City of Chartres

With a population of 38,000, Chartres is a French commune located in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The city is located 80 km from Paris.

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A black crane in action, lifting a gray container in front of a warehouse under a slightly cloudy sky at dawn.

The project

A temporary container-based data center delivered in three months.

The Issues

As part of the construction of its Administrative Complex—which includes City Hall and the Metropolitan Office, replacing the building constructed in the 1950s—Chartres issued a call for bids for a temporary data center to be used for three years, designed to house all of its IT systems, telephone services, as well as all control systems for the pedestrian zone and video surveillance. The project faced two constraints. First, a time constraint: only six months separated the call for bids from the scheduled delivery date for the data center. Second, a location constraint: the data center had to be located near City Hall but could not detract from the historic downtown landscape.

A gray container suspended above an inner courtyard with ornate metal structures, with an old building in the background.

The Module-it Solution

Following a review, the decision was made to select Module-it and its it-Box solution for the implementation of a 30 kW modular data center. The order was placed in October 2014, with full site acceptance scheduled for December 2014—a delivery timeframe of three months. To overcome the space constraints, the data center was delivered to the courtyard of a former high school in the city.

The strength of the solution

Working with Module-it therefore provided the City of Chartres with a single point of contact throughout the entire project, delivering a functional, high-quality, turnkey solution on time and within budget.

A server room with rows of black racks, fluorescent lighting, and a textured gray floor. Dark backgrounds and exposed wiring.

Module-it has demonstrated exceptional responsiveness, efficiency, and professionalism. Responsiveness is essential for this type of equipment, given its high level of criticality. In Module-it, we have found a company on a human scale, with professional teams possessing a high level of knowledge, expertise, and responsiveness.

Patrick Angenard, Chief Information Officer

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project month

300

fibers laid between the old site and the temporary site

230

kW

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