CFD Modeling

CFD modeling is a state-of-the-art approach that extracts design parameters from drawings and forecasts airflow behaviour within any enclosed space. For data centres, IT equipment is placed into the model to test for hot spot creation. The same technique applies to office environments pre-construction, or to sensitive military storage and testing centres — all delivered by ONE9 3NINE through specialist partners.

CFD analysis requires high-performance computing to simulate hypothetical scenarios based on design drawings — with alternative test data feeding alternative scenarios for side-by-side comparison. ONE9 3NINE works with industry leaders whose CFD experience extends to aerospace airframes and automotive aerodynamics, applied back to data centre contexts.

For existing facilities with drawings, CFD can be applied directly. Where drawings are unavailable, CFD software can reconstruct a facility model from known variables — floor height, cooling equipment, rack dimensions, and installed equipment. ONE9 3NINE recommends pairing CFD with thermography analysis for a complete picture combining simulated and real-world data.