Laying the Foundation for Shenzhen Airport to Become a "Future Airport" with Huawei UPS

SHENZHEN,China,Oct. 27,2020 -- Shenzhen airport,China's fifth largest airport and a world-class international aviation hub,has chosen Huawei to work together on the key project of its Future Airport Phase II implementation: the upgrade of its Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system. Such an upgrade provides a solid energy foundation to build a smart future airport from,as well as reconstruct the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure platform.

And this momentum is showing no signs of slowing: Indeed,Shenzhen Airport is the only airport in China participating in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) "Future Airport" pilot program. To realize the program,a large number of future-oriented upgrade and reconstruction projects are being implemented.

The airport's legacy UPSwasagingbadly,leading to increasedfault rates. To compound the issue,there was alack of spare partsbecause the original equipment had been discontinued. And maintenance work was heavily dependent on the original manufacturer,representing aserious potential risk. In sum,thesechallenges were impairing Shenzhen Airport's efforts to builda smart future airport.

With the goal of becoming the benchmark forfuture airports,Shenzhen Airportset high standards foritsUPS replacementand it felt that any new equipment should be leading the industry's future evolution. It also needed a supplier with extensiveexperience in cutover assurance,to secure operationalprocesses.

With amodular and multi-redundancy designthateliminatessingle points of failure and ensuresthe smooth running of key services,Huawei'smodular UPS has already been tested in the industry. The Artificial Intelligence (AI)proactive warning function of components-- such as capacitors and fans--shifts Operations and Maintenance (O&M) from passiveto proactive prevention. Furthermore,all modules are hot swappableand can be replaced within fiveminutes when a fault occurs,furthersimplifyingO&M. Such benefits convincedShenzhen Airport that Huawei's UPS solution mettheirrequirements for future airport assuranceandchose Huawei's UPS5000seriesfor the upgrade.

At 03:00 in the morning on July 18,the Shenzhen Airport and Huawei team completed the online cutover of the second UPS with zero errors,just 13 days after the first successful cutover,and five days earlier than the original plan. This means that there is momentum for the next 24 sets of UPSs to be cutover and put into use. In total,30 medium and large-sized UPSsystems will eventually be deployedin tenpower distribution rooms locatedacross the terminal and in the Information Technology Center (ITC).

Huang Biao,General Manager of the Shenzhen Airport Digital Management Center,said: "The successful cutover of the project means that our success is not accidental. With the support of Huawei,the maintenance level of the airport UPS system is raised to a new level. It also proves that if the process of replacing old UPS hosts is highly operable and the solution is correctly formulated,UPS online cutover is feasible and controllable. All team members of the airport are confident about the subsequent cutover and future O&M assurance. Looking into the future,I hope that Huawei will continue to use its best products and services to help Shenzhen Airport build an international aviation hub,continue to move towards the goal of 'Future Airport,' and realize the strategic vision of leading the airport group with excellent global management and innovation as soon as possible."

Customer recognition and trust are the driving force behind Huawei's ongoinginnovation and efforts to push forward. Indeed,Huawei UPS is seeking todeveloptowardshigh frequency,modularization,and intelligence.

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