Datacenter AM4 Benthem Crouwel Architects

2018-02-16 05:00

架构师提供的文本描述。21世纪的圣殿：位于阿姆斯特丹的数据中心Equinix是Equinix的新数据中心，它使抽象的数据云被包裹在一座令人印象深刻的塔中，12层的服务器为我们的互联网流量和数据存储提供了一天24小时的便利。

Text description provided by the architects. TEMPLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY: DATA CENTERS EQUINIX IN AMSTERDAM AM4, Equinix's new data center, makes the invisible visible: the abstract data cloud is wrapped in an impressive tower where 12-storeys of servers facilitate our internet traffic and data storage 24 hours a day.

 Implantation

今年夏天，位于阿姆斯特丹学术园区的欧洲互联网节点-高达72米的塔楼已经开放。从环路A10，这个‘云盒’是明显可见的。这座新大楼是Equinix在阿姆斯特丹科学园的第二个数据中心。该校园处理约38%的荷兰数据流量。在欧洲，阿姆斯特丹地区-连同伦敦和法兰克福-是最重要的数据中心之一。2012年，第一个数据中心启用，AM3-水平层，而现在，塔-AM4有24.000平方米的服务器空间-已经增加。这些建筑物是由桥梁连接起来的。

European Internet node The tower with a height of seventy-two meters has been opened this summer on the Science Park, an academic campus in Amsterdam. From the ringroad A10 this 'cloud box' is clearly visible. The new building is Equinix's second data center on the Amsterdam Science Park. The campus processes about 38 percent of all Dutch data traffic. In Europe, the Amsterdam area - together with London and Frankfurt - is one of the most important data center hubs. In 2012, the first data center was opened, AM3 - with horizontal lamellae, and now the tower - AM4 with 24.000m2 of server space - has been added. The buildings are linked by bridges.

“为了让数据中心在城市中获得社会的认可，我们必须确保它们的美学与它们周围的环境相联系。”-班尼姆·克劳威尔建筑师

"For data centers to gain social acceptance in cities, we must make sure their aesthetics relate to their surroundings." - Benthem Crouwel Architects

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荷兰是第一个连接互联网的欧洲国家。自1988年以来，这里就有数据中心；第一个是数学中心。

The Netherlands was the first European country to be connected to the internet. Data centers exist here since 1988; the first was at the center of Mathematics & Informatics, also on the Science Park in Amsterdam. Previously, data centers were not prominent buildings in our environment, but anonymous boxes in remote industrial areas. Due to the emergence of cloud services and big data, the data center market continues to grow exponentially. This sector, one of the strongest pillars of the Dutch economy, is now indispensable in our society.

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设计数据中心是一项自相矛盾的任务，建筑师Joost Vos说：“这些建筑必须适应周围的环境。他们必须有吸引力，但不要太热情。我们都希望我们的个人数据是安全的，但是我们对我们城市中的大型数据中心感到尴尬，因为我们不想要像堡垒一样的建筑被高度安全的栅栏包围在公共场所。“

Designing the data centers was a paradoxical task, according to architect Joost Vos: "The buildings had to fit in with its surroundings. They must be attractive, however not too welcoming. We all want our personal data to be safe, but we feel awkward about large data centers in our cities, because we don’t want fortress-like buildings surrounded by high-security fences in public spaces."

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我们设计了一条运河，作为安全的第一层，这是一种比铁丝网更友好的选择。然后，员工和访客在一个灯光宽敞的大厅通过一个身份检查站。为了到达数据中心，游客走过一座亮红色的桥，这座桥标志着通往严格安全区域的通道。扫描指纹后，进入服务器所在的“空白”。这是一个完全不同的经验，在一个转换的仓库，类型的建筑，主要用于数据中心。它的外部是宏伟的，干净的和凉爽的：它像一个大硬盘，水平倾斜从冷却系统通过空气。这座高楼是由三角形铝型材制成的，一边是黑色的，另一边是银色的，在顶部变得更窄-这是一种使塔身看起来更苗条的光学错觉。

Head in the clouds "We designed a canal as the first layer of safety, a more friendly alternative to barbed wire fences. Employees and visitors then go through an identity checkpoint in a light and spacious lobby. To reach the data center, the visitor walks over a bright red bridge which marks the passage to a strictly secured area. After scanning fingerprints, one enters the ‘white space’, where the servers are located. It is a totally different experience from being in a converted warehouse, the type of building mostly used for data centers. The exterior is grand, clean and cool: it resembles a large hard disk, with horizontal slants passing the air from the cooling system. The high-rise building is made of triangular aluminum profiles, which are black on one side and silver on the other, and become more narrow in the top - an optical illusion that makes the tower look slimmer.

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“从科学园你可以看到周围的环境反射在外墙上，塔顶似乎溶入了空气中。建筑和云一样矛盾。”-Kirsten Hannema，Architecture tuurNL，2017年7月。

"From the Science Park you will see the surroundings reflected in the façade, the top of the tower seems to dissolve into the air. The architecture is as ambivalent as the cloud." - Kirsten Hannema, ArchitectuurNL, July 2017

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灵活和可持续的AM4配备了储能系统。当产生热量时，它为阿姆斯特丹科学园的其他建筑物提供热量。“一方面，您可以看到，我们越来越多地将数据存储在云中；目前，对新数据中心的需求很大。另一方面，也有连续的小型化，这导致了较少的存储空间。我们还考虑到，当服务器空间减少时，外墙可以很容易地被更换，建筑物可以很容易地改造成实验室、办公室和/或公寓。“

Flexible and sustainable AM4 is equipped with energy storage systems. When heat is generated, it provides heat for other buildings at Amsterdam Science Park. "On the one hand, you see that we’re increasingly storing data in the cloud; currently, there is a lot of demand of new datacenters. On the other hand, there is continuous miniaturization, which results in less storage space. We have also taken into account that when less server space is needed, the facades can easily be replaced, and the building can be easily transformed into a laboratory, office and/or apartments."