Power Technologies
Industries · Data Centres
Energy and infrastructure for Malaysian data centres
A data centre needs four things from its electrical infrastructure at once: generation to reduce grid dependence and carbon intensity, storage to manage demand and support resilience, continuity so critical load never breaks, and protection covering physical access and surveillance. EVOLTS delivers all four as a single coordinated scope — which removes the integration risk of appointing four separate contractors.
The four layers, specified together
On-site solar
Rooftop and adjacent-ground PV reducing grid draw and supporting renewable-energy reporting obligations.
Commercial and industrial solarBattery storage
Demand management and supply firming, sized against the facility’s real load curve.
Battery energy storageUPS
Instantaneous protection for IT and control loads, coordinated with standby generation.
Power continuityAccess & surveillance
Access control, CCTV and structured cabling designed into the same electrical scope.
Security systemsWhen generation, storage, continuity and protection are procured separately, the interfaces between them become the client’s problem — earthing coordination, protection grading, cable routing, commissioning sequence and, eventually, fault attribution. A single engineering scope makes those interfaces someone’s defined responsibility.
What we bring to the table
- Coordinated single-line design across generation, storage, UPS and distribution.
- Structural verification of any rooftop array through drone survey and load analysis.
- Full regulatory handling — TNB interconnection, Suruhanjaya Tenaga compliance and Bomba requirements, including battery fire safety.
- Commissioning sequence planning so live infrastructure is never exposed.
- Long-term O&M across every layer, from one local team.
Questions from data centre operators
What power infrastructure does a data centre need?
Four coordinated layers: generation to reduce grid draw and carbon intensity, storage to manage demand and support resilience, uninterruptible supply so critical load never breaks, and physical protection covering access and surveillance. Procured separately, the interfaces between them become the operator’s problem.
Can solar realistically power a data centre?
Not entirely — the load is continuous and the roof area is rarely proportional to demand. What on-site solar does is reduce grid draw during daylight and produce auditable renewable generation data for sustainability reporting, which is increasingly a commercial requirement rather than a preference.
Who is responsible for integrating the layers?
Under a single engineering scope, we are. That covers coordinated single-line design, protection grading, earthing, commissioning sequence and fault attribution afterwards — the interfaces that are usually nobody’s defined responsibility when four contractors are appointed.
Can this be installed on a live facility?
Yes, with sequencing. Live work is planned around agreed windows, and anything requiring an interruption is scheduled and rehearsed rather than improvised. This is the part of the programme that needs the most planning and the least improvisation.