Having previously explored the key opportunities for the production of green data centers, by reducing the amount of energy they use and the use of renewable energy, it is worth looking at some of the latest solutions and innovations with the operator to address the problem.
In many of the largest data center operators worldwide names such as Google, Facebook and Amazon, it is important for their business model and the performance of their brands as they can do their best to reduce their ecological footprint. Is green, the majority of industries, the needs rather than seen as a bonus for the consumer. Main driver for green innovation Perhaps the fact that the need for data storage is growing so fast
. Is around 0.3% of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, but there are concepts such as cloud computing and more popular, the need to save for servers where all data (the cloud) is mounting. Without changes in the industry, the provider will actually struggle to operate on a sustainable basis, it is of course not lost on the company to reduce the leverage that consumes the energy consumption of data centers, in particular, should be fully to reduce their overheads.
A sample of the latest changes in the green data center management:
cooling strategies
The green operator biggest challenge, how they chill their data center efficiently. Cooling with traditional refrigerator or chiller is typically the largest consumer of energy out of the core IT equipment and are therefore often represent the largest potential economic and environmental conservation.
operator becomes recognition of the benefits of moving their data centers cool natural location and the best environmental conditions.
For instance, Facebook is currently developing its first outside the United States, in the north of Sweden, near the Arctic Circle, while Google has a plant in Finland. Facebook guess that their new Swedish center to stay cool outside air for eight months of the year.
But even strategically located data centers are still needed for the cooling system when outdoor temperatures rise in the summer. A method Recycled water pump in the middle dissipate the heat created, and Google, for example, cooling system with a local sustainable source of water - sea water and channel water in Finland in Belgium - and cleans them on a level it is sufficient to cooling.
Renewable Energy Sources
It is inevitable that data center must consume large amounts of energy, even if the infrastructure is made as energy efficient as possible. Server itself must still move a significant supply of power, and so many operators, using only renewable sources. While some have formed partnerships with specialized Renewable energy suppliers, other large organizations purchasing its own renewable energy directly. Apple rumors to build their own solar power farm near their huge North Carolina data center, so that plants can provide for themselves and maintained Facebook now called Swedish center near a huge dam, which is more than Removed covers energy needs.
Recycling Energy
Although most data center operators gave their attention to green and efficient way of cooling their buildings and servers, it also has some interesting ideas about what to do with the heat itself. Microsoft Learning and the University of Virginia sought to Recycle heat to warm the surrounding buildings. Right now, the practical application of this is only involved in campus development, but it is envisaged that the time server and mini-server farm can even be used in the home - probably multi-family house - once the operator has a solution, the potential risks to security and safety problems found. By sharing equipment, operators and contractors can also see that they cut their initial construction costs and effects.
smart Construction
Other operators are now beginning to consider the effectiveness of their approach to the actual construction for additional savings, the use of prefabricated buildings Modular seen as a way to not only take the initial cost, but the consumption of energy and raw materials in the process. Modular centers also have the advantage of flexibility and easy scale-able so the potential for a reduced capacity is wasted, and with it the risk of waste of energy.
It really is a case of "watch this space" for further development, such as the need for pump data center is, no doubt, The pressure from all sides continued to press and hold the green attempt to change to ensure that services like Dedicated Hosting and cloud computing is maintained.
