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Data centers that are out of power and cooling capacity or out of physical space: The facility modules can quickly add cooling and power capacity so that additional servers can be placed into existing racks, creating a higher density per rack, which can now be handled by the supplemental power and cooling.
New facilities with tight time constraints: Cost of time is important to organizations that place a high value on early delivery (e.g., companies who want to be first to market with new products).
Data center operators in leased facilities: If a business has a lease, they may not want to pour money into a fixed asset that they would have to leave behind. If their lease is not renewed, modules can physically move with them.
IT departments whose staff is willing to manage power and cooling: Not relying on the stretched resources of corporate facility departments, IT personnel can leverage facility modules to control their own chilled water supply.
Data center facilities saddled with existing infrastructure characterized by poor PUE: These facilities may only be marginally improved within the constraints of their existing physical plant. Adding facility modules provides an alternative to help solve problems inherent to the inefficient data center design they may have inherited.
An organization with vacant space: For example, an empty warehouse space can be populated with a series of prepackaged modules. The warehouse owners leverage utilization of the space and avoid the delays and construction costs of building a new brick and mortar wing.
How to get started Proper planning for any data center upgrade is a key critical success factor. APC by Schneider Electric has developed a number of planning tools to help define requirements. For more information on developing a business case for facility modules, follow these steps:
1. Go
towww.apc.com/promo 2. Enter the key code from the blue box on the back cover 3. Click “WP #163: Containerized Power and Cooling Modules for Data Centers”
Containerized Power & Cooling Facility Modules unveiled at DatacenterDynamics London
More than 80 exhibitors and 2000 delegates participated in the recent DatacenterDynamics show in London, England. It was at this venue that Schneider Electric, the cornerstone sponsor of the conference, displayed its new power and cooling facility modules. The keynote presentation “Six Reasons Why Modular Power and Cooling Plants Will Make Traditional Data Centre Designs Obsolete and DCIM-DCFM Management Critical”, was presented by Paul-François Cattier, Schneider Electric global vice-president of Data Centre Solutions and Soeren Shrouder, director, Strategic Software Partners.
Deployment of facility modules results in a savings of 60% in deployment speed 12 | APC Currents | CALL 888-289-2722 x6000 |
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