Friday, 14 October 2022 09:36

Vertiv launches guide on how data centres can cut energy consumption

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Critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions provider Vertiv has released an online resource named Guide to Data Centre Sustainability to help data centre owners and operators reduce the environmental impact of their facilities.

According to a report by the International Energy Agency, data centres account for about 1% of global electricity demand.

The report notes that the industry was able to limit the impact of capacity growth on total energy consumption prior to 2020 by improving operating efficiency.

However, in 2020, global internet traffic surged by more than 40%. With this surge, Market Intelligence projects a 13% compound annual growth rate in data centre construction over the next five years.

That trend, combined with increased focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption, has led some operators to seek new solutions that increase equipment utilisation and drive out remaining inefficiencies, phase out water-intensive cooling technologies, and decrease their dependence on carbon-based energy sources, according to Vertiv.

“We’re seeing a sense of urgency by operators across the industry to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment, and this new resource is designed to help them do just that,” said Vertiv head of ESG strategy and engagement TJ Faze.

“The focus on operational efficiency has enabled significant improvements, but now new strategies and more intelligent systems are required to drive down emissions and water use as the industry continues to grow. As a provider of infrastructure solutions to enterprises, colocation and cloud providers, Vertiv is well-positioned to share best practices and new developments across these sectors.”

Hyperscale operators who have set goals to become carbon neutral or carbon negative by the end of this decade have led industry movement.

They are taking the lead in advancing technologies that support these goals and developing a roadmap for the rest of the industry.

Many co-location providers are also moving to carbon-neutral and water-efficient operations to capitalise on market demand for data centre services that support their enterprise customers’ environmental goals.

Enterprises must also address the impact of their on-premises data centres to support those goals.

“In ANZ, we’re seeing data centres placing more pressure on power consumption,” said Vertiv managing director ANZ Robert Linsdell.

“Generating more than five billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, dedicated investment toward our digital ecosystem and data security and sovereignty posture has made Australia a haven for disaster recovery across Asia Pacific. Equivalent to consuming 3.5% of total national energy use, our burgeoning data centre industry is hungry to reduce its environmental impact. At Vertiv, we’re dedicated to helping industry achieve these goals, with this new guide complimentary to the greener technology that is ready and available.”

The Vertiv Guide to Data Centre Sustainability provides guidance for operators on:

1. The business case for reducing environmental impact
2. How data centre infrastructure and complementary technologies are evolving to support higher utilisation and increased use of renewable energy
3. Resources, frameworks, and metrics for implementing and measuring sustainability initiatives
4. Best practices for designing and operating low-impact data centres

“As data centres have become critical to daily business and personal activities, sustainability is now front-and-centre at board level discussions among enterprises in the region. Sustainability strategies have been elevated from footnotes to real-life applications, amid the growth in compute applications from the edge to hyperscale facilities. Vertiv’s guide to sustainability aims to provide data centre operators with practical recommendations on design and operations to help them meet their sustainability goals,” said Vertiv ASI vice president for colocation and hyperscale Tony Gaunt.

This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 13 October 2022.

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