Mission Critical Buildings

Data Centers

Joule Group’s specialist team of fire safety engineers has extensive experience of working on some of the most high-profile data center projects globally, and are deeply familiar with the complex fire safety challenges they present. Our expert fire safety engineers de-risk data center projects on all levels by building in resilience and security to projects, giving peace of mind to asset owners and tenants.

Latest Projects

Joule Group has worked on numerous data center projects across Europe and the Middle East, and our team are deeply familiar with the complex fire safety challenges they present. Find out more about some of our recent projects below:

European Data Centers

A highly demanding and unique project adopting an existing data center design from the US and adapting it for use in Europe. The goal was to amend the design for wide-scale compliance with fire life safety requirements for multiple European countries. The project included information gathering, in-detail country code reviews, international collaboration, analysis, campus planning, shell and core design information package, and final fit-out package.

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London Data Center 

Shell and Core Data Center with six data halls over two levels, and four levels of accommodation provided adjacent.

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UAE Data Centers

The project consisted of three data centers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for one of the major global on-demand cloud services providers. The buildings are two-storey buildings containing data halls, MEP rooms, equipment areas, offices and ancillary uses such as electrical facilities and loading bays. Exterior areas contain diesel generators and a large diesel storage tank to comply with Uptime Tier requirements for redundant power supplies. Joule Group supported the project from concept design until the end of construction and handover.

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Whether safeguarding AI-powered infrastructure or integrating rooftop PV systems, our fire engineers deliver certainty where standards fall short — because progress should never mean compromise.
- David Black, Director - Middle East

In the race toward greener, more resilient data centers, fire safety must evolve alongside technology. Joule Group ensures that innovation doesn’t come at the expense of protection.
- Jonas Fuchs, Associate Fire Engineer