Controls for Data Centers, Labs and Critical Environments

The requirement

What critical facilities ask of their controls

The work is different when the space cannot stop.

What makes it hard

A single controller or network path that can take the plant down with it.
Work that has to happen while the space stays in operation.
Equipment from several manufacturers that has to act as one system.
Pressure, humidity and particulate limits with no room for drift.
Alarms that have to reach someone in real time.

How we approach it

Redundant control with no single point of failure.
Live cutovers with a written fallback at every step.
Point-to-point verification before transfer, so the new system is proven before the old one is retired.
Integration across BACnet and Modbus under the open Niagara framework.
24/7 emergency service on existing systems.

Projects

Critical-environment work we have delivered

Data-center cooling, a lab and a clean room.

Mesa, Arizona

Edgecore Data Facility

Programming and technical support on a fully redundant chiller control system, the second of its kind in the U.S., with no single point of failure.

Longmont, Colorado

Micron Technologies

Controls installation for a new facility that combines comfort cooling with data-center work, integrating chilled-water in-row coolers at large scale.

Louisville, Colorado

Biodesix

Installing contractor for a venturi-valve lab system, with BACnet-to-Modbus integration for tight control of lab pressures and air circulation.

Golden, Colorado

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Clean-room conditions for solar energy research: humidity, particulates and critical processes, with hydrogen gas monitoring for real-time detection and alarms.

Project summaries. Read the Edgecore summary → · See all projects →

Signature capability

Live cutovers, without dropping the plant

Most controls work is easy when you can shut the building down. The hard version is converting a system that cannot stop running. That is the work we are known for.

What we have actually done

Converted a live central chiller plant at a State of Colorado facility from Siemens to Distech, to meet the state’s controls standard, without ever losing the plant, in partnership with US Engineering.
Multiple additional live-building cutovers, including occupied tenant spaces, using the same staged method.
Phased migrations that reuse sound wiring and field devices instead of a rip-and-replace.

How we de-risk it

Full inventory and documentation of the installed base before a single wire moves.
Written cutover sequence with defined fallback at every step. If something is wrong, we roll back, not improvise.
Temporary control strategies and after-hours transfer windows to protect occupants and process loads.
Coordination with the mechanical contractor, engineer and facility staff as one plan, not three.

Central plant. For water-cooled chilled water plants we also deliver chiller plant optimization with Siemens Demand Flow: whole-plant sequencing and variable-speed control that Siemens reports typically cuts total chilled water system energy 20–50%, on your existing BACnet BAS. Chiller plant optimization →

Secure remote access. Neeve provides zero-trust, encrypted connectivity for monitoring and managing a building remotely, with no direct path from the open internet to your controllers. About Neeve →

Analytics. Environ fault detection runs continuously, and each repair gets a retest on the live equipment. Product availability is confirmed at quotation. See how Environ works →

FAQ

Critical-facility questions we hear most

Can you work on a plant that cannot be shut down?

Yes. That is the work we are known for: a staged cutover with a written fallback at every step, temporary control strategies, and point-to-point verification before transfer.

Have you worked on redundant plant control?

Yes. At the Edgecore data facility in Mesa, Arizona, we performed programming and technical support on a fully redundant chiller control system, where two redundant systems are monitored at once.

Can you integrate equipment that does not use BACnet?

Often, yes. At Biodesix we integrated a venturi-valve lab system across BACnet and Modbus. We integrate on the open Tridium Niagara framework.

Do you respond after hours?

Yes. We provide 24/7 emergency service on existing systems. To report a problem, use the Incident Report link at the top of any page.

Have a plant or a lab that cannot stop?

Tell us what the space has to hold and what it runs on, and we’ll tell you honestly how we would approach it. Call (720) 282-5099 or request a quote.

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Controls for spaces that cannot go down.