Accelerate Hot Aisle Containment Buildout
STARC’s modular containment walls accelerate hot aisle containment build-outs in data centers — minimizing downtime, improving cooling efficiency, and keeping equipment safe during fit-outs, retrofits, and expansions. Engineered for airflow management and rapid deployment, these systems help you achieve compliance and performance benchmarks without disruption.
How LiteBarrier Improves Data Center HAC build-outs
Speed, precision, repeatability — that’s what defines a successful data center aisle containment build. LiteBarrier checks every box. It installs in hours, seals tight, and reconfigures effortlessly between test phases. You can fine-tune airflow, expand containment, or segment a hall — all without stopping work or generating a single speck of dust.
Easy System Testing
Integrate airflow or equipment testing as you go
Versatility in the Field
Configure for slab-to-ceiling or slab-to-permanent containment zones.
Simple Phased Fit-Outs
Build segmentation plans that adapt to evolving project demands.
From Weeks to Days: How E&K Fast-Tracked Hot Aisle Containment
In a 160,000-square-foot project, E&K of Phoenix replaced slow, wasteful stick-built barriers with STARC’s LiteBarrier system — accelerating data center hot aisle containment build-outs, cutting labor costs, and delivering sustainable speed across every phase.
Data Center Wall Spotlight
LiteBarrier: Hot Aisle Containment Hero
STARC’s LiteBarrier temporary construction walls are perfectly suited for fast set-up, frequent reconfiguration and airtight panel to panel connections. Create temporary hot-aisle containment spaces for test-as-you-go integrated systems testing that mimic heating and cooling needs of major data halls.
Airtight by Design
Top and bottom gaskets create dust-free, pressurized containment that keeps clean zones truly clean.
Fast to Deploy
Install 100 feet in an hour with a single tool — faster turnovers, less downtime.
Ceiling Height Adaptable
Telescoping panels extend from 6’10” to 10’3”, or up to 14’6” with extensions.
Built to Last
Anodized aluminum frames and reinforced polymer panels handle repeated reconfigurations with ease.
Reusable by Nature
Move panels from project to project — reducing material waste and improving ROI with every reuse.
The Temporary HAC wall that pays back
Customers report dozens — even hundreds — of LiteBarrier re-installations across projects, saving thousands in labor and materials. For multi-phase hot-aisle containment data center buildouts, reusability delivers major ROI: less waste, faster setup, and more consistent performance every time.
Containment Systems Built for the Speed of Data
STARC walls make it easy to isolate and optimize hot and cold air paths through every phase of data center containment. Whether you’re testing, expanding, or upgrading, these modular systems keep airflow efficient and operations uninterrupted.
Drywall vs. STARC for HAC: It’s Not Even Close
Traditional metal-stud and drywall partitions can’t keep up with today’s multi-phase, test-as-you-go data-center hot aisle containment build-outs. They’re slow to install, messy to modify, and wasteful between phases. STARC’s reusable walls change the equation — delivering fast, airtight, and reconfigurable containment for efficient HAC and rapid commissioning.
Drywall
Temporary drywall falls short when speed, flexibility, and cleanliness matter most:
- Slow, labor-intensive installation that delays commissioning
- Generates dust and debris unsafe for live equipment
- Expensive to modify or remove between build-out phases
- Single-use materials add waste and disposal costs
- Seams, joints and utility cut-outs are prone to air leakage
STARC Reusable Walls
Modular walls are built for modern data center environments:
- Installs in hours with no framing, taping, or finishing
- Airtight, cleanable panels protect sensitive equipment
- Easily reconfigures between test phases or expansions
- Reusable panels eliminate material waste and recurring costs
- Engineered for controlled airflow and rapid commissioning
Systems Testing with STARC: Ensure Your Data Center Breathes At Launch.
In today’s high-density data centers, proper hot aisle containment isn’t optional — it’s essential to efficiency, uptime, and customer trust. Contractors who integrate advanced HAC solutions into their build approach gain a measurable competitive edge by helping facilities achieve:
Elimination of hot air recirculation that causes equipment stress and overheating
Improved PUE and cooling efficiency through optimized airflow management
Higher rack densities without added cooling demand
Safer, temperature-controlled maintenance zones for technicians and equipment
FAQs
Get the answers you need to build faster, cleaner, and cooler.
Temporary data center hot aisle containment uses modular construction walls to separate hot and cold air streams during build-outs or commissioning. STARC’s LiteBarrier® system enables “test-as-you-go” HVAC and controls verification—bringing new data halls online faster without wasteful, stick-built partitions.
Yes. LiteBarrier® and StackBarrier™ deliver practical, reusable containment for phased data center aisle containment projects. Panels assemble and disassemble quickly, creating airtight sections within the HAC data center for testing, commissioning, or tenant turnover — without dust, downtime, or permanent framing.
Reusable by design, STARC’s modular wall panels replace single-use drywall. Customers report dozens of reuses, cutting material waste and embodied carbon. Every 100-foot run reused five times diverts roughly five tons of landfill waste — supporting sustainable construction practices in data center hot aisle containment projects while reducing lifecycle environmental impact.
Absolutely. STARC’s durable, cleanable panels create temporary enclosures that shield active racks and servers from dust, debris, and temperature fluctuations during upgrades or layout changes — an ideal solution for aisle containment data centers maintaining uptime during renovations.
Traditional stick-built partitions require framing, taping, and teardown. STARC’s pre-finished panels lock in place with one tool and leave no debris — ideal for live hot aisle containment data center projects where uptime matters. Crews can complete a build-out in hours, not weeks.
Leading operators and contractors rely on STARC for data center hot aisle containment during commissioning, phased buildouts, and retrofits. A major data hall project in the Southwest used STARC systems to save seven figures and weeks on the schedule. Meanwhile, a network services company in the Northeast optimized its colocation facility by installing modular containment, which kept servers protected and uptime intact.