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Electrical Solutions for Data Centers

Tier-rated power distribution, ATS, and cooling-system control panels for colocation, edge, and enterprise data centres in East Africa.

Tier-Rated Power Infrastructure for East African Data Centers

Data centres demand more than uptime — they demand engineered redundancy at every layer of the power path. Panel Tech Systems builds the LV switchgear, transfer systems, PDUs, and CRAC-controller panels that back the Tier II, III, and IV facilities serving Nairobi's growing colocation, fintech, and cloud markets.

Systems We Deliver

Main switchgear (MSB) — Tier-rated — concurrently maintainable busbar architectures, type-tested to IEC 61439
Synchronizing generator panels — multi-genset paralleling with automatic load sharing
Static transfer switches and dual-source ATS — sub-cycle transfer for critical IT loads
UPS input/output panels — N+1 and 2N configurations for parallel UPS systems
Power distribution units (PDUs) — branch-circuit metered, with per-outlet monitoring
CRAC / CRAH control panels — PLC-driven cooling control with redundant compressor staging
DCIM-ready metering — Modbus and SNMP integration to your DCIM platform

Why Operators Choose Us

Concurrently maintainable design: Switchgear architectures that allow any single component to be serviced without taking IT load offline
Local manufacture, fast delivery: Nairobi build means 4–6 week lead times vs. 12+ for imported gear
Tested before shipment: Full type and routine testing per IEC 61439-2 in our workshop
Lifecycle support: Spare parts inventory, preventive maintenance contracts, and 24/7 emergency response

Whether you're building a single edge cabinet or a megawatt-scale colocation hall, our switchgear keeps your power topology engineered, documented, and concurrently maintainable.

Building or upgrading data centers infrastructure?

Our engineers will scope, design, and deliver electrical systems built to your sector's reliability standards.

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Quick Contact

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Selected Projects

800A LV Switchboard

Feeder Pillar Panel

Laundry Control Panel

Busbar Systems

Frequently Asked Questions — Data Centers

Uptime Institute Tier classification specifies the redundancy and concurrent maintainability of data centre infrastructure. Tier II has redundant capacity components but no fault tolerance. Tier III is concurrently maintainable (any single component can be serviced while IT load stays online). Tier IV is fault tolerant. Power topology and switchgear architecture are the largest single factors in tier compliance.

A concurrently maintainable switchgear architecture allows any single piece of distribution equipment — busbar section, breaker, ATS, UPS — to be taken out for maintenance without taking IT load offline. Typically achieved with dual-bus or A/B architectures plus static transfer switches at the rack PDU level.

IT power supplies have very limited buffer capacitance. Even a 20 ms power gap during an open-transition ATS transfer can crash a server or trip a network switch. A Static Transfer Switch (STS) achieves sub-cycle transfer using thyristors, so the IT load never sees the power changeover.

N+1 means one redundant UPS module is provided for every group of N working modules — fault-tolerant against a single UPS failure, not against a UPS distribution path failure. 2N means two completely independent UPS chains feed the load through dual-corded equipment or STS — fault-tolerant against any single-path failure and required for Tier III/IV operation.

Tier-rated switchgear, sized 1000-3000 A with full coordination studies, is typically a 6–10 week build from sign-off. Type-test certificates, FAT reports, and as-built documentation are handed over at commissioning. We can phase the build to match colocation cabinet roll-out schedules for live-load expansions.