POWER AND COOLING: Alternative Technologies for Data Centres

리서치사	BroadGroup
발행일	2008년 02월	상품코드	63568
페이지 정보	40 pages
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Abstract

The survey is a valuable reader for data centre managers wishing to speedily review the array of technologies, available and under development, designed to reduce power consumption and cooling requirements. The short survey reveals that on balance there are more options likely to occur in cooling than in power.

Cooling technologies are more focused on applications that can be installed directly in the data centre. Air, liquid, gas and new nano-cooling developments suggest that thus far, a definitive or optimal solution has not yet fully emerged and there is no outstanding leader. For operational managers, identifying an interim solution appears to be the best that can be achieved.

Power supply is in contrast an issue that will be solved more probably by large energy companies although innovative solutions particularly using solar power have been attempted by data centres themselves. Photovoltaic or PV for short, for example, appears to show much promise. Wind power and fuel cell technologies also each have compelling arguments for their adoption in the data centre but the drawback remains the level of investment required.

It appears that at a time when oil prices have reached peaks previously unknown, we are at a point on the continuum where demand for power in the data centre is also coincidentally at unprecedented levels. Facility owners will not reach an equilibrium in costs until assured solutions have been fully commercialised and that may still be some years away.

In the meantime, this survey provides clear evidence of the research and development effort underway by both industry and academia to identify ways forward in resolving the two most critical challenges confronting an industry charged with reducing its consumption and costs.

Key Benefits of the Report

Survey of key developments underway in power and cooling
Advantages and disadvantages explained
14 Tables and Charts
40pp

Who Should Buy this Report

Enterprise Data Centre Owners and Users
Data Centre Operators
Telecommunication Service Providers
Power Companies
Power and Cooling Solution Providers
Environmental Agencies
Technical Property Specialists
Systems Integrators
Outsourcing Agencies
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Specialists
Software Companies

Research Methodology and Report Objectives

Introduction

1 - Alternative Power for Data Centres

1.1 Solar Power Technologies
- 1.1.1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
- 1.1.2 Photovoltaic (PV)
- 1.1.3 Hybrid Solar Lighting (HSL)
1.2 Wind Power Technology
1.3 Fuel Cell Technology
1.4 Bio-fuel
- 1.4.1 Overall Average Fuel Prices on Energy
1.5 Carbon efficient equipment
- 1.5.1 Gas Turbine
- 1.5.2 Bio-diesel fuelled generator

2 - Alternative Cooling Technologies

2.1 Air Cooling
2.2 Force Air Cooling
2.3 Spray Cooling
2.4 Cold Corridor concept
2.5 Water Cooling
2.6 Data Centre example
2.7 Water Cooled IT hardware with chillers
2.8 Liquid Cooled IT hardware with chillers
2.9 Liquid Cooled IT hardware without chillers
2.10 Nano and Micro Technology-Based Next-Generation Package-Level Cooling Solutions
2.11 Nano Cooling Technology
2.12 Nanotube Forest Technology

3 - Global Initiatives

3.1 Green Grid
3.2 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
3.3 Architecture 2030
3.4 eco (Association of German Internet Enterprises)

4 - Conclusions and Future Outlook

4.1 Alternative Power
4.2 Alternative Cooling
4.3 Carbon Efficient Equipment

TABLES

Table 1. Solar Power Technologies
Table 2. Wind Power Technology
Table 3. Fuel Cell Technology
Table 4. Bio-fuel Technology
Table 5. Overall Average Fuel Prices on Energy
Table 6. Gas Turbine Technology
Table 7. Bio-diesel fuelled generator
Table 8. Alternative Cooling Technologies

CASE STUDIES

Study 1. Movable Solar Collector (Red Rocks Data Center, US)
Study 2. Solar Power Data Centre (The AISO.Net, US)
Study 3. Hybrid Wind System (Wind-Solar) Data Centre (Green House Data, US)
Study 4. Hydrogen fuel cells Data Centres (Fujitsu, US, and First National Bank Omaha, US)
Study 5. Renewable biomass energy Data Centres (Rackspace, UK)
Study 6. Gas turbine Data Centre (Public Interest Network Services, NY, US)