Peter Westwood, data centre director at SPIE UK, warns that data centres will need to tackle energy efficiency and looks at some of the strategies available… As society embraces digital transformation, both in our personal and working lives, the knock-on effect has led to staggering growth in the data centre market. While this is all very positive, there is one unfortunate issue that cannot be avoided: the huge increase in the amount of energy needed Read more…
Carbon zero targets high on the agenda at the Energyst Event
The Energyst Event once again explored approaches to an integrated energy strategy, in an energy market where disciplines are rapidly converging. The conference delved into many current niches such as Esos, EVs storage and making energy efficiency a tradable resource. Crucially, it looked at how they fit together as a whole. The event opened on 1-2 May at the National Motorcycle museum, on the day the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) advised government to set Read more…
Telcos to grapple with energy costs as 5G deployment advances
Energy costs are among the top concerns for telcos, as 5G deployment rapidly advances, focusing the attention on energy management solutions – from energy efficiency cooling techniques and DCIM, to the use of virtual reality for energy efficient data centre design. These are among the key findings of a new report, published by Vertiv in partnership with technology analyst firm 451 Research. “Telco Study Reveals Industry Hopes and Fears: From Energy Costs to Edge Computing Transformation’ captures Read more…
Natron Energy appoints energy storage veterans
Natron Energy, a provider of battery products using Prussian blue electrode chemistry, has announced the appointment of two well-established energy storage veterans, Dr. Robert Rogan and Jack Pouchet. Rogan will serve as Chief Business Officer, and Pouchet will lead Natron’s sales team as Vice President of Sales. “Natron Energy is raising the bar in performance, reliability, safety and environmental friendliness of energy storage based on our patented Prussian blue technology,” said Colin Wessells, CEO of Read more…
The future impact of the hyperscale data centre
There will be more than 600 hyperscale data centres worldwide by 2020, which could have a beneficial impact on the cloud market, according to Rittal. Artificial intelligence will grow in acceptance and there will be a greater focus on energy efficient technology. Rittal has issued predictions for the data centre sector as the industry moves towards greater AI-based monitoring capabilities and the processing of data in real time with edge computing. Hyperscale data centres will Read more…
CryrusOne’s London data centres move to 100% renewable energy
CyrusOne has announced that its London I and London II data centre facilities are now running on a 100% renewable energy tariff, a move which the company says will transfer energy annual usage equivalent to 52,000 households to zero-emissions sources. Comprising a combined 23MW of IT power, both CyrusOne’s London I data centre in Slough and its London II facility in Prologis Park, Stockley, are now served by Hudson Energy, an independent provider of electricity Read more…
Data Centre World: Researchers pilot energy efficient design with Boden Type Data Centre
Speaking at Data Centre World, Jon Summers, research lead at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), said that there are important lessons to learn in order to future proof smaller data centres, which are expected to show growth with the increasing proliferation of edge sites and as 5G evolves. The data centre industry, in general, represents 3-5% of global power use and has the fastest growing carbon footprint in ICT. Future applications are expected Read more…
Data Centre World: are data centres missing out on energy efficiency savings?
The impact of 5G, the evolution of the Edge and rising energy costs were among the major topics for discussion at Data Centre World this year. In fact, the latest analysis, by Vertiv, predicts that the move to 5G will increase total network energy consumption by up to 170% by 2026, with the largest increases in macro, node and network data centre areas. Vertiv has been conducting extensive research to define four main edge Read more…
Data Centre World: The key technology trends for 2019 that could improve resilience
Some key technology trends are emerging for 2019 that could mitigate the risk of outages, improve efficiency and help generate revenue. Speaking at Data Centre World, Alex Metcalfe, from Socomec, commented that data centres are increasingly moving to lithium-ion batteries and this has the potential to offer significant benefits that go beyond a data centre’s four walls, by helping to stabilise the national grid. The move to Lithium-ion is not only reducing footprint, he points Read more…
Fläkt Group to offer a glimpse of inner workings of cooling at Data Centre World
Fläkt Group will demonstrate two of their data centre cooling solutions via special exhibition units, enabling visitors to see its Adia-DENCO and Multi-DENCO F-version products in action at DCW at ExCel, London on the 12th and 13th of March 2019 (stand D1030). The product demonstrations form part of a programme of activities to help data centre managers control their operating conditions in an energy efficient way. The company will also co-sponsor the show’s 6th Generation Read more…
Boden Type Data Centre One officially inaugurated in Sweden
