Solutions · Data centres
Circle8 plans, designs, builds, commissions and operates mission-critical data-centre capacity. One accountable partner from site selection to switch-on to steady-state operations, including the AI and high-density infrastructure the next decade runs on.
The market
A data centre is a lifecycle, not a project.
The market is moving faster than most operators can build for. AI and high-density compute are rewriting power and cooling, sustainability rules are tightening, and the gap between a design and a working, certified, optimised facility is where programmes fail. We hold that whole gap. The strategy, the engineering, the build, the commissioning and the operations sit under one partner and one accountability, so the joins between disciplines are ours to own, not yours to manage.
Capabilities
Plan. Design. Build. Operate.
01
Strategy & advisory
Where to build, what to build, and the case that justifies it.
- Site selection and due diligence
- Capacity and master planning
- Feasibility and TCO modelling
- AI and HPC readiness
02
Design & engineering
The full electrical, mechanical and white-space design, to certified standards.
- Power and cooling systems
- White-space and rack design
- Resilience and redundancy
- Tier and sustainability design
03
Build & commissioning
Delivered, integrated and proven before a single rack goes live.
- Programme and construction management
- Procurement and supply chain
- Integrated systems testing
- Five-level commissioning
04
Operations & optimisation
Run to one standard, measured and improved every year.
- Critical facilities management
- DCIM and 24/7 monitoring
- Energy and capacity management
- PUE and net-zero optimisation
Why Circle8
One partner from the power to the platform.
One
accountability
from power and cooling to the platforms on top
8
layers
talent through outcome, measured end to end
24/7
operations
critical-facilities management and NOC
16,000+
specialists
engineers and operators across the group
The same operating model we run for banks, telcos and governments, pointed at mission-critical infrastructure: operator-led, certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and accountable for the result rather than a stack of separate contracts.
The offering
The full technical offer to the data-centre market.
Engaged whole, or by the discipline you need. Every line is a real capability, delivered by named specialists under one programme.
Strategy and advisory
- Site selection, due diligence and risk assessment (power, connectivity, planning, environment)
- Capacity planning and campus master planning
- Feasibility studies and total-cost-of-ownership modelling
- AI and HPC readiness and high-density roadmaps
- Sustainability, PUE and net-zero strategy
- Technology and vendor due diligence
Design and engineering
- Electrical: HV/MV/LV distribution, UPS, standby generation, switchgear, EPMS
- Mechanical and cooling: chilled water, CRAC/CRAH, direct-to-chip liquid, immersion, free cooling, heat reuse
- White-space and rack design, containment and high-density layouts
- Resilience and redundancy design (N+1, 2N, concurrent maintainability)
- Uptime Institute Tier and LEED/BREEAM design support
- Building management, controls and DCIM integration
- Structural, fire, physical-security and network design
Build and commissioning
- Programme, project and construction management
- Procurement, supply-chain and long-lead equipment management
- MEP installation and fit-out oversight
- Factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT)
- Integrated systems testing (IST) and five-level commissioning (Cx)
- As-built documentation, training and handover
Operations and maintenance
- Critical facilities management and 24/7 operations
- DCIM implementation, integration and reporting
- Monitoring, NOC and incident management
- Preventive and predictive maintenance
- Energy, capacity and change management
- SLA, resilience and compliance reporting
AI and high-density infrastructure
- GPU cluster and high-density rack enablement
- Liquid-cooling design, deployment and retrofit
- Edge and modular data-centre build-out
- Network fabric engineered for AI workloads
Optimisation and sustainability
- PUE and WUE optimisation programmes
- Retrofit, upgrade and modernisation of live sites
- On-site and renewable power integration
- Water management and heat-reuse schemes
- Net-zero and decarbonisation roadmaps
Talent and specialist teams
- Critical-facilities and MEP engineers
- Commissioning agents and controls specialists
- Programme and construction leadership
- Operations and NOC teams, permanent or on-call
Security, resilience and compliance
- Physical security and access design
- Business continuity and disaster recovery
- Standards and certification support (ISO 27001, SOC 2, Uptime)
- Operational resilience and audit readiness
Assurance and certification
Information security management, certified.
Security and availability, independently attested.
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