INTERSTITIAL SYSTEMS
William Collier , owner of Interstitial Systems , on what the company ’ s electromechanical raised floor distribution system offers data centres
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I nterstitial Systems is a manufacturer of multilevel electromechanical raised floor distribution systems for data centres . William Collier is the company ’ s founder and owner , bringing his extensive 42 years ’ of industry experience to the firm .
Collier emphasises both the simplicity of Interstitial Systems ’ TIER E / A electromechanical raised floor distribution system offering , and the enormous impact it can have . “ It ’ s remarkable that something as simple as dividing the underfloor horizontally into two levels for wires and air can have such a huge impact on the way a data centre is designed , serviced and maintained .” Traditionally , data centres have been built with conventional raised flooring or on concrete . “ That ’ s basically the two options that are available ,” says Collier . “ We ’ re the third option that nobody knows very much about – what we refer to as an electromechanical distribution system .”
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