Canton Data Center

Electrical duct banks form the pathways that carry power and fiber throughout a data center campus. Until those pathways are installed, connected, and ready, the systems depending on them cannot advance.

Conventionally, duct bank construction places most of the work inside the excavation. Crews dig the trench, assemble the conduit in place, prepare the system for concrete, complete the pour, allow the section to cure, and return to backfill before moving forward.

That sequence leaves production exposed to field conditions. Rain can interrupt concrete placement and fill open excavations, requiring pumping and repairs before work continues. Materials and crews must operate inside an already active construction zone. Each section depends on the one before it, creating a process where one disruption can slow everything behind it.

At Canton, the scale and pace of the duct bank scope demanded a more efficient approach. The team needed a way to increase production without simply adding more people and more activity inside the trench.
These systems would ultimately support cooling and fire protection across the campus. Their size and depth required extensive excavation, careful sequencing, and close coordination with the electrical and communications infrastructure sharing the site.

RNGD entered the work early, giving the team an opportunity to install major utilities before the site became increasingly congested. That head start helped minimize conflicts as additional contractors, equipment, and construction activities moved into the same areas.

But as timelines continued to accelerate, the team recognized that conventional field installation alone would not provide enough production certainty for one of the campus’s most critical systems.