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EU code of conduct paves
way for energy savings
An EU code of conduct for data state experts.
centres which sets out information on
how to run an energy efficient data In 2007 Data Centres, housing
centre, has been published by the computer servers for industry,
European Commission. enterprises and administrations efficient and can result in other
across Europe, consumed 56TWh of servers being switched off.
The key aim of the code of conduct is electricity, close to the yearly total target Environmental conditions: Servers
to inform and stimulate data centre electricity consumption of the Czech dissipate a significant amount of heat.
operators to reduce energy Republic. If no specific action to Currently server rooms are cooled to
consumption in a cost-effective improve the energy efficiency is taken, low temperatures (e.g. 22°C). This
manner without hampering the critical electricity consumption of data strict temperature regime is not
function of the facility. This is achieved centres is expected to rise to 104TWh necessary as server rooms can
through a series of best practice a year by 2020. In addition, CO2 operate at 30° and higher degrees of
recommendations which focus on emissions from the IT-sector, humidity, therefore eliminating the
design in areas such as software, IT (estimated to be 2% of total global need to “overcool” Data Centres.
architecture and infrastructure. CO2 emissions and equivalent to that
of the airline industry) would increase target Efficient management of
Industry has responded extremely significantly. environmental conditions: air
positively to the code, and a number of Best practices conditioning and air management is
operators have already started to one of the key energy demands. Poorly
implement many of the best practices The code of conduct covers many best designed Data Centres mix cold and
from earlier drafts. practice options. Three of the main hot air (as in a normal office), but best
Initiated by the European areas for energy saving are: practice is to keep them well
Commission’s Joint Research Centre, target IT equipment: This includes separated, and to provide cooling
the code has been developed and efficient servers and virtualisation: exactly where it is needed on the
refined over the last two years with instead of having many servers server CPUs. In addition to the
input from a wealth of stakeholders, running at low utilisation, virtual extended temperature ranges, Data
including industry experts from data servers are created inside a few Centres could run on natural cooling
centre owners and operators, as well servers, thus allowing the server to as opposed to cold air produced by
as equipment vendors and member run at full load, which is more chillers.
Scotland
infrastructure in the South of Scotland significant boost to the regeneration of infrastructure and IVI is seeking to
following its roll-out of the Pathfinder this rural economy. The need to reduce position itself to take advantage of
South project, which delivered high company carbon footprints, while at increasing global demand for secure
speed internet access to schools and the same time offering significant cost next generation Data Storage.Steve
other public sector locations savings, is attractive to many White Marketing Director of IVI said:
throughout the area. The availability of multinational companies. The “What we are proposing is the world’s
super fast internet access for IVI will increasing availability of high first, sustainable live, work and play
also help foster home based working bandwidth networks means that community based around the
by telecommuters, freelancers and Scotland is establishing itself as a first development of a large scale Data
local micro-businesses and be a choice location for Data Centre Storage facility.
Winter 2008
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