Data Centre SCADA
Grid & Microgrid Integration
Australian Control Engineering (ACE) delivers data centre SCADA and power-system integration across Australia. To do this, we connect substation automation, microgrid energy management systems (EMS) and backup generation in one control environment. As a result, operators can monitor power assets, manage alarms and test operating modes from grid supply through to restoration.
Data centre SCADA for an integrated energy system
Data centre SCADA gives operators a shared view of the assets that supply and control power. For example, a single event can affect the network connection, battery storage and backup generation. Therefore, the design needs clear alarms, operating limits and control responsibilities across these assets.
The network interface shapes connection and energisation. Meanwhile, the microgrid manages demand and coordinates on-site power. ACE engineers both together, drawing on experience in substation automation, SCADA, EMS and backup generation. This also helps the team define and test how the facility responds to network events.
Four asset groups. One control boundary.
A data centre's power domain spans four asset groups. Together, they connect the network supply, on-site generation, storage and backup power through a shared control layer.
Grid Connection & Substation
Network incomers, transformers, switchgear, protection interfaces and network-facing SCADA — aligned to NSP/TNSP and AEMO expectations
Data centre grid connection services →Microgrid, Solar & BESS
Embedded generation and storage that change how the site manages demand, cost and resilience — with operating modes designed alongside the grid interface
Clean energy and BESS SCADA →Backup Generation
Generators, fuel systems, load sequencing and synchronisation supervised as part of the integrated power system, not isolated plant
Data centre fuel control systems →Power-System SCADA & EMS
Utility-grade SCADA, EMS, alarms, historian and operator displays that give operations a clear, trusted view during every event
Power systems and substation automation →Data centre SCADA and power-system engineering
Network Connection & Approval Support
We design substation automation and network-facing SCADA around the project’s connection requirements. This also gives the network service provider clear interfaces and test evidence to review.
Microgrid EMS & Operating Modes
We define import limits, dispatch and restoration logic. Where the project requires islanding, we also test how battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar and generators work together.
Power-System SCADA, Telemetry & Historian
We bring telemetry, trends, alarms and event records into the operator interface. As a result, teams can see system status and investigate power events.
Redundancy & Timestamped Events
We design backup paths for controllers, communications, I/O and operator workstations. In addition, we check that time-stamped events remain available under real operating load.
Cybersecurity & Operational Audit
We define access roles and secure transport for the control environment. We also log user actions so teams can trace commands and review events.
FAT/SAT & Operating-Mode Commissioning
Our test programmes check normal supply, transfer, generator start, BESS dispatch and restoration. Then we document the results to support commissioning and handover.
Data centre SCADA & EMS for grid and microgrid operation
Our web-based EMS and SCADA connect existing building, battery and generator controls. In this way, operators gain a shared view of power assets while field controls retain their agreed roles.
Core Platform
Operational
Engineering
Grid, microgrid and BESS depth that data centres draw on
Grid-connected, microgrid and BESS projects that demonstrate the engineering depth a data-centre energy system requires.
Marble Bar Hybrid Power
Solar + BESS microgrid — plant control network design and SCADA development for on/off-grid microgrid operation
Wagerup BESS
200 MWh BESS — control system, SCADA design, supply, programming and commissioning
Glenellen Solar Farm & Substation
200 MW solar + 33kV substation control system — design, supply and commissioning (SEL RTAC), built for future BESS
A data centre is a utility precinct in miniature
Behind the halls sit a high-voltage connection, a generation and storage fleet, bulk fuel, water treatment and cooling, and a communications backbone, run around the clock by a small operations team. Most firms serving data centres know one of those systems. ACE has engineered SCADA, telemetry and control for all of them, for utilities and operators that run critical infrastructure every hour of the year.
Grid connection, substation, BESS and backup generation
Network connections, substation automation and BESS control delivered for network operators, developers and EPCs across the NEM and the SWIS, including a 200 MWh BESS and remote hybrid microgrids.
Data centre grid connection → WaterCooling water, treatment, recycled supply and discharge
Treatment plants, reservoirs, pipelines and regional SCADA replacements engineered to Water Corporation standards: the same control problems as a data centre’s cooling, water treatment and trade-waste systems, and the same utility interface.
Water and wastewater SCADA → FuelBulk diesel storage, transfer and generator day tanks
Redundant PLC-based fuel transfer from bulk tanks to generator day tanks for a data centre’s backup fleet, plus mine-site fuel farm control systems. A generator is only as reliable as the fuel system behind it.
Data centre fuel control systems → Communications and control disciplineUtility-grade telemetry, redundancy and 24/7 operation
Control networks designed and diagnosed for rail, power and water operators: high-availability architectures, wide-area telemetry, change control and systems maintained for decades. The standard a data centre operations team actually wants.
Communications and telemetry →What a focused power-systems review covers
An early review checks the data centre SCADA and power-system design before procurement. It also helps teams agree interfaces, test plans and handover needs.
Southbound (Field & Plant)
DNP3 TCP (IEEE 1815), Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850 (MMS/GOOSE), OPC UA, MQTT; PCS / BMS / inverters, gensets, switchgear IEDs, transformers & tap-changers, protection relays (SEL, Schneider, Siemens), revenue metering
Northbound (Network & Enterprise)
AEMO / market operator, NSP/TNSP telemetry interfaces, DCIM / building management, customer OT platforms, cloud analytics / dashboards, reporting portals, API / data export
Data centre SCADA: common questions
For connection planning, see AEMO’s NEM network connection guidance and Western Australian connection guidance.
What is data centre SCADA?
What does ACE do for data centre projects?
Why engineer grid connection and the microgrid together?
What requirements must a data centre's power systems meet?
How does ACE reduce approval and commissioning risk?
Will ACE work with our existing OEM, BMS and PCS systems?
Does ACE provide ongoing operational support after commissioning?
Want clarity on your data centre energy system early?
Talk to ACE about data centre SCADA, grid connection, microgrid integration and backup generation. Start with a review of your power-system design and commissioning needs.