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Agenda
What are the business needs?
IT/Business Strategy and DC Design
Energy and Efficiency
Local Councils and Cloud Computing
Case Study
IT strategies that are paying off
Measuring as a target enabler
IT power consumption
US - EPA Report to Congress
Trends in Data Center Energy Use
Sector consumed about 61 billion KWh in 2006
IT power consumption
EPA National Computing Center RTP, NC
95,322 gross square feet (8,855 m2), 46 Billion Btu/year
(1,537kW/h)
LEED silver certification in 2005br
Solar roof system and street lighting
Energy efficient lighting in facility
Building automation system, outside air economizers,
variable speed HVAC systems
Energy audit scheduled for first week in February
TotalFacilityPower
PUE =
ITEquipmentPower
The PUE can range from 1.0 to infinity. Ideally, a PUE value approaching 1.0 would indicate 100%
efficiency (i.e. all power used by IT equipment only). Currently, there are no comprehensive data sets
which show the true spread of the PUE for datacenters. Some preliminary work indicates that many
datacenters may have a PUE of 3.0 or greater, but with proper design a PUE value of 1.6 should be
achievable. This theory is supported by measurements completed by Lawrence Berkley National Labs
which shows that the 22 datacenters measured had PUE values in the 1.3 to 3.0 range. Other research
indicates that PUE values of 2.0 are achievable with proper design. However, there is currently no
comprehensive industry data set that shows accurate PUE statistics for datacenters.
Source: Green Grid
www.thegreengrid.com
Source: The Green Grid
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Understanding
UnderstandingDemand
Demand
Understand
current
usage
of
Understand current usage ofyour
yourcapacity
capacityby
by
measuring
real
power
and
cooling
consumption
measuring real power and cooling consumption
Predict
PredictSpare
SpareCapacity
Capacity
Enable
understanding
of
available
Enable understanding of availablecapacity
capacityby
bymodelling
modelling
real
power
and
cooling
consumption
against
data
real power and cooling consumption against datacenter
center
design
limitations.
design limitations.
Physical
PhysicalEquipment
EquipmentProvisioning
Provisioning
Quickly
locate
the
optimum
spot
for
Quickly locate the optimum spot forthat
thatnext
nextserver
serverbased
based
on;
availability
needs
of
the
new
equipment
and
actual
on; availability needs of the new equipment and actualdata
data
center
physical
capacity.
center physical capacity.
IT vs Energy challenges
Cloud computing is leading towards larger corporate data
centres and higher densities.
Larger data centres (as opposed to distributed ones) can
be better managed and can have higher efficiencies.
It is estimated that the IT industry has the same carbon
footprint as the global aviation industry.
It is estimated that a medium-sized server has roughly the
same annual carbon footprint as an SUV vehicle doing
6.37km per litre.
It also revealed that the energy consumption of servers and
data centres in the USA has doubled in the past five years
and is expected to almost double again in the next five
years to an annual cost of around $7.4 billion.
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Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing
IT power consumption
Cooling power consumption
Dynamic PUE monitoring
Energy consumption against
target
Capacity management at the rack
level
Periodical reports
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Q:
A:
21.8%
Energy Efficiency
Improved energy
efficiency can be
achieved only by
Design
Energy Efficiency
Chiller efficiency
Increased supply water temperature to the chiller
Lower total chilled water flow rate
Warmer air return
Increased capacity
Less humidification required
Reduced Fan Energy
Less Complex Air Distribution
Enables Variable Fan Speed Technology
In Summary
More efficient data centres can be built. The technology
is available, the skills and expertise are available.
We can do more with less! If the proper cultural change
is facilitated and if intelligent design is implemented.
Energy efficiency is based on facts, the continuous
measuring of the data centre energy efficiency will
enable the required energy and carbon footprint
savings.
As well as a manageable solution over full life of the
Data Centre.
The design and integration of data centre should respond to
the business needs and IT strategy requirements.
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