3 Ways Data Centre Managers can Optimise Energy Consumption in a Data Centre
3 Ways Data Centre Managers can Optimise Energy Consumption in a Data Centre
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That never ending search for efficiency has led some data centre constructors to flex their creative muscles and find unusual solutions . Microsoft ’ s Project Natick for instance , reduced the cost and energy draw of cooling by burying a data centre under the sea . Using renewable energy and submarine technology to harness the surrounding cold water , Microsoft said the project had “ demonstrated dramatically better reliability than our land-based counterpart .” Another method of improving efficiency involves carefully situating a data centre to take advantage of nearby natural resources . Take Norway ’ s Green Mountain data centres , for instance . Not only using 100 % renewable hydropower , but also water from the adjacent fjords in its cooling systems , the company lives up to the green of its name .
Talking of green , while efficiency is partly prized because of its ability to reduce costs , it also has significant sustainability ramifications . We ’ ve previously spoken to Damian Farr , Managing Director Europe at DPR Construction , one of the big players in the data centre construction industry , who reiterated the fact that
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