COLOCATION be addressed by the Government and the Sector .”
When asked what can be done to reduce energy , Booth added : “ The best approach is to adopt the best practices as contained within the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres ( Energy Efficiency ) or the CLC TR EN 50600 99-1 , which contains the same best practices but reformatted .
“ These cover measures can be taken for management , IT procurement , cooling , power systems , other data centre systems , design and build and , finally , monitoring and measurement . You cannot manage what you cannot measure ,” said Booth .
Creating more efficient data centres with lower Power Usage Effectiveness ( PUE ) Darren Watkins , Managing Director for VIRTUS Data Centres , said : “ For a long time , we have recognised the need to produce and operate more efficient data centres to ensure we deliver the right service to our customers , at the right cost .”
VIRTUS , a low-cost colocation provider , is at the forefront of providing support infrastructure to the most powerful IT deployments . They have had many years of refining their data centre designs to optimise the performance with regards to minimising PUEs .
“ We strive to produce a 1.0x PUE and achieve varying PUEs across our estate , all of which – according to the Uptime Institute ’ s annual survey – are well below the average of 1.58x . We have deployed well-established technology developments to tackle power usage such as liquid , evaporative and adiabatic cooling . Direct chip liquid cooling can offer some of the lowest PUE possible , as the temperature at which they operate means that no mechanical or adiabatic cooling would be required ,” said Watkins .
More compute power may seem like it will result in significantly more power usage , but in fact , Watkins added that , “ as it uses and produces higher temperatures , this leads to greater efficiency – not only in PUE , but also in other resources such as water ”.
“ Higher powered compute often uses greater intelligence in their software , so there is an opportunity to innovate to lower the PUE further .”
Watkins ' opinion is that , in the future , it “ may even mean that this kind of software could enable the removal of generators or UPSs completely ”. technologymagazine . com 85