Collaborative space planning for a data center

An electronic device comprising:

• a user interface;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, into a collaboration server that provides a collaborative environment for a plurality of data center personnel to participate in data center design operations, a message comprising data corresponding to a data center modification operation from one of the plurality of data center personnel;
• responsive to receiving the message, sending a message comprising the data corresponding to the data center modification operation to other ones of the plurality of data center personnel from the collaboration server;
• receiving, into the collaboration server, a message comprising supplemental data corresponding to the data center modification from one of the other ones of plurality of data center personnel;
• sending a message comprising the supplemental data to the plurality of data center personnel from the collaboration server responsive to receiving the message comprising the supplemental data;
• and
• generating a collaborative graphical user interface that is sharable among the plurality of data center personnel on corresponding ones of a plurality of data processing devices that are associated with ones of the plurality of data center personnel,
• wherein the collaborative graphical user interface displays:
• note graphics corresponding to paper notes on a graphical representation of a data center floor plan;
• and at least one of designation graphics that correspond to locations in the data center floor plan that are referred to in the note graphics and text in the note graphics that comprises a portion of the data corresponding to the data center modification operation.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, into a collaboration server that provides a collaborative environment for a plurality of data center personnel to participate in data center design operations, a message comprising data corresponding to a data center modification operation from one of the plurality of data center personnel;
• responsive to receiving the message, sending a message comprising the data corresponding to the data center modification operation to other ones of the plurality of data center personnel from the collaboration server;
• receiving, into the collaboration server, a message comprising supplemental data corresponding to the data center modification from one of the other ones of plurality of data center personnel;
• and
• sending a message comprising the supplemental data to the plurality of data center personnel from the collaboration server responsive to receiving the supplemental data,
• wherein the data corresponding to the data center modification operation comprises a key word corresponding to the data center modification operation,
• wherein the processor further performs operations comprising:
• identifying the key word in the data corresponding to the data center modification operation;
• and
• generating a work order responsive to identifying the keyword, the work order comprising at least a portion of the data corresponding to the data center modification operation.