Green (Energy Efficient) Data Centers

Green (Energy Efficient) Data Centers

A data center needs multiple technologies and know-how to make it energy efficient. One part of a data center may have low-power servers, while another part may have high-density causing intensified heat. Those two sections require different technologies and operational practices. It is also important to set the right temperature for the whole data center.

We find that professionals involved in data centers are often very technical and motivated to try out new things. After initial experimentation in test labs, it follows that technology innovation can be brought inside data centers and results will be shared in open-source forums. Because power alone occupies one-third of data center operating expenses, and power and space combined take 70 percent of operating expenses, including power to fuel servers and cool them, giants likes Yahoo and Google need to innovate to reduce the power it takes to run their data centers.

Depending upon which data you refer to, electricity-driven cooling comprises 30–60 percent of the power consumed at a typical data center.

AFCO’s scalable systems provide a holistic approach to data center resource management by seamlessly integrating intelligent management tools with state-of-the-art power and thermal controls to:

• - Greatly increase the utilization of existing power and cooling infrastructure, reducing the need for future datacenter builds
• - Maximize the amount of power coming in for IT applications
• - Allow efficient and effective deployment of higher density data centers
• - Allow easy integration with existing management tools to lower your overall TCO