Data centers are the foundation for storing, processing, and efficiently managing extensive volumes of data in the ever-evolving digital landscape, serving as the backbone of modern organizational operations.
To ensure sustained functionality, these data centers must undergo rigorous electrical testing—to identify issues like moisture, contamination, and insulation deterioration–helping avoid power-related problems that jeopardize the overall integrity of the infrastructure.
Praetorian Power Protection, an InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA)-certified electrical testing company, stands as a trusted partner for numerous mission-critical data centers, delivering top-tier results for their service and maintenance needs. As a third-party, full-service company, it deploys industry-leading technicians and field engineers to expertly handle acceptance or maintenance testing projects at clients’ facilities. Given the opportunity to provide acceptance testing services or maintain a client site, its teams take complete ownership of the entire project management, overseeing aspects like electrical testing, drawing and schematic, full commissioning management, development of protection systems, and Arc Flash and Coordination studies. This meticulous approach guarantees that every device, apparatus, electrical system, and data center facility undergoes precise testing, ensuring optimal functionality.
“We are the repeated choice for leading hyperscale data centers across the globe because of our comprehensive offerings. We provide 360-degree coverage, ensuring thorough maintenance and modernization of their tools,” says Bill Lane, senior account executive at Praetorian Power Protection. “Unlike our competitors, we go beyond electrical NETA testing and offer turnkey services like retrofits, QA/QC, commissioning, UPS and battery services, power studies, switchgear modernization, infrared thermography, and LOTO Management.”
Praetorian Power Protection also strengthens the protection and control system of the data centers concerning medium voltage relays and switch gears. It has in-house capabilities to gather information regarding the designs of the data centers and use programming to create turnkey settings files, preventing clients from issues of medium voltage.
Apart from these comprehensive services, the company’s agile operations contribute to its distinctive profile—an outcome of its streamlined and compact size. Unlike larger organizations burdened with intricate organizational hierarchies, its streamlined structure allows clients to effortlessly connect 24/7 via a call or email and gain instant support. Team Praetorian Power Protection, highly skilled and trained electrical testing experts, operate as their quarterback, understanding their testing needs and providing the highest quality services for the service and maintenance of their equipment and facilities.
We go beyond electrical NETA testing and offer turnkey services like retrofits, QA/QC, commissioning, UPS and battery services, power studies, switchgear modernization, infrared thermography, and LOTO Management
To ensure complete client satisfaction in each engagement, the company deploys its project management front to track service delivery alignment with client needs. Its account management teams build detailed portfolios listing the current state and project requirements and correlate them at every project phase, assuring thorough satisfaction.
The company’s capabilities are exemplified in a project where it conducted electrical preventive maintenance at a major Seattle-based client site. Its teams unveiled critical issues like outdated and obsolete medium-voltage switchgear relays in their power system during the post-outage assessment. It created a precise plan for the concerns, addressing outdated equipment and enhancing safety and operational efficiency. Simultaneously, it strategized a comprehensive retrofit of all medium voltage relays over weeks, ensuring heightened device protection. Praetorian Power Protection also collaborated with an electrical contractor to streamline the project execution.
Beyond the client’s maintenance needs, the company performed an arc flash and coordination study for the entire campus, ensuring NFPA 70E compliance and proper breaker coordination. This holistic approach significantly uplifted the client’s electrical system reliability, showcasing the company’s commitment to not only address clients’ immediate issues but also provide sustained operational success and industry compliance.
When the efficacy of data centers is increasingly becoming fundamental to the operations of the business world, Praetorian Power Protection, with its commitment to excellence in maintenance testing, shines as a trusted choice for clients globally.
