Primary Department: Universal Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Executive Director and CIO, Sindhu Menon
Managing Department: Universal Services
Managing Department Head/Elected Official: Executive Director and CIO, Sindhu Menon
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo
Project Name: Data Center Repair and Replace
Project ID (if applicable): NI039
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable):
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Incremental Authorization Requested: $744,346
Total Estimated Project Cost: $1,819,346 (FY26)
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of the Final Investment Memo for Data Center Repair and Replace project for an incremental authorization for $744,346 for a total authorization of $1,819,346 for FY2026.
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Project Description:
The Data Center Repair and Replace project is an ongoing project to optimize and enhance all aspects of the data center ecosystem to support the growing technology needs of Universal Services (US). This includes the physical critical infrastructure that supports the delivery of the application to all Harris County users, partners, and patrons. The Data Center Repair and Replace project encompasses improvements to power usage and delivery, thermal management of the data center, the physical security of the data center and hardware enclosers and any software management tools used to analyze hardware performance during the operation of the Enterprise Data Center located in Annex 18.
Anticipated Project Expenditures and Timeline:
Project Scope Breakdown
Estimated Cost
Estimated Completion
Annex 18 (406 Caroline) UPS project finalization
$225,000
1/2026
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