Data Centres

In a data centre, the systems nobody sees are the building itself. BASE provides commissioning authority and commissioning management for hyperscale and enterprise data centres across all six testing levels. From FAT to live-load readiness, we prove the infrastructure before the workload depends on it.

Why data centres are different 

Performance is the product

In most buildings, a commissioning gap creates frustration. In a data centre, it creates downtime: power, cooling, fire suppression, redundancy pathways, controls, BMS, security, interlocks, failover logic. 

Every system must work alone, together, and under stress before live load is introduced. 

Not assumed. Not ticked off. Proven.

That is the standard hyperscale environments demand, so that is the standard BASE works to. 

WHAT WE DELIVER

All six levels of commissioning. Both commissioning roles.

BASE has worked as both Commissioning Authority and Commissioning Manager on major data centre programs. That dual perspective matters.

We understand what an owner-operator needs to see before accepting a facility. We also understand how to manage the contractor side to reach that standard without chaos in the final stretch. 

As Commissioning Authority (CxA)

For: owner-operators

BASE independently verifies operational readiness before the facility accepts live load.

• L4 Functional Performance Testing
• L5 Integrated Systems Testing
• L6 handover and as-left verification
• Commissioning Plan of Record review
• Operational readiness reporting
• Independent sign-off support

As Commissioning Manager (CxM)

For: contractors and delivery teams

BASE manages the commissioning program and prepares the project for authority acceptance.

• L1 Factory Acceptance Test review
• Equipment delivery and receipt verification
• L2 installation QA/QC management
• L3 energisation, start-up and readiness
• L4 and L5 coordination with CxA
• Subcontractor interface management
• L6 close-out documentation
• Handover readiness

NEXTDC Data Centres

Our TRACK RECORD 

We have already worked inside the environments you are building

BASE’s data centre experience includes:

• Microsoft — MEL04, MEL05, MEL07, MEL11, MEL25
• NEXTDC — M1, M2, M3, S2, S6, D1
• AirTrunk — MEL1, 130 MW IT capacity
• CDC — BK1, BK2
• AWS — MEL064, MEL071, MEL081, SYD56

We know the commissioning plan structures, documentation expectations, testing standards and operational pressures these environments demand.
You do not want a commissioning team learning hyperscale standards on your project.

Airtrunk Data Centre MEL1
WHY BASE

Full-cycle experience changes what we see

Our team includes engineers who have worked as Commissioning Authority for hyperscale owner-operators and on the contractor side managing delivery. That changes the way we work.

We know which evidence matters, where readiness tends to break down, and how to prepare a project before the CxA starts asking the hard questions. 

Data centre commissioning leaves no room for theatre. The facility is either ready, or it is not. BASE helps you know before live load. 

Milestone Data Centre Projects

NEXTDC GE1
CDC BK2
Airtrunk MEL1
AWS

Data centre commissioning doesn’t leave room for learning on the job. Bring BASE in before readiness is tested by reality.