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PCS Global

DATA CENTRE AUTOMATION AND CONTROL

Engineer the single points of failure out of your data centre

PCS Global are specialist automation engineers for data centre infrastructure. We design, integrate and commission fault-tolerant control systems that unify power, cooling and compute, and de-risk your entire operational technology layer.

Operating since 2009 Siemens Global Solutions Partner, speciality in PCS7 and PCS neo Siemens PCS7 globally, 1 of 10 in SA One of only 3 PI Dev Club System Integrators in SA AVEVA Endorsed Partner, 1 of 3 in SA ISO 9001:2015 certified (Bureau Veritas) B-BBEE Level 3 ECSA-approved designs
THE REAL RISK

Downtime rarely starts with the thing that fails

Critical power, cooling and compute usually run as three separate systems, each with its own controls and its own blind spots. The danger lives in the gaps between them, the single points of failure nobody mapped until one takes the floor down.

Spread that across a distributed fleet and the visibility gaps multiply, every site reporting differently, with no single version of the truth when something starts to drift. Resilience is not something you buy in a better box. It is something you engineer into the control layer that binds the whole facility together.

WHAT WE DO

One partner for the entire control layer

Integrated control architecture

Unify power, cooling and compute into one live, defensible view of the whole facility.

Fault-tolerant computing

Run critical applications across redundant hardware with no interruption if a component fails, on Stratus and Penguin platforms.

Redundancy and failover design

Eliminate single points of failure by designing redundancy in from the first line of the specification.

Critical power and MCCs

Motor control centres, switchgear and UPS control manufactured in-house to IEC 61439.

Cooling and efficiency control

Bring cooling into the same control layer as power and compute so efficiency becomes a live, managed metric.

OT security and monitoring

Visibility and threat detection built into the control network, through our Nozomi Networks partnership.

Infrastructure monitoring

One real-time view across power, cooling and building systems, surfacing the signals that drive uptime.

Edge and distributed sites

Self-healing edge platforms powered by Penguin Solutions, engineered to run with no one on site.

EC&I design and delivery

ECSA-approved electrical, instrumentation and control design, from first drawing to commissioning.

THE DIFFERENCE

We do not just install systems. We de-risk the layer underneath them.

A supplier delivers a box and moves on. An integration partner takes responsibility for how the whole system behaves when something goes wrong. That is the difference between equipment that works on the day it is installed and infrastructure that holds for the next decade.

We design power, cooling, compute and security to behave as one system, with the fault tolerance, redundancy and monitoring engineered in and proven before it ever matters. One accountable partner, from first drawing to running facility.

WHY PCS GLOBAL

The engineering behind the uptime

Specialist DC engineers

Automation engineers dedicated to data centre and critical infrastructure, not a general contractor learning on your site.

Proven fault tolerance

Backed by Stratus and Penguin platforms with over a hundred million computing hours of proven uptime.

In-house, end to end

Design, manufacture, commissioning and support under one roof, so accountability never gets passed around.

Global delivery

Teams in South Africa and the UK, delivering across Africa, the UK and Europe to one standard.

Verified accreditation

ISO 9001 certified, ECSA registered, B-BBEE Level 3 and a Siemens Global Solutions Partner, every claim audit-ready.

Security by design

OT visibility and threat detection built into the control layer through our Nozomi Networks partnership.

HOW WE WORK

A clear path from risk to resilience

01 Assess

We map your critical systems and the single points of failure hiding between them, and agree the resilience targets that matter.

02 Design

We produce the integrated control architecture and ECSA-approved drawings that engineer those risks out from the start.

03 Build and integrate

We manufacture and integrate in-house, factory-tested to standard, so what reaches site is proven before it lands.

04 Commission and support

We prove every failover and alarm on site, hand over a facility that works, and support it long after go-live.

PROVEN IN THE FIELD

Built for real critical infrastructure

In a recent southern African data centre project, PCS Global brought several essential operational systems into one cohesive platform, breaking down the silos that quietly create risk. The result is a facility operators can see and control as one system.

Visit our blog for up-to-date articles and case studies.

TALK TO OUR ENGINEERS

Tell us about your facility and the risk you are carrying

You will speak to our engineers, not a call centre. Share where you are and what you are protecting, and we will come back with a clear next step.

Every enquiry is handled in confidence.









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    QUESTIONS

    Questions we hear most

    No. We work across enterprise, colocation, edge and distributed critical facilities. The engineering discipline is the same whatever the scale, resilience built into the control layer.

    Yes. We integrate across vendors rather than around them, so a mixed estate of Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider and legacy equipment can be made to behave as one system.

    We build visibility and threat detection into the control network itself, through our partnership with Nozomi Networks, so the systems running power and cooling are watched as closely as the data.

    Yes. We design and manufacture motor control centres and switchgear in-house to IEC 61439 under ISO 9001 quality control, then factory-test before delivery.

    Yes. With teams in South Africa and the UK, we deliver data centre and critical infrastructure projects across Africa, the UK and Europe to one integration standard.

    It runs critical applications across redundant hardware with no interruption if a component fails. As the premier distributor for Stratus Technologies in Africa, we help you decide where it belongs in your architecture.

    A new build starts with EC&I design before the first cable is pulled. An existing facility starts with an assessment, then upgrades are phased around your operation so uptime is protected.

    With a resilience assessment. We map your critical systems and single points of failure, then agree a clear, prioritised plan. Use the form on this page to begin.

    READY WHEN YOU ARE

    Design your data centre as one system

    Bring us in early, and we will engineer the single points of failure out before they ever cost you a minute of uptime.