Prairie Bunkers Design
Design Concepts

Each bunker is approximately five-thousand square feet, with the floor, walls and ceiling constructed out of steel-reinforced concrete, and subsequently covered with earth. These structures are impervious to destructive weather, including force five tornadoes. Each data center sits on a secured site, within a secured, access-controlled data center park. Bunkers can be linked via new construction to adjacent bunkers for configurations of 25,000 square feet or more.

Using innovative approaches to energy, cost and space efficiency, these bunkers are being converted into Tier III high-density “rack-ready” powered base facilities, that will exceed industry standards. Each bunker is being configured for high-density computing to support up to 2800 servers at 6.7kW/rack minimum, 
with as high as 20kW/rack possible, equivalent in data storage capacity to 15,000 square feet of conventionally-designed space. Each bunker will have full systems' redundancy and will be upgradable to Tier IV. The Great Plains technical design and facility conversion will be LEED “Silver” certifiable. In addition to the high degree of physical security, each bunker will have:

  • Multiple Tier 1 Fiber Providers
  • Multi-Homed, Diverse Fiber Connections
  • N+1 or 2N+1 Fully Redundant Power and HVAC
  • Current electric power rates are under $.04/kWh
  • Geothermal cooling available
  • Dedicated Diesel Generators for each bunker
  • Redundant Core Routing
  • NOVEC 1230 Gas Fire Suppression

 

The existing structure, coupled with Great Plains Data Center Builders' design experience and excellent vendor/contractor relations, ensures that bunker conversions can be accomplished in a short period of several months with substantial cost savings over conventional facilities.