, connectivity, and latency at the edge.
Part of the full-stack infrastructure includes the Main Distribution Centre (MDB). The challenge presented to Capital was converting the existing US design into a globally accepted design that met both UL and IEC standards.
Solution
Before starting the project, Capital collaborated closely with the client’s electrical engineering design team for over 18 months. This involved designing panels and selecting components to meet UL and IEC standards while ensuring the use of the highest quality, readily available components.
Capital sourced UL-certified components in Europe and made several design adjustments before constructing the first-of-its-kind unit.
Capital completed this initial unit in April 2024. UL representatives travelled to Dublin for two days to conduct preliminary certification inspections.
In August 2024, a UL representative will return to finalise the certification of the first back-to-back MDC installed within the full-stack infrastructure.
Ten of these back-to-back MDCs are currently under construction. Extensive coordination with the Purchasing, Planning, and Production departments has been essential to meeting the project schedule despite a full order book and increased demand for our products.