Zajil Telecoms Case Study

The client

Zajil is a leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Service Provider in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. Established in the State of Kuwait since 1991, Zajil is Kuwait’s first Internet Service Provider and the region’s leading MPLS Service Provider.
Zajil is a major Data Centre Services player operating multiple data centres in Kuwait, KSA, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan and UK. Zajil also offers a broad range of Cloud & Managed Services wherein customers rely on Zajil’s expertise to manage their ICT infrastructure.
By partnering with global telecom and technology leaders, Zajil provides end-to-end Connectivity, Cloud and Managed Services.

The brief

In 2013 Zajil International Telecoms were designing their new colocation data centre and required a low energy cooling solution which would be able to expand alongside their
growing requirements.
They required a phased deployment of cabinets and cooling to keep their capital costs down. The data centre would eventually comprise 80 racks with up to 160kW cooling capacity., With an initial 20 racks and 8 rear ColdLogik rear coolers with cooling to be added as load increased.

The Solution

The specification required that the cooling solution would work efficiently on part load. The ColdLogik team designed a modular system which allows for a gradual roll out program. The initial solution required 20 x USpace ColdLogik compliant cabinets with an initial 8 x ColdLogik CL20 C8 rear coolers.
This was supported by three chillers with a water supply temperature of 16°C.
This modular approach allows for a growing installation requirement which has been expanded twice since in 18 months since the initial installation as their customer base increased.