DC IT Shielding Configurator

EMC shielding (electromagnetic compatibility) for IT infrastructure is a shielding solution designed for sensitive IT environments. It protects server rooms and outdoor data centers from electromagnetic interference, unwanted radiation, and external disturbances. The goal is to ensure the confidentiality of strategic data and to reliably protect sensitive IT systems against eavesdropping attempts, data theft, and electronic attacks.

Today, digital infrastructures are among the most critical systems in modern organizations. IT security solutions are particularly important for government agencies, local authorities, and the military, security, and defense sectors, as these sectors must protect highly sensitive data, communication channels, and applications. This is especially true in environments where industrial espionage, eavesdropping, intelligence agencies, or secret services pose a realistic risk, and where there are stringent requirements for availability, data protection, and confidentiality.

Shielding solutions, such as the DC IT Shielding, protect against data theft, espionage attacks, technical eavesdropping, electronic attacks, and natural electromagnetic spikes such as lightning strikes. Additionally, the concept takes new threat scenarios into account. Drones can be used as delivery platforms for explosive devices, GPS jammers, or radio jammers, thereby merging traditional physical attacks with cyber and information operations. Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulses and high-power microwaves (NNEMP and HPM) also pose a serious threat because they can cause significant damage to devices and circuits.

The data center shielding functions as a Faraday cage thanks to its fully enclosed and conductive structure. The walls, ceiling, and floor, together with all technically integrated openings, form a continuous shielding envelope. This creates effective EMC and high-frequency shielding (HF shielding). As a result, external electromagnetic influences are reduced, and sensitive signals are prevented from unintentionally escaping to the outside.

No. Effective EMC shielding only works as a completely enclosed system. Therefore, not only must the walls, ceiling, and floor be shielded, but all interfaces as well. These include power supplies, data cables, fiber-optic connections, cable penetrations, ventilation elements, proper grounding, and equipotential bonding. Special filters and filter bushings ensure that cables can be integrated without compromising the protective effect. What matters is not a simple metal layer, but a technically sound overall solution. The shielding quality is validated through verification and acceptance testing by the BSI (Federal Office for Information Security).

These terms describe different applications of the same protection logic. With DC IT Shielding for server rooms, an entire IT room is designed as a shielded room. Data center shielding can also secure entire infrastructure concepts. Room-in-room shielding creates a secure IT zone within an existing building. This results in a fully shielded environment for sensitive systems without having to remodel the entire building.

Shielding technologies can be integrated into various IT environments. Solutions are available for entire server rooms as well as for modular data center containers. This makes DC IT Shielding suitable for both the DC IT Room and the DC IT Container. Depending on the requirements, a room-in-room shielding solution (DC IT Shielding Room) or a shielded container (DC IT Shielding Container) can be implemented.

Our effective DC IT Shielding concept always consists of several precisely coordinated components. These include specially designed doors and airlocks, shielded cable and fiber-optic penetrations, power filters and filter penetrations for power and data lines, ventilation systems with special ventilation grilles, as well as continuous grounding and equipotential bonding systems. Only the precise interaction of all components creates a permanently closed and conductive shielding structure.

Our DC IT Shielding offers tested and guaranteed shielding performance. The systems are designed for maximum availability protection with radiation immunity of more than 80 dB. This reduces radiation from IT equipment by a factor of 10,000. Higher values are also possible depending on the surface shielding. Copper foil with a thickness of 0.2 to 0.3 millimeters achieves a shielding attenuation of more than 100 dB in the frequency range from 30 MHz to 10 GHz. Shielding attenuation is verified through precise shielding attenuation measurements, specifically a verification measurement and an acceptance measurement conducted by the BSI (Federal Office for Information Security).

Yes. Our shielding solutions are BSI-compliant and meet the requirements of NATO and Tempest regulations. The systems feature system-tested shielding attenuation in accordance with DIN EN 50147-1, NSA 65-6, and IEEE-STD 299 (formerly MIL-STD 285). For public sector clients and security-critical applications, this is important evidence of the solution’s technical quality and reliable protective performance.

Maintenance requirements are minimal. Neither the shielded room nor the filter systems or other components require regular maintenance. Only the door is serviced once a year. This significantly reduces both effort and operating costs. 

The costs depend heavily on individual requirements, such as room size, shielding needs, the building’s structural conditions, and the components required. Using our shielding configurator, you can enter your requirements and submit a non-binding inquiry. Based on this information, we will prepare a customized quote that meets your needs both technically and economically.