Calculating Energy Savings Using High Efficiency Power Conversion (UPS, AC-DC & DC-DC Pow

Supply ) in Server and other IT Applications; Rev 3.0 4/2005

Calculations Based on Typical Power Budget for a Dual 2.4 GHz Xeon Processor based 1U Server Rack

User Options

Data Center Energy Savings Estimate

Adjust the options in the blue fields below to modify your

energy savings scenario.

UPS
Data Center Options
Number of racks in data center
Number of 1U Servers Per
Rack
Electricity Cost

10
40
$0.10

$/kWh

years

Life Time
Discount Rate
Overall Cooling System
Efficiency

6%

percent
Watt/Ton
(12000 BTU)

1200

VRM Options
Evaluate VRM efficiency? No 1

Power Supply Options

Evaluate PS efficiency?

No

PS Nameplate Rating

1
400 watts

UPS Options
Preferred high efficiency UPS

High Efficiency
Flywheel
4

UPS nameplate rating

(active power)

250 kW

Redundancy configuration of
base case UPS

Redundancy configuration of
high efficiency UPS

#
# of
of loaded
loaded UPSs:
UPSs: base
high case
efficiency case

1
1

Reduction in
Power Loss
(Watt)

Reduction in
Air
Conditioning
Power (Watt)

Total
Savings
(Watt)

11547

3940

15486

AC/DC PS

DC/DC VRM

Total Data Center Savings

15486

Total Savings per Rack

1549

Savings/Server

39

Note: analysis only takes energy costs and savings into account. HVAC
and other secondary effects are currently ignored.

Power Budget: Improved VRM, Power Supply, UPS

Percent Loads

Typical Case
Typical
VRM Output Power (W)

High Efficiency Case

Max

Typical

Typical Case
Reduction in
Power Loss Typical

Max

60

130

60

130

71.4

154.8

71.4

154.8

Total DC Power (W)

131.4

374.8

131.4

374.8

PS Input AC Power (W)

182.8

505.4

182.8

505.4

0.0
0.0

VRM Input Power (W)

Rack AC Input (kW)

0.0

7.3

20.2

7.3

20.2

Total Protected Power (kW)

73.1

202.1

73.1

202.1

0.0

UPS Input Power (kW)

90.3

235.1

78.7

206.8

11.5

33%

29%

11.5 kW facility-wide

PS, AC-DC & DC-DC Power

4/2005
U Server Rack

Energy Savings Estimate

Annual
Energy
Savings
(MWh)

Annual Energy
NPV of
Savings ($) Savings ($)

135.66

$13,566

$47,008

0.00

$0

$0

0.00

$0

$0

135.66

$13,566

$47,008

13.57

$1,357

$4,701

0.34

$34

$118

s and savings into account. HVAC energy savings

ntly ignored.

Percent Loads

Typical Case

High Efficiency Case

Max

kW facility-wide

Typical

Max

94%

33%

94%

81%

29%

81%

Power Conversion Flowchart for a Typical Data Center

3.3V DC

AC/DC Front End

Multi Output DC
Power Supply

Mother Board 1.5A

DDR Memory 8.5A

Mother Board 8.0A

PCI Card 5A
Hard Drives, IDE, 4X 1.2A
Blowers, 4X 6.6A
Keyboard & Mouse 0.5A
Floppy Drive 0.2A
CD ROM Drive 0.2A

5V DC

Floppy Drive 0.5A

CDROM Drive 0.8A
Hard Drives, IDE, 4X 2.4A
Blowers, 4X 6.6A

12V DC
DC/10.3
AC/DC/AC
Conversion

120V
AC

120V
AC
Uninterruptible Power
Supply

12V DC

DC-DC
VRM

1.75VDC

Voltage Regulation
Module (VRM)

Xeon 2.4HHz, 2X 14A@12V

ta Center
Mother Board 1.5A
DDR Memory 8.5A

Mother Board 8.0A

PCI Card 5A
Hard Drives, IDE, 4X 1.2A
Blowers, 4X 6.6A
Keyboard & Mouse 0.5A
Floppy Drive 0.2A
CD ROM Drive 0.2A

Floppy Drive 0.5A

CDROM Drive 0.8A
Hard Drives, IDE, 4X 2.4A
Blowers, 4X 6.6A

Xeon 2.4HHz, 2X 14A@12V

Server Power Supply Efficiency Profiles

Typical Case
High Efficiency Case

10%
57.4%
69.7%

20%
67.7%
76.8%

30%
71.9%
79.0%

50%
74.6%
81.8%

75%
74.2%
81.7%

10%
74%
87%
88%
89%

20%
81%
93%
93%
93%

30%
84%
94%
95%
95%

50%
85%
94%
97%
97%

75%
86%
95%
97%
98%

UPS Efficiency Profiles

Do not evaluate UPS efficiency
High Efficiency Double Conversion
High Efficiency Delta Conversion
High Efficiency Flywheel

Redundancy Configuration Load Sharing Assumptions

N
Isolated Redundant
N+1
2N
2(N+1)
DC/DC VRM Efficiency
Typical Case
High Efficiency Case

Power
Supply
UPS Load Load
Sharing
Sharing
1
1
1
2
2
4

2
1
1
1
2
2

1
84%
92%

Menu Choice
No
Yes

Power Budget for 1U Dual-Processor Server

Typical (W) Maximum (W)
Dual Processor Power (@1.75V DC)
Mother Board, PCI Card, DDR Memory and Other
Peripheral DC Power Consumption (@12V, 5V and
3.3V DC)
Duty cycle (% time spent at "typical" or "maximum"
power levels

60

130

60

220

95%

5%

100%
72.5%
80.7%

100%
86%
95%
97%
98%

Menu Choice
No
Yes