Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Architecture 2030
eco (Association of German Internet Enterprises)
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Abstract
The survey is a valuable reader for data centre managers wishing to speedily
review the array of technologies, available and under development, designed to
reduce power consumption and cooling requirements. The short survey reveals
that on balance there are more options likely to occur in cooling than in
power.
Cooling technologies are more focused on applications that can be installed
directly in the data centre. Air, liquid, gas and new nano-cooling
developments suggest that thus far, a definitive or optimal solution has not
yet fully emerged and there is no outstanding leader. For operational
managers, identifying an interim solution appears to be the best that can be
achieved.
Power supply is in contrast an issue that will be solved more probably by
large energy companies although innovative solutions particularly using solar
power have been attempted by data centres themselves. Photovoltaic or PV for
short, for example, appears to show much promise. Wind power and fuel cell
technologies also each have compelling arguments for their adoption in the
data centre but the drawback remains the level of investment required.
It appears that at a time when oil prices have reached peaks previously
unknown, we are at a point on the continuum where demand for power in the data
centre is also coincidentally at unprecedented levels. Facility owners will
not reach an equilibrium in costs until assured solutions have been fully
commercialised and that may still be some years away.
In the meantime, this survey provides clear evidence of the research and
development effort underway by both industry and academia to identify ways
forward in resolving the two most critical challenges confronting an industry
charged with reducing its consumption and costs.
Key Benefits of the Report
Survey of key developments underway in power and cooling
Advantages and disadvantages explained
14 Tables and Charts
40pp
Who Should Buy this Report
Enterprise Data Centre Owners and Users
Data Centre Operators
Telecommunication Service Providers
Power Companies
Power and Cooling Solution Providers
Environmental Agencies
Technical Property Specialists
Systems Integrators
Outsourcing Agencies
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Specialists
Software Companies
Table of Contents
Research Methodology and Report Objectives
Introduction
1 - Alternative Power for Data Centres
1.1 Solar Power Technologies
1.1.1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
1.1.2 Photovoltaic (PV)
1.1.3 Hybrid Solar Lighting (HSL)
1.2 Wind Power Technology
1.3 Fuel Cell Technology
1.4 Bio-fuel
1.4.1 Overall Average Fuel Prices on Energy
1.5 Carbon efficient equipment
1.5.1 Gas Turbine
1.5.2 Bio-diesel fuelled generator
2 - Alternative Cooling Technologies
2.1 Air Cooling
2.2 Force Air Cooling
2.3 Spray Cooling
2.4 Cold Corridor concept
2.5 Water Cooling
2.6 Data Centre example
2.7 Water Cooled IT hardware with chillers
2.8 Liquid Cooled IT hardware with chillers
2.9 Liquid Cooled IT hardware without chillers
2.10 Nano and Micro Technology-Based Next-Generation Package-Level Cooling
Solutions
2.11 Nano Cooling Technology
2.12 Nanotube Forest Technology
3 - Global Initiatives
3.1 Green Grid
3.2 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
3.3 Architecture 2030
3.4 eco (Association of German Internet Enterprises)
4 - Conclusions and Future Outlook
4.1 Alternative Power
4.2 Alternative Cooling
4.3 Carbon Efficient Equipment
TABLES
Table 1. Solar Power Technologies
Table 2. Wind Power Technology
Table 3. Fuel Cell Technology
Table 4. Bio-fuel Technology
Table 5. Overall Average Fuel Prices on Energy
Table 6. Gas Turbine Technology
Table 7. Bio-diesel fuelled generator
Table 8. Alternative Cooling Technologies
CASE STUDIES
Study 1. Movable Solar Collector (Red Rocks Data Center, US)
Study 2. Solar Power Data Centre (The AISO.Net, US)
Study 3. Hybrid Wind System (Wind-Solar) Data Centre (Green House Data, US)
Study 4. Hydrogen fuel cells Data Centres (Fujitsu, US, and First National
Bank Omaha, US)
Study 5. Renewable biomass energy Data Centres (Rackspace, UK)
Study 6. Gas turbine Data Centre (Public Interest Network Services, NY, US)