The Boden Type Data Centre One, BTDC, has been officially inaugurated in Boden, Sweden. The Mayor of Boden, Mr. Claes Nordmark as well as the CEO of Boden Business Agency Mr. Erik Svensson delivered the inaugural address, as the representatives of the municipality, Mr. Pau Rey-García, Project Advisor gave a keynote address on behalf of the European Commission. Funded by the European Comission’s Horizon 2020 programme the Europe-wide consortium representing four nations and five entities Read more…
Survey finds energy efficiency ‘not a top priority’ for IT managers
A new report suggests IT managers are not putting environmental concerns and energy efficiency as high on their agenda as they should, with 43% stating they have no environmental policy and more than half (59%) saying they do not measure PUE. Furthermore, only 9% indicated energy efficiency as the top criterion when setting data centre design strategy. SuperMicro Computer, a supplier of green computing technology, released its first annual ‘Data Centres and The Environment’ survey report Read more…
Cooling solution cuts energy use by 85% for University of Plymouth
Ranked as one of the world’s leading modern higher education institutions, the University of Plymouth’s primary data centre is central to its IT estate. With the pre-existing cooling system nearing the end of its optimal service life and the School of Applied Mathematics requiring a capacity upgrade to accommodate its high-performance computing (HPC) hardware, the university employed the design and installation services of industry expert 2bm. Assisted by Transtherm’s team of experts, 2bm overcame a Read more…
Haven Power and GridBeyond ink DSR deal, target I&C flexibility
Business energy supplier Haven Power has struck a demand-side response deal with GridBeyond. The two will work to unlock flexibility within Haven’s customer-base, bidding flexible megawatts into traditional demand-side response tenders run by National Grid as well as into wholesale markets. The aim is to maximise returns from onsite generation or flexible consumption. Demand-side flexibility will ultimately also help Haven Power’s parent company, Drax, to balance its market position as it expands beyond thermal generation. GridBeyond Read more…
Survey finds 40% of IT managers do not consider power efficiency important in data centre design
A new report suggests that IT managers are not putting environmental concerns and energy efficiency as high on their agenda as they should, with 43% stating they have no environmental policy and over half (59%)saying they do not measure PUE. Furthermore, only 9% indicated energy efficiency as the top criterion when setting data centre design strategy. SuperMicro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a supplier of green computing technology, released its first annual “Data Centres and The Environment” Read more…
How demand management supports security of supply
Site resilience and demand-side response are often seen in opposition. But the reverse is true – and can in fact be mutually advantageous, especially if your business could benefit from improving security of supply For many businesses, suffering an interruption to your power supply can be costly as well as inconvenient. “We have been working on an on-site battery solution with a customer who manufactures precision-made components,” says Richard Spencer, Head of Site Services at Read more…
Back-up power: understanding environmental regulation
Greg Altria, associate consultant with SLR, provides an insight into the Environmental Permitting Regulations affecting mission critical sites The Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016 (as amended) (EPR) are used by the government to place controls on a whole range of activities that have the ability to impact the environment or human health. As it relates to data centres, the operation of generators for back-up purposes, triad avoidance and/or balancing services are regulated activities. Read more…
Supporting Ireland’s data centre growth
Interxion’s DUB3 data centre has been designed using energy-saving, modular architecture. At the heart of the design was the need to guarantee service delivery and quickly scale up capacity to support customer growth plans Interxion is a leading principal supplier of data centre, colocation and connectivity services to some of the world’s leading businesses. The company serves a wide range of customers, operating 49 data centres in 13 cities throughout Europe, three of which are Read more…
DigiPlex helps heat Oslo homes
DigiPlex, a data centre provider based in Norway, and district heating supplier Fortum Oslo Varme, have signed a letter of intent on the recovery of heat from DigiPlex’s data centre at Ulven in Oslo. The agreement will help meet the energy needs of approximately 5,000 Oslo apartments. Data centres today account for 2% of the world’s annual CO2 emissions and 3% of power consumption. In Oslo, district heating is already sourced by renewable power. Due Read more…
Powerstar invests in ‘Innovation Laboratory’
Powerstar, a manufacturer of smart energy solutions, has invested half a million pounds in a purpose-built ‘Innovation Laboratory’ situated at the company’s head office and manufacturing facility in Sheffield. This investment will assist Powerstar in delivering bespoke solutions to clients, by allowing Powerstar’s growing in-house research and development team to experiment with new technologies and fully test solutions prior to installation. One of the newly acquired leading-edge technologies featured in the Innovation Laboratory is a Grid Read more…
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