Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has had to digitize quickly to continue caring for patients while minimizing the risk of exposure. Besides digitization, Internet of Things (IoT) technology, remote clinical, and real-time patient tracking all result in an unprecedented demand for connectivity, power reliability, IT capacity and patient care capacity. 

To address these four critical requirements, we highly recommended prefabricated modular data center for health care institutions. The containerized data center and the modular data center are typical representatives of prefabricated modular data centers. With its infrastructure units combined in the factory according to project demands and reassembled in the field for immediate use, this solution can meet the unique needs of various medical facilities. 

Benefit 1: Free up capacity for more patient rooms 

In many places, people increase the number of hospital beds by transforming large buildings (such as stadiums or conference centers) or constructing new field hospitals. Since the modular data center can be placed anywhere, there is no need to build a computer room. For example, Modular data center units can be placed outdoors in order to free up capacity for more patient rooms, critical hospital operations and other requirements within their walls.

Benefit 2: It helps you quickly respond to any unknown crisis.

What’s more, it only takes a few weeks to deploy a modular data center since all components are standardized and you ship it in a tested/assembled unit. And the modular design allows quick addition of IT capacity as demand warrants. These flexibilities help you respond to any unknown crisis.

Benefit 3: It makes the system more stable.

Modular data centers adopt a modular, standardized and highly-integrated design that makes the system more stable. In addition, modular data centers can provide configuration solutions such as N, N+1 and 2N to support electricity back-up depending on the customer’s requirements to reach the highest TIA-942 Tier 4 level.

Case study:

The affiliated hospital of Xiamen University

The affiliated hospital of Xiamen University, known as Xiang'an Hospital，is a non-profit public institution jointly established by the Xiamen municipal government and Xiamen University. It covers a total area of 360 mu (24 hectares) and contains about 3,000 beds. In the first phase of the construction project, the hospital opted for the Kstar IDM Prefabricated Modular Data Center to be located in the new hospital building.

The solution's focus on full lifecycle datacenter management, coupled with the intelligent management of power supply, cooling, and O&M systems- matched the hospital's requirements precisely.

Due to the fully integrated design, Kstar modular data center can be in place while hospital construction was still underway. What’s more, The data center’s modular nature also means it can easily be expanded when demand warrants – no need to over-build capacity before it is really needed.

 
 Kstar IDM modular data center  for Xiang'an Hospital

People's Hospital of Zhanjiang City Center

In order to carry out digital reforms, Xuwen People’s Hospital built a new data center to meet the demand for data growth. Kstar provided the hospital with a dual-row IDM with 10 IT cabinets, high-power UPS and precision air conditioners with constant temperature and humidity.

Due to the modular design, the entire process to deploy a Kstar IDM unit just took three days, reducing both the time required and the associated costs by 50% compared to other solutions. 

Kstar IDM modular data center  for Xuwen hospital