Experts in fire protection

Overview

The highly complex technical equipment of data centers and other IT areas, as well as the materials used there, carry a particularly high risk of fire. Due to the high concentration of energy and the materials used, e.g. plastics, data centers present an increased fire risk. 

Due to absent or unprofessional cooling, hot spots can occur in the system, causing overheating. Numerous active electronic components, complex cabling in false floors and transition resistances in the many cable terminals entail a risk of short-circuits, technical defect or thermal overloading. This is especially true for the computer and server areas, including the associated climate brackets in data centers. Even small or medium-sized server rooms and closed server cabinets as part of a company's infrastructure in any sector of the economy feature the same fire hazards.

Flames, smoke, gas emissions, heat – fire has many facets. Minimax has the right fire detectors for the various areas within data centers. Their signals converge in the fire detection and extinguishing control panel, which issues an alarm to the people at risk and the fire brigade. In addition, the Minimax panel monitors the installed fire protection system for proper functioning and electrically triggers the extinguishing systems.

Areas with special fire risks or deployment conditions require a tailored volume or local protection system. Oxeo inert gas extinguishing systems, Oxeo EcoPrevent fire prevention systems, MX 1230 fire extinguishing systems, water spray extinguishing systems, Minifog ProCon XP high pressure water mist extinguishing systems, hydrant systems, CPS 1230 cabinet protection systems and OneU fire protection systems are used in data centers.

All alarm and status messages of the fire protection systems installed by Minimax and of other trades can be visualized on screen surfaces by the Inveron hazard management system.

Structural fire protection, as well as technical systems by Minimax Mobile Services, such as fire extinguishers, wall hydrants and smoke and heat extraction systems, complete fire protection in data centers.

Protected areas

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Computer/server areas
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Electric & control rooms
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Emergency power generators
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Transformers
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Server rooms
6
Offices
Protected areas of Data Center
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  2. Electric & control rooms
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    2 Electric & control rooms
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    Fire Protection

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  3. Emergency power generators
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    3 Emergency power generators
    Emergency power generators

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    Fire Protection

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  4. Transformers
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    4 Transformers
    Transformers

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    Fire Protection

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  5. Server rooms
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    5 Server rooms
    Server rooms

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  6. Offices
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    6 Offices
    Offices

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    Fire Protection

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Fire protection solutions for Data Centers and other IT areas
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