{"id":215094,"date":"2017-06-14T08:27:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T06:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=215094"},"modified":"2017-06-14T08:27:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T06:27:40","slug":"optimize-data-centre-cooling-with-effective-control-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/215094-optimize-data-centre-cooling-with-effective-control-systems.html","title":{"rendered":"Optimize data centre cooling with effective control systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Growing energy cost and environmental responsibility have placed the data centre industry under increasing pressure to improve its energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

Of all data centre energy consumption, the cooling system typically consumes the second largest portion (the first being IT equipment).<\/p>\n

For example, assume a 1MW data centre with a PUE of 1.91 at 50% IT load, the cooling system consumes about 36% of the energy used by the entire data center (including IT equipment) and about 75% of the energy used by the physical infrastructure (without IT equipment) to support the IT applications.<\/p>\n

Given its large energy footprint, optimizing the cooling system provides a significant opportunity to reduce energy costs.<\/p>\n

Cooling systems specified without considering their control methods leads to issues such as demand fighting, human error, shutdown, high operation cost, and other costly outcomes.<\/p>\n

Understanding the different levels of cooling control provides a framework for rational discussions and specifications for data centre cooling systems.<\/p>\n

There are three high-level tasks used to establish an efficient cooling system for a new data centre design.<\/p>\n

Schneider Electric<\/strong>\u2019s white paper<\/strong><\/a> focuses on one of these three tasks – adopt effective cooling control systems.<\/p>\n

The paper investigates the challenges of data centre cooling, why traditional cooling controls do not work, and what is an effective cooling control system.<\/p>\n

Finally, it describes four cooling control levels, when they should be used, the benefits and limitations of each level, and provide examples of each.<\/p>\n

In general, you can use the following three high-level tasks to establish an efficient cooling system for a new data centre design:<\/p>\n