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Cool wars: data centre cooling experts go head-to-head
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wo leading players in the data centre cooling market are to go head-to-head in a live online showdown on Wednesday 14 October at 3pm to debate whether air or liquid represents the future of data centre cooling.
In this free to attend, US-style debate, industry leaders Airedale International and Asperitas will square up to one another in front of a live online audience to fight their respective corners and convince them that their respective technology represents the future of data centre cooling.
Matt Evans, technical account manager of UK-based air conditioning solutions provider Airedale International, will take on Rolf Brink, founder and chief executive of Asperitas, in what has been dubbed ‘Cool Wars’ - a bid to decide whether air or immersion cooling will be king in the next generation of data centres. In true US style, there will be a motion presented and debated, which is: ‘Immersion cooling is more energy efficient and will therefore overtake air-based systems as the preferred cooling method in most large data centres by 2030’. Ensuring both representatives are given time to state their case and debate the other’s points, whilst making sure things don’t get out of hand, will be moderator and industry expