DID YOU KNOW

IBM/ConsultantStudies

Power used by servers, cooling and auxillary infrastructure in 2005 accounted for about 1.2 percent

of the United States’ electrical usage—the equivalent in capacity terms of about five 1,000 MW power plants

Jonathan Koomey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

CIO Magazine

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redundancy tier 3 standards or higher

efficiency PUE of 1.2 or lower innovation simple stuff that no one’s thought to apply

I want what the big dogs have….

Convinced the client/user that we can “live” with higher supply air temps

#1

Airflow control through server cabinets by application of fill material in conjunction with tight server management controls

#2

Used LED lighting throughout paired with an intelligent lighting control system #3

Water-side economizer uses evaporative cooling open cooling tower with high efficiency water filtration system as the primary cooling source #4

Use of a single pass cooling system thereby using only two pumps to enhance reliability #5

Single custom built HVAC unit with six plenum fans, fully variable frequency drives and a large cooling coil to minimize footprint and maximize redundancy and cooling efficiency #6

Use of cool-row variable air volume delivery which can allow for a tailored and automatic cooling solution that will react to modulating server loads and changing supply air temperature #7

Use of high efficiency UPS with Static Bypass to allow for 99% pass-through electrical efficiency under optimal conditions

#8

Custom designed and built Chiller package with four independent refrigerant circuits to “trim” the incoming cooling water supply, package into the stairwell, and to give the ultimate in redundancy

#9

Built to LEED Platinum standards without support points from other non-DC spaces/projects

…and