Data Center Cleaning Services

Modular Concepts offers data center cleaning services for support spaces across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island from our Marlborough headquarters. The program is written for offices, lobbies, security desks, corridors, restrooms, break rooms, and loading docks. The data hall stays out of scope, in writing. Service runs month to month, with no long-term contract to sign.

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Since 2008Family-owned company operating since 2008
~8 YearsCustomers stay on average, with no contract
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The rooms around the data hall

What Data Center Cleaning Services Cover

Modular's data center cleaning covers the support spaces of a site, not the data hall. That means offices, the lobby and security desk, corridors, restrooms, the break room, and the loading dock. These are the rooms where operators, visitors, and delivery drivers spend their day.

The data hall, sometimes called the white space, is out of scope. So are raised-floor plenums, cabinets, cages, and any room that needs particle control. Server room cleaning is specialist work, and it stays with the contractor your operator already uses.

Every room on the program is named on the quote. After each visit, a sign-off lists the rooms the crew entered.

  • Offices, conference rooms, and desk areas
  • Lobby and security desk
  • Corridors, up to the data hall door
  • Restrooms cleaned and restocked
  • Break rooms and kitchenettes
  • Loading dock floor and receiving office
  • Storage and staging rooms, if the operator allows
  • Operations room general areas, by approval only
  • Trash and cardboard, by the site's rules
How the scope is split
Line on the quoteWhat it coversWhen
Support spacesOffices, lobby, corridors, restrooms, break room, and dockEach scheduled visit, in your access window
Approval-only roomsStorage, staging, and operations room general areasOnly if the operator allows, under escort
Project workFloor refinishing and cleaning after a support-space build-outQuoted per project, as separate lines
Not on the quoteThe data hall, raised-floor plenums, cabinets, and cagesNever. It stays with your specialist
Modular Concepts crew member vacuuming carpet tile between desks in the office area of a data center support building
Office wingThe office wing is the core of the support-space scope
Access comes before cleaning

Why Data Center Support Spaces Are Different to Clean

Data center support spaces are different to clean because every door is controlled and the building never closes. Operators work in shifts through the night. Each visit has to fit inside the access rules the operator already runs.

Access is escorted, logged, and set by the operator. Crew names go to site security before the first visit. The same assigned crew returns, and every member is background-checked.

Some site rules have nothing to do with cleaning. A site may limit what a cart carries, ban liquids near certain doors, or bar phones and photos. Those rules go on the task sheet, so the crew never has to guess at a locked door.

The line at the data hall door does not move. The crew cleans up to it and stops. Entry mats and corridor floor work come early in the plan, because dirt travels on shoes and cart wheels.

  • Crew names sent to security before the first visit
  • Sign-in, badge, and escort steps on the task sheet
  • Cart, liquid, and photo rules written down
  • The data hall door is the written stopping point
Clean support corridor in a data center office wing with a badge reader beside a closed grey steel door
Controlled doorsPast the lobby, every door opens by badge or by escort

What Does a Data Center Need From a Support-Space Cleaning Vendor?

An operator needs four things from a vendor in the support spaces: background-checked people, the same crew, written access rules, and a certificate.

Background-checked, and the same crew

Everyone Modular places on a site is background-checked. The same assigned crew returns, so your security team learns the names once.

Your access rules, in writing

Sign-in, badge, escort, and cart rules go on the task sheet before the first visit. The scope also names what is excluded: the data hall, plenums, cabinets, and cages.

A certificate that names the operator

Modular carries $2,000,000 in general liability through Northeast Insurance and workers' compensation through Travelers. The company is fully bonded. Each address gets a certificate naming the owner or operator.

Month to month, no long-term contract

Service runs month to month, and scope can change with 30 days notice. Across all accounts, customers stay about eight years on average.

SDO certified

The Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office has certified Modular. That helps an operator that spends state funds meet its vendor rules.

Low-odor products for staffed rooms

People sit in the offices and the operations room on every shift. Crews are Green Seal trained. Low-odor products and green cleaning are available on request.

Programs a Data Center Can Add to the Support-Space Scope

Each program has its own service page and its own line on the quote. All four stay outside the data hall.

The office wing

Nightly Janitorial for Offices and Support Rooms

The office wing of a data center is used on every shift. A nightly program can cover desks, conference rooms, restrooms, the break room, and the security desk. Day, evening, and overnight crews are available, so the visit fits your access window. Modular's data center janitorial services end at the data hall door.

  • Trash, recycling, and restrooms on each visit
  • Desks, conference rooms, and the break room
  • A sign-off that lists the rooms entered
Modular Concepts crew member wiping a table in the staff break room of a data center support building at night
Break rooms and restrooms sit on every scheduled visit
Hard surfaces

Floor Care for Corridors and the Lobby

Equipment carts and shift traffic wear the corridor between the dock and the hall door. Modular's floor care program covers 750,000+ square feet a year, including carpet cleaning. Here it can keep VCT, vinyl, tile, and epoxy on a scrub and burnish schedule. Hard surfaces only. No raised floors, no wood refinishing, and no concrete polishing.

  • Scrub and burnish set to cart and foot traffic
  • Strip and wax dates agreed before any wet work
  • Raised floors are never part of the program
Modular Concepts crew member guiding a walk-behind floor scrubber along the tile corridor of a data center support building
Scrubbing the corridor between the lobby and the dock
Day shift

A Day Porter for Staffed Sites

A site with a full day shift or steady deliveries may need someone on the floor by day. A day porter can keep the lobby glass clear, check the restrooms, and sweep the receiving area after a delivery. Porters follow the same sign-in and badge rules as the night crew.

  • Lobby glass and entry mats through the day
  • Restroom checks on a set rhythm
  • Receiving area swept after deliveries
Modular Concepts day porter sweeping the floor of a loading dock receiving area at a data center during the day
The receiving area, swept after a delivery
Project work

Cleaning After a Support-Space Build-Out

A new office wing or a rebuilt lobby ends in construction dust. Modular can clean the finished support space after the trades leave and before staff move in. The project is quoted on its own. Dust work inside or beside the data hall stays with your specialist contractor.

  • Rough, final, and touch-up cleans
  • One project quote, apart from the monthly scope
  • Hall-side dust work stays with your specialist
Newly built support office at a data center after a final clean, with new carpet tile and empty desks
A new support office, cleaned before the team moves in

How Data Center Support-Space Service Starts

Five steps from the first escorted walk to the first scope review.

1

Walk the support spaces

About an hour with the facility manager, under your escort. Offices, lobby, corridors, restrooms, break room, and dock.

2

List what is in and what is out

Each support room goes on the quote by name. The data hall, plenums, cabinets, and cages are written down as excluded.

3

Write the access plan

Crew names go to site security. Sign-in, badge, escort, and cart rules go on the task sheet. The certificate names the owner or operator.

4

First visit and the sign-off

The assigned crew signs in and works the listed rooms. A sign-off closes each visit, and a supervisor inspects on a schedule.

5

Review when the site changes

A new wing, a new shift pattern, or a build-out triggers a review. No contract has to be renegotiated.

A free walkthrough, then a written quoteNo long-term contract, and the scope can change with 30 days notice.

How Much Do Data Center Cleaning Services Cost?

Data center cleaning services are priced per site after a walkthrough, not from a posted rate card. Modular Concepts quotes the support spaces as the base program, month to month, and leaves the data hall off the quote. Three things set the monthly number: which rooms are in scope, how often each is cleaned, and what each visit includes.

Walk the support spaces first

The walk takes about an hour, with the facility manager and your escort. It covers every support room and stops at the data hall door.

  • Offices and conference rooms
  • Lobby and security desk
  • Corridors, dock, and receiving
  • Your access rules and task list

Areas: which rooms are in scope

Support rooms are the base. Rooms that need the operator's approval are listed apart. The data hall is written down as excluded.

  • Offices and desk areas
  • Lobby and security desk
  • Corridors, by section
  • Restrooms and break room
  • Dock and receiving office
  • Storage and staging, if allowed
  • Operations room, general areas

Frequency: how often, per room

Nights per week are set room by room. Restrooms and the break room at a staffed site need more visits than a storage room.

  • Lobby, restrooms, break room, five nights
  • Offices, three to five nights
  • Corridors, two or three nights
  • Dock and receiving, weekly
  • Day porter, priced by the hour

Tasks: what the crew does per room

The task list follows the room. A corridor is dust mop, spot mop, and door hardware.

  • Trash, recycling, and cardboard
  • Restrooms cleaned and restocked
  • Door handles and touchpoints disinfected
  • Carpet vacuumed, hard floors dust mopped
  • Entry glass and mats
  • Floor scrub and burnish, on a rotation

The written quote for your site

Rooms, frequency, and tasks become lines. Approval-only rooms and project work stay apart. The data hall appears only as an exclusion.

Your written quote areas, frequency and tasks, line by line
Support spacesFive nights, the support-room task list
Approval-only roomsTwo nights, under escort, if the operator allows
Day porterDay shift window, priced by the hour
Project linesStrip and wax, cleaning after a build-out
One monthly number Month to month. No long-term contract.

Steps advance on their own. Tap a hex to hold it.

Bring your site access rules and your current task list to the walk. Modular prices the same rooms, so two quotes are easy to compare.

Which Data Center Sites Does the Support-Space Program Fit?

Modular's support-space program is written for data center sites where people work, across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. In every case the offices and shared rooms can be in scope, and the data hall is not.

data hallcagescorridorstagingdockofficeslobbySupport rooms in blue. The hall and the cages stay grey.

Colocation facilities

A staffed lobby, customer visits, and a busy dock. The program can cover those rooms and the corridors between them. Cages and the data hall stay with the operator.

officesops roombreak roomlobby, restroomsOffice wingdata halldockstagingHall buildingOne owner, one scope. The hall is excluded in writing.

Enterprise data centers

One company owns the site and staffs an office wing beside the hall. The wing can sit on one scope. The operations room joins only if the operator allows.

equipment roomofficeentryrestroomstorageOne or two visits a weekA small site: one office, one restroom, one entry.

Edge and telecom sites

A small site may have one office, one restroom, and an entry. The equipment room stays locked to the crew.

officesconferenceoperations floorserver roombreak roomrestroomslobby, security deskThe operations floor joins only with approval.

Network operations centers

An operations center is staffed on every shift. Offices, restrooms, and the break room are the base scope. The operations floor joins only by approval, for floors and trash around the desks.

office flooroffice floorofficesserver roomlobby, kitchen, mailserver roomdoor staysclosedEvery office floor is in. The server room is out.

Offices with server rooms

An office with a server room is an office first. Its floors are scoped as the office buildings page explains. The server room door stays closed to the crew.

data hallcorridorHall 1officesbreak roomlobbyAdmindata halldockstagingHall 2One Modular contact for the whole campus.

Multi-building campuses

Several halls and one admin building. Each address keeps its own room list, access plan, and certificate.

Support spaces on this programOnly if the operator allowsData hall, cages, server room: out of scope

Work inside a server room, under a raised floor, or inside a cabinet or cage is outside this page. Modular does not offer it. An office with no data hall belongs on the office buildings page.

What Office Customers Say About Modular

Modular has no data center review to show. These Google reviews are from office customers and describe the same office and support-space work, quoted as written.

George Jensen

“Modular Concepts has cleaned the 15,000 sq ft VentureX facility in Marlborough, where I have a private office, since it opened in April 2019. Their cleaning crew is there every evening and they are personable, very focused on their work, do a great job, and its the same people since they started this job almost a year ago.”

Jessica Zarrella

“They clean our office space and always do a great job. Luiz is great to work with and is always attentive and answers all questions in a timely matter. He also makes sure to stop by the space every few days to check in.”

Questions About Data Center Cleaning Services

These answers are for facility managers comparing data center janitorial services for support spaces. An office with no data hall can start on the office cleaning page.

What do data center cleaning services include?

Data center cleaning services from Modular include the support spaces of a site and nothing inside the data hall. That means offices, the lobby and security desk, corridors, restrooms, break rooms, and the loading dock. Day porter hours, floor care, and build-out cleaning are separate lines.

Does Modular clean inside the data hall or a server room?

No, Modular does not clean inside the data hall or a server room. Server room cleaning calls for particle control, special equipment, and training that Modular does not offer. That work stays with the specialist contractor your operator uses. Modular's crew works in the support spaces and stops at the hall door.

How do crews handle badges, escorts, and the access log?

Crews follow the operator's access rules, which are written on the task sheet before the first visit. Crew names go to site security in advance. The crew signs in, badges where required, and waits for an escort where one is needed. The same assigned crew returns, so the names on your log do not keep changing.

How much do data center cleaning services cost?

Data center cleaning services are priced per site after a free walkthrough, not from a rate card. The rooms in scope, how often each is cleaned, and the tasks per visit set the monthly number. Access windows and escort time also shape the crew's hours. A written quote follows, with no long-term contract.

Does Modular have data center experience?

Modular's experience is in offices, lobbies, corridors, restrooms, and break rooms, not in data halls. The company has no data center account to show today, and this page is an offer for the support spaces only. Those are the same kinds of rooms Modular cleans for office customers.

Can the crew clean the network operations room?

The crew can clean the general areas of a network operations room only if the operator allows it. That means floors, trash, and open surfaces around the desks. Consoles, screens, keyboards, and anything powered stay untouched. The room sits on its own line, so the operator can approve it or leave it off.

Who does the certificate of insurance name for a data center site?

The certificate of insurance names the owner or operator of the site, with one certificate per address. It shows $2,000,000 in general liability through Northeast Insurance and workers' compensation through Travelers. Modular is fully bonded. A copy is available on request before the first visit. Each person placed on your site is background-checked.

Do you offer data center cleaning services in Connecticut and Rhode Island?

Yes, Modular offers the support-space program in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as Massachusetts. Crews are based in Marlborough and also serve the Hartford and Providence markets. An operator with sites in more than one state can keep one Modular contact, with a certificate for each address.

Data Center Cleaning Services in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

Crews route from our Marlborough headquarters across all three states, and the support-space program is offered along those routes. Hartford and Providence are regular markets for Modular's office work. The office cleaning page covers the nightly method.

Address 201 Boston Post Road West, Suite 204, Marlborough, MA 01752
Hours Mon to Fri: 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Sat: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Sun: closed
Map of the Modular Concepts office at 201 Boston Post Road West, Suite 204, Marlborough, MA 01752

Massachusetts

Routes run along I-495 and Route 9 around Marlborough and out the Mass Pike to Worcester and Springfield. These are towns crews serve, not a list of data center accounts.

Connecticut

Hartford anchors the Connecticut routes along I-91 and I-84. West Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, and Waterbury can be quoted as routes allow.

Rhode Island

Providence and the I-95 corridor come first. Cranston, Pawtucket, and Smithfield can be quoted as routes allow.

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