INVT iTalent Modular Data Center Empowers Smart Digital Transformation of Hubei Tobacco Computer Rooms

Background

In the era of surging digital transformation, data centers serve as the core hub for enterprise information systems, making their efficient and stable operation critically important. Leveraging outstanding performance and innovative design, INVT’s Integrated Data Center has been successfully deployed in the computer rooms of three Hubei Tobacco subsidiaries—Qianjiang, Xiaogan, and Xianning—providing a solid and reliable foundation for Hubei Tobacco’s digital transformation.

Industry Challenges

In the construction and operation of traditional data centers or computer rooms, customers in the tobacco industry commonly face the following pain points and challenges:

• Low Space Utilization and High Construction Costs: Traditional computer rooms feature dispersed layouts for power distribution, cooling, cabinets, and other systems, occupying substantial space and resulting in low floor area efficiency, with persistently high costs for construction and expansion.

• High Energy Consumption and Elevated PUE Values: Conventional cooling methods are inefficient, leading to significant energy waste, higher annual average PUE, heavy operational electricity burdens, and misalignment with green energy-saving requirements.

• Long Deployment Cycles and Poor Flexibility: Requiring specialized civil engineering and supporting facilities for professional rooms, with low standardization, deployment takes extended time and cannot quickly respond to business growth or IT equipment racking needs.

• Complex Operations and Maintenance with Insufficient Reliability: Dispersed systems and outdated monitoring methods make faults difficult to detect and warn about in a timely manner; lack of redundancy in critical components results in overall availability struggling to meet high standards and risks of single points of failure.

• Low Level of Intelligent Management: Absence of unified intelligent monitoring and remote operations capabilities relies on manual attendance, leading to low maintenance efficiency, high costs, and difficulty in achieving unattended operations and precise management.

These pain points not only increase the total cost of ownership (TCO) but also hinder the progress of informatization and digital transformation in the tobacco industry.

INVT Solutions

Shenzhen INVT Network Power Co., Ltd., as a provider of data center energy solutions, has deep expertise in data center infrastructure. The solutions delivered for the computer rooms of Hubei Tobacco Company’s Qianjiang, Xianning, and Xiaogan subsidiaries encompass advanced power supply equipment, precision temperature control systems, and other key components.

Value Delivered

The deployment in these three subsidiary computer rooms demonstrates multiple significant advantages. Its highly integrated design consolidates power distribution, cooling, cabinets, monitoring, and other systems, substantially saving floor space and enabling high-density deployment. This not only improves space utilization but also reduces construction costs.

In terms of cooling efficiency, INVT’s Integrated Data Center employs advanced cooling technologies to achieve precise temperature control, ensuring stable equipment operation in optimal conditions. Additionally, the intelligent monitoring system enables real-time tracking of various parameters, allowing prompt detection and resolution of potential issues to guarantee safe and reliable operation.

Following the introduction of INVT’s Integrated Data Center, the operational efficiency of the computer rooms at Hubei Tobacco’s Qianjiang, Xiaogan, and Xianning subsidiaries has significantly improved, with enhanced system stability and reliability. This provides robust technical support for daily operations and lays a strong foundation for future digital development.

The solution utilizes one set of INVT iTalent series Integrated Data Center. This series features a modular design that integrates power distribution, air conditioning, cabinet, enclosed aisle, monitoring, and cabling systems. Equipped with various environmental sensors, it is uniformly monitored and managed by the eSite Cloud View system, enabling automated control, intelligent operations and maintenance, and improved reliability, availability, and maintainability of the data center.

The product offers the following key features:

NO.1 Safety and Reliability

All components are manufactured in compliance with domestic and international standards, ensuring superior product quality. As a fully productized data center solution with engineered reliability reaching 99.999%, it adopts an integrated design to enhance overall system reliability. Critical components feature redundant configurations for greater dependability. Power distribution and cooling systems are designed to Tier IV standards (international Class A data center level). The integrated intelligent monitoring system provides early warnings for key data, ensuring secure and reliable operations.

NO.2 High Efficiency and Energy Savings

The solution achieves an annual average PUE as low as 1.30. By utilizing inter-row air conditioning and enclosed cooling channels for precise nearby cooling, it significantly improves efficiency, saving over 35% energy compared to traditional computer rooms. The N+X modular online high-efficiency UPS supports intelligent sleep mode to further reduce energy consumption. High-density deployment supports up to 10kW per cabinet. Integrated power distribution saves space, allowing for 1-2 additional equipment cabinets. Remote unattended operations lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

NO.3 Rapid Deployment

Standardized components and modular architecture enable quick, on-demand deployment aligned with business needs. No dedicated professional room is required—the system can be installed directly on building concrete floors, minimizing ancillary engineering. Product standardization, modularity, and plug-and-play design simplify installation and greatly shorten time-to-service.

NO.4 Intelligent Management

Comprehensive intelligent monitoring of power and environmental systems. Smart door header displays key information intuitively for easy maintenance. Real-time alarms via SMS, voice calls, email, and audible/visual alerts. Multiple human-machine interfaces including operations dashboard, remote APP, local LCD, and remote WEB access. Supports northbound interfaces such as Modbus TCP and MQTT for seamless system integration.

Additionally, a complete dynamic environment monitoring system is deployed around the micro-module perimeter, providing real-time oversight of internal temperature, humidity, smoke detection, UPS, air conditioning, power distribution, and other critical facilities and environmental conditions. This enables early hazard detection and warning for highly efficient operations and maintenance.

Drawing on years of technological innovation, INVT continuously addresses underlying industry needs while enhancing service capabilities and standards. For the tobacco sector, Shenzhen INVT Network Power Co., Ltd. has tailored a high-cost-performance, high-quality, efficient, and green energy-saving Tengzhi micro-module solution. It fully meets requirements for rapid deployment, flexible expansion, energy conservation, cost reduction, and ease of management, while strongly ensuring the safe, reliable, and normal operation of computer room equipment.

The successful application of INVT’s Integrated Data Center in the computer rooms of Hubei Tobacco’s Qianjiang, Xiaogan, and Xianning subsidiaries powerfully demonstrates INVT’s technical strength in the data center field. Moving forward, INVT will continue to uphold its innovative spirit, optimize product performance, and deliver superior solutions for data center construction across more industries, supporting enterprises in their digital transformation and upgrades. Adhering to the customer-centric and market-oriented philosophy, INVT will persistently improve product quality and technical capabilities, launching even more competitive products and data center solutions—continuing to contribute to the informatization development of the Hubei Tobacco system.