Lighting systems for data centres need to provide a comfortable visual working environment for your staff, whilst at the same time balancing energy and cost efficiencies and meeting legal requirements for emergency lighting provision.

CAT2 lighting to ensure a safe working environment
Good lighting with your data centre or server room is extremely important, particularly where staff are working in awkward positions within the room, such as at floor level or at the rear of cabinets. At Comms Room Services we provide CAT2 lighting to ensure that good quality light is available wherever it is needed. From a Health & Safety point of view this reduces eye strain and accidents caused by inadequate lighting.

The "Lights Out" data centre
In response to the need to reduce energy consumption, many data centres and server rooms operate a "lights out" policy, often in combination with motion sensors to switch illumination on or off when needed. The cost saving can be very significant and have an impact on your data centre energy efficiency, by reducing your running costs you help to reduce PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness). It can also be argued that a lights out environment is more secure, potentially deterring the opportunist thief.

Emergency lighting and exit illumination
To ensure the safety of your staff in the event of power outage, we design and install emergency lighting and exit illumination that takes account of the size and layout of your server room – including the number of exits and changes in floor height. All our emergency lighting systems meet fire regulations and local authority requirements.