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HellermannTyton’s mission is to ensure that specifiers, across the globe, have a genuine choice of standards compliant cabling systems that are tried and tested technologies packaged together in a way that enables the specifier to get the most out of their data centre space, minimising installation time of the cabling infrastructure and most of all helping meet the business drivers.
As the demand for data centre capacity increases, so do the internal demands on the data centre. The data centre now faces a number of issues that all impact the success, profitability and operational effectiveness including:
HellermannTyton understands these issues and, as a leading structured cabling manufacturer, has produced a range of products and solutions that help address them.
Speed of installation is one of the most important factors for a data centre owner or manager. The quicker the infrastructure is up and running, the quicker the data centre is ready for use by its parent company or available to be sold as a data storage facility to a client.
Through RapidNet, the pre-terminated and pre-tested solution from HellermannTyton, it is possible to reduce installation times by up to 85% with copper and 95% with fibre compared to traditional field terminated systems.
Space within a data centre now comes at a premium. It is important to use the available space as effectively and as efficiently as possible. The more space and connectivity that can be offered within any rack space is a benefit to both customer and data centre owner. HellermannTyton offer a number of products that address the issue of space within a data centre. From the MTP VHD RapidNet fibre cassettes offering up to 144 fibres (up to 576 fibres in 1U) or the 12 port RapidNet cassette with 48 pre-terminated copper ports in 1U of rack space.
The HellermannTyton range including copper and fibre offers uncompromised support for 10G applications.
The Category 6A RapidNet solutions deliver support for high speed 10G networks and applications. The RapidNet MTP VHD fibre range can support networks and applications up to 40G and 100G, making it an ideal high performance solution for data centres. Elsewhere, through the established Cat6 and Cat5E standards compliant ranges, HellermannTyton offers high quality network infrastructure for areas where 10G performance is not essential.
In addition to the reduced installation times seen with the RapidNet system, data centres will also benefit from minimised security risks as less engineers are required and they are on site for reduced periods of time.
At HellermannTyton we work hard to be a greener company. In addition to achieving ISO:14001 accreditation for environmental management, we continually assess our performance as a business and the impact our business has on the environment.
Since we began evaluating, measuring and seeking to reduce our environmental footprint, we have reduced our energy and solvent usage and, through working with our supply base and internal initiatives, we have greatly increased our recycling activities thereby reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill.
The HellermannTyton RapidNet solution carries it’s very own environmental credentials as a pre-terminated system. It is manufactured in the UK and therefore has shorter logistics paths resulting in a reduced carbon footprint and less environmental impact. At the factory, each cable is pre-terminated and cut to its specified length, minimising bulk cable waste. On-site, RapidNet is ready to be installed and can be supplied on re-usable plastic drums resulting in minimal packaging waste.
Sky Studios Elstree is a newly developed high-end, purpose-built film and TV studio facility in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Boasting 585,000sq ft of production facilities across the 27-acre site, Sky Studios Elstree delivers sound stages across multiple studio buildings, production support buildings accommodating ancillary production activities including set design and scene construction, a central Reception & Administration building and a 1,000 space Multi-Storey car park.
“The network infrastructure on a project of this scale and importance is absolutely critical.”
Tom Mahoney, Sky.
The team of engineers carried out the next phase of network installation, deploying a combination of OS2 fibre and hundreds of Cat6A cable looms throughout the site. The project which included the connection of 6 main comms rooms with over 20 floor distribution units and over 70 wall cabinets within studios and soundstages was completed in August 2023.
As a result of the working history between Sky, Kinetic IT and HellermannTyton and the familiarity and trust in the solutions provided, the network infrastructure was largely designed using HellermannTyton’s RapidNet system and Cat6A connectivity products.
