Case Study: Florida's Pasco County Government achieves 60% cost savings and rapid, secure data center deployment with Vertiv's SmartRow solution

Florida's Pasco County Government - Customer Case Study

Florida's Pasco County Government, which supports roughly 4,000 users across a Tampa Bay–area population of about 475,000, needed a cost‑effective, highly available data center upgrade to handle server virtualization and growing IT demands within tight, taxpayer‑funded budgets. The county sought greater cooling and power redundancy, a room‑neutral design (no raised floor or perimeter cooling), PCI‑grade security, and a personnel‑friendly environment—requirements it brought to Vertiv, which proposed its SmartRow infrastructure solution.

Vertiv delivered the SmartRow infrastructure solution (installed with local partner Computer Support Products), a self‑contained rack system integrating Liebert cooling, UPS, remote monitoring and internal fire suppression. The SmartRow deployment avoided expensive room upgrades and produced measurable results: about 60% cost savings versus a traditional computer room, $80,000 saved in installation, roughly $28,000 avoided fire‑suppression upgrade costs, a four‑month bid‑to‑deployment timeline, improved IT productivity through remote monitoring, and enhanced security and a safer, quieter workspace.

Florida's Pasco County Government