SGRUTB04 went into service in 2022 , dedicated to a single hyperscale client , with a commitment to full capacity for more than a decade
“ Add to this equation that the majority of the existing DC ’ s in the region were smaller in average size than a single data hall of a real hyperscale facility . Of course , they were built in an era where the capacity and the visibility for the future was very small , but that does not change the fact those structures were not ready for the current demand . Plus , they were designed without the sustainable requirements that we have today .”
Peigo explains that , very early on , Scala realised the hyperscale expertise on engineering , design and sustainability for data centres were practically non-existent in LATAM . Then , they instead decided to invest in creating this expertise from the ground up .
“ So , we hired a lot of people and built our Center of Excellence in Engineering ( CoE ),
SCALA DATA CENTERS
from which we control everything from the design up to construction management .”
The Center of Excellence gives Scala a far greater degree of control in the design , construction management , planning and performance evaluation of its data centres . Rather than using general contractors , the centre gives the company centralised control , helping it to implement a streamlined , uniform approach across its entire Latin American portfolio .
“ Instead of having branches of Scala , we have uniform sites . So , if you ’ re working for Scala in a data centre – whether it ’ s in Colombia or Rio – it ' s the same local structure , supported by our centralised command centre . We basically change the address .”
This approach is not only fostering efficiencies across the entire portfolio , but this approach is a cornerstone of Scala ’ s company culture .
“ We are not creating the sense that Brazil is the biggest country and the centre of our portfolio – Scala is a Latin American platform .
“ With the non-Brazilian employees that we have hired , we bring them to the headquarters , and they stay with us for three to six months , working and getting trained in the common centre . Then , when they get back to their countries , they ’ ve left a piece of their country here and they take a piece of Scala there . This forges our culture and strengthens the bonds among our people , it doesn ’ t matter where they live or work .
“ This is the way we are growing as a unique company : a single entity , operating all of these campuses in a sustainable way throughout Latin America .”
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