iStarUSA

Data Center Planning & Deployment · IT Infrastructure

From Empty Hall to Live Racks.

Plan and deploy the complete data center IT layer—cabinets, raised floors, racks, power, airflow, and cable pathways.

One team coordinates cabinet layout, raised-floor installation, rack population, power distribution, structured cabling, and overhead, underfloor, and underground pathways from the first drawing to deployment.

Plan

Layout, power, airflow

Install

Cabinets on raised floor

Populate

Racks, PDUs, cabling

Connect

Overhead & underground paths

The service

One team for the entire IT layer.

We handle layout, cabinet installation, rack population, and pathways as one program, so decisions about power, cooling, and cabling hold from the first drawing to the day the racks go live.

We work alongside the general contractor and own the IT layer: the cabinets, the racks, and the pathways that bring them online.

Hall layout

Cabinet and rack selection by U-height, depth, and load, with aisles, power paths, and airflow planned in one drawing.

Cabinet installation

Claytek cabinets and open racks set on raised floor: aligned, tile-cut, and built into complete aisles alongside the other trades.

Racks and pathways

Racks populated and dressed, with overhead, underfloor, and underground routes pulled so power and data arrive labeled and live.

On the hall floor

Cabinets set right the first time.

Alignment, tile cuts, plenum access, and the next cabinet in the row all have to be right before power is connected. These are our installation crews at work.

Technicians installing a server cabinet from the raised floor plenum
Raised-floor install — cabinet frames set from the plenum, not only from the aisle.
Claytek crew working in a cabinet aisle with the raised floor tile pulled
Claytek-marked crew in the aisle with floor tile pulled for underfloor work.
Integration crew staging tools and hardware beside a Claytek cabinet
Tool and hardware staging beside the cabinet before the next land.

The rack, live

Racks handed over running.

Empty U-space is not a deliverable. Systems are installed, PDUs dressed, copper and fiber bundled and labeled, and each rack is inspected before handover.

Populated server rack with dual PDUs, structured copper, and live storage
Open rack after population — dual PDUs, live nodes, and storage in the same frame.
Row of integrated racks with overhead tray and dressed copper bundles
Integrated rack row with overhead tray and dressed copper at the rear.
Dense compute racks after population, with power and data dressed per U
Dense compute after dress — every U accounted for, power and data live.
Rear of populated racks showing PDU whip, power connectors, and cable management
Rear dress: PDU whips, connectors, and vertical managers ready for handover.

Pathways

Power and data routes, from the slab up.

A finished rack only works if power and data reach it. Underfloor and underground routes are part of the same scope, with tray, conduit, and vault access coordinated with the site's civil work.

Underground cable tray turning through a concrete pathway vault
Underground tray turning through a concrete vault — the path the hall will pull on.
Long underground trench with tray on one side and conduit on the other
Long trench: tray one side, conduit the other.
Access down into an underground pathway vault from scaffolding
Access into the vault from scaffolding.
Scaffold and hoist over a building pathway vault at grade
Hoist and scaffold over a building vault at grade.
Open underground pathway at grade, tray and conduit ready for pull
Open pathway at grade, ready for the pull.
Aerial view of a data-center campus under construction where iStarUSA crews deploy

On the campus

At home on active construction sites.

Construction pads, cranes, rooftop mechanical decks, and overhead busway are part of our field team's everyday environment. We coordinate with mechanical and electrical trades so cabinets and racks fit around the building's infrastructure from day one.

Claytek field team on a construction pad beside a crawler crane
Claytek field team on the pad — the same crew that lands cabinets inside the hall.
Data hall with overhead busway, piping, and tray before equipment land
Hall MEP before equipment land: busway, piping, and tray that the rack row has to respect.
Overhead cable tray and conduit being dressed from a lift at the hall perimeter
Overhead cable tray and conduit dressed from the lift at the building skin.
Field team coordinating on a rooftop mechanical deck above a data hall
Rooftop mechanical deck — field coordination with cooling and power above the hall.
Mechanical plant and piping that the integration team coordinates around
Mechanical plant adjacent to the IT hall — cabinets and racks have to land around piping, not through it.

Scope

What this program covers.

  • Cabinet and rack layout
  • PDU, power-path, and airflow planning
  • Cabinet landing on raised floor
  • Rack population and dress
  • Cable pathways: overhead, underfloor, and underground
  • Field work by iStarUSA crews with licensed partner contractors, including an Arizona team for western U.S. campuses

Platforms this sits on

Rack count, PDU and airflow notes, raised floor or not, and whether pathways are in scope.

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Other capabilities

OEM / ODM Manufacturing

Taiwan factory (iSG Industrial) — standard, modified, and full-custom hardware. About 50,000 rackmount units a month.

System Build & Integration

Factory build of iStarUSA platforms — board, GPU, drive, and cable integration, imaged and burned-in.

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Planning a new hall or a retrofit?

Share your rack count, power, and room constraints, and we'll scope the layout, installation, and pathways together.

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