October 26, 2023

Space Savings: UHFC Passive Data Center in a Single Rack

As data center facilities (DC) expand and change to meet increasing processing and storage demands, time, budget, and physical space needs can become tighter and tighter and harder to accommodate. DC facilities managers and techs must find ways to use available floor space (green or brown) to its fullest potential.

To save space in DCs, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL) has developed several innovations, including the 3RU Rack-Mounted Splice Enclosure. This enclosure, a 2023 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards Gold Level Honoree, supports an entire ultra-high-fiber-count (UHFC) passive data center in a single rack – up to 5,184 fibers when using LC panels. Each Splice Enclosure provides a 144-spliced ribbon (1,728 fibers) capacity within a 3RU space. It is this innovative use of space that facilitates the placement of an entire UHFC passive data center within a single rack.

*Maximizing the floor space within your data center is becoming one of the key factors to achieve overall network and data center efficiency, flexibility, longevity, and operating cost.*

Bill of Materials for 5,184-F Data Center (in 54U Rack)

3RU 1728 Splice
3RU 1728 Splice
3RU 1728 Splice
6RU 864 LC Pre-Term Patch Panels
6RU 864 LC Pre-Term Patch Panels
6RU 864 LC Pre-Term Patch Panels
6RU 864 LC Pre-Term Patch Panels
6RU 864 LC Pre-Term Patch Panels
6RU 864 LC Pre-Term Patch Panels

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