Our new UPS, which arrived into its final destination in our UPS room last week is in the process of being installed. Tonight marked a major milestone in our datacenter expansion.

Our electrical contractor, Veca has had a crew here hard at work since the day after the UPS' arrival, preparing it for turn-up. Lots of conduit, cable, and connections to be setup. Tonight came the dangerous work of wiring the input to the electrical bypass cabinet. It is an unavoidable "hot" job that requires extensive preparation, tools, and safety procedures. I was not even allowed to be in the UPS room with them during that part of the work. I sat outside the closed door like an expectant father outside the delivery room. I was allowed in after the wiring was finished and they had thrown the input breaker and tested the voltage. Below you can see the three-man crew buttoning up the UPS after the job was done and everything was turned back off again:

Tomorrow a technician from the UPS manufacturer will be on-site to perform an inspection of the electrical installation and the communications wiring between the cabinets. Friday is the scheduled "turn-up" day. We'll start September with twice the available power we enjoyed in August.

After tonight's job was all finished I invited the electrical crew out onto our office deck into the warm night air for a well-deserved refreshing beverage. Cheers guys! ... to a job well done.

Stay tuned for updates as work progresses.

--Chuck Goolsbee
VP Technical Operations
digital.forest Inc.