Data centre and critical infrastructure power systems manufacturer Master Power Technologies (MPT) has opened a customer experience centre at its offices in Midrand, Gauteng, where customers can test and validate solutions before installing them into their data centres.
Power and cooling were critical components in the digital sector and the new centre was a platform to choose equipment, as well as evaluate and validate the characteristics of equipment, MPT founder and CEO Menno Parsons said on June 22 at the launch of the centre.
The 6 000 m2 experience centre, employing about 200 people, showcases the company's equipment and also provides training on various power, monitoring, management and cooling systems that are used in data centres.
“With the centre, we can demonstrate what a cooling solution, for example, is able to do, and provide a hands-on experience of how equipment works, validating the capabilities of the equipment that will be foundational to operations,” he said.
The R50-million centre, which also serves at MPT's regional headquarters, will mainly serve the company's customers in Africa, and help them to design the digital infrastructure needed by the digital economy and which is suited to their environments, supply chains and needs.
