The data center challenge
Colocation and hyperscale data centers operations introduce unprecedented complexity in EHS management. Both typically have numerous contractors, vendors, and subcontractors working simultaneously. Construction, maintenance, retrofits, and live operations often occur in parallel. Safe coordination of lockout/tagout (LOTO), permits, and emergency procedures becomes more complex.
A single facility may include more than 500 backup generators, hundreds of fuel storage tanks, plus continuous testing, maintenance, and emergency operations. Every asset generates data that must be tracked, categorized, and reported under increasingly strict regulatory oversight, creating a fast-growing compliance burden that traditional tools were never designed to handle.
EHS requirements include fuel storage and tank inspections, hazardous material tracking, water usage, and reporting, plus permits, noise studies, and environmental documentation. There’s a constant need to manage a growing range of EHS requirements that include fuel storage and tank inspections, hazardous material tracking, water usage, and reporting, plus permits, noise studies, and environmental documentation. And, health and safety risks also include high-voltage electrical safety, maintenance across critical infrastructure, and field-based inspections and reporting.
Effectively managing all of this depends on data captured by frontline teams and across multiple systems.
