IoT data centres & critical infrastructure

IoT data centres and critical infrastructure are engineered for uptime, but uptime depends on what you can see and how quickly you can act. Operators manage complex environments with strict change control, tight access governance, and a zero-tolerance approach to unplanned risk. Yet even in highly controlled sites, incidents often begin as small signals: thermal drift, abnormal access patterns, equipment movement, and conditions that degrade resilience over time.

Traditional monitoring covers part of the picture. BMS, DCIM, and security systems are valuable, but they do not always provide a unified, evidence-grade view across the estate, especially where assets, contractors, and zones overlap. In critical environments, it is not enough to know that an alarm occurred. You need to know what changed, when it changed, where it changed, and what conditions preceded and followed the event. Visibility must support investigation, audit, and rapid operational decisions under pressure.

Squared Technologies provides a network-first sensing layer designed for real estates and controlled environments. Gateways establish dependable coverage and low-power tags and sensors deliver predictable observations with practical cadence. This adds an additional operational layer: presence, state change, and environmental cues where conventional systems do not reach, where signal paths are hostile, or where independent corroboration is valuable. The aim is consistent, reliable telemetry that supports operational outcomes, not another disconnected dashboard.

High-value outcomes come from exception signals. Temperature and environmental drift can highlight developing risk before thresholds are breached. Presence and state cues can identify abnormal access, unexpected movement, and activity patterns that do not match approved work. By focusing on high-signal exceptions rather than noisy metrics, teams reduce triage time and avoid alert fatigue, while maintaining the governance and discipline expected in critical infrastructure operations.

Evidence matters. When incidents occur, stakeholders need defensible narratives for post-incident review, regulatory assurance, and supplier accountability: what happened, when it started, and what was observed before and after. Evidence-grade telemetry provides timestamps, provenance, and context that supports investigation and reduces dispute resolution time. This strengthens operational accountability and improves the quality of decision-making across maintenance, security, and compliance functions.

Deployment must match the reality of controlled sites. Installation must be predictable, non-invasive, and aligned to change control processes. The system is designed for long-life operation with practical cadence and serviceability. Integration is treated as mandatory: signals should support existing operational workflows and reporting rhythms without introducing tool sprawl. Once stable, operators can standardise thresholds and reporting across facilities and zones to drive repeatable assurance.

Start with a scoped pilot: select the highest-value zones and failure modes, validate coverage and cadence in plant, sub-floor and shielded areas, and agree acceptance criteria. Once proven, scaling becomes systematic: extend coverage, tag priority assets, add sensors where they drive outcomes, and tune alerts to align with governance and operational rhythms. The result is continuous, evidence-backed operational visibility that strengthens resilience and reduces time-to-triage in critical environments.