Data center infrastructure leaves little room for error.
Prime Movers provides specialized rigging, transportation, storage, material handling, and equipment placement for data centers throughout Alberta and Western Canada.
From generators and switchgear to UPS systems, cooling equipment, and complete infrastructure packages, we coordinate every stage of the move to get critical equipment where it needs to be, safely, efficiently, and precisely.
Built for Mission-Critical Environments
When the equipment is critical, so is the move.
Data center projects involve heavy equipment, sensitive systems, confined spaces, demanding schedules, and multiple trades working toward the same commissioning date.
That requires more than getting equipment from Point A to Point B.
It requires careful planning, the right equipment, experienced crews, and precise coordination from arrival through final placement.
Prime Movers brings those pieces together under one team, giving contractors, operators, OEMs, and project managers a single point of contact throughout the move.
Complete Data Center Moving Solutions
RECEIVING & STORAGE
Ready when you are.
Equipment rarely arrives exactly when the site is ready for it.
Prime Movers can receive equipment, coordinate unloading, and provide short or long-term storage until the project is ready to move forward.
When the installation window opens, we coordinate staged delivery to keep equipment moving to site in the sequence your project requires.
TRANSPORTATION & DELIVERY
The right equipment. The right route. The right time.
We coordinate transportation for equipment of varying sizes, weights, and configurations, from individual components to large infrastructure packages.
Our team plans the movement from pickup through delivery, helping coordinate equipment requirements, site access, load sequencing, delivery timing, and final offloading.
SPECIALTY RIGGING & MATERIAL HANDLING
Complex access is where experience matters.
Getting heavy equipment onto a site is often the easy part.
Getting it through restricted access points, around existing infrastructure, across finished surfaces, between floors, or into its exact operating position requires a different level of planning.
Prime Movers uses specialized rigging systems, forklifts, cranes, hydraulic gantries, jack-and-roll systems, stair climbers, and custom moving solutions to safely navigate challenging environments.
PRECISION EQUIPMENT SETTING
Delivered isn’t finished.
Our crews move equipment beyond the loading dock and into its final position.
We plan equipment paths, lifting requirements, clearances, transitions, and final placement to help ensure every component arrives where it belongs and is ready for the next trade.
For larger or more complex installations, our millwright capabilities allow Prime Movers to provide additional mechanical installation support as part of the project.
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION
Protecting critical equipment throughout the move.
High-value infrastructure requires protection from more than impacts.
Prime Movers can provide custom crating, heat and shrink wrapping, protective coverings, and other equipment protection solutions to help safeguard critical assets during storage, transportation, and movement through the facility.
RELOCATIONS, UPGRADES & DECOMMISSIONING
Data centers never stand still.
Infrastructure changes as facilities expand, equipment reaches end of life, and capacity requirements increase.
Prime Movers can support equipment replacements, infrastructure upgrades, internal relocations, removals, and decommissioning projects while coordinating movement around existing operations.
Critical Infrastructure. Handled With Precision.
Our capabilities can support the movement and placement of equipment throughout the data center environment, including:
Electrical Infrastructure
- UPS systems
- Switchgear
- Transformers
- Battery cabinets and energy storage systems
- Power distribution equipment
- Generators
- Electrical skids and packaged systems
Mechanical & Cooling Infrastructure
- Chillers
- Air handling units
- CRAC and CRAH units
- Pumps
- Heat exchangers
- Cooling equipment
- Mechanical skids and packaged systems
Data Center & Specialty Equipment
- Server and network racks
- Cabinets and enclosures
- Modular infrastructure
- Control equipment
- OEM equipment packages
- Other sensitive or oversized components
Precision Beyond the Lift.
The challenge isn’t always how heavy the equipment is. It’s everything around it.
Active data centers can involve narrow access routes, finished floors, restricted clearances, sensitive equipment, multiple contractors, tight delivery windows, and facilities that need to remain operational while work takes place.
Our team evaluates the entire move before equipment starts moving.
SITE & ROUTE PLANNING
Access points, dimensions, clearances, elevations, equipment weights, floor conditions, obstacles, and final placement are considered before execution.
PROJECT SEQUENCING
We coordinate receiving, storage, transportation, rigging, and placement around your construction or installation schedule.
SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT
Our fleet allows us to select the right method for the environment rather than forcing the project to fit the equipment.
COORDINATION WITH OTHER TRADES
We work alongside general contractors, electrical contractors, mechanical contractors, OEMs, commissioning teams, and facility operators to keep the movement organized.
Why Prime Movers for Data Centers?
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
Complex and unconventional moves are what we do. Our crews are equipped to solve difficult access, lifting, and placement challenges safely and efficiently.
PURPOSE-BUILT EQUIPMENT
Cranes, forklifts, hydraulic gantries, jack-and-roll systems, stair climbers, specialized rigging equipment, and custom solutions give us multiple ways to approach the job.
TURNKEY CAPABILITY
Transportation, warehousing, rigging, equipment setting, millwright support, and specialized protection can all be coordinated through Prime Movers.
ONE POINT OF ACCOUNTABILITY
We simplify communication by keeping multiple stages of the move under one team, reducing handoffs and helping keep schedules on track.
SAFETY-FIRST EXECUTION
Every project is planned around protecting your people, your facility, and your equipment.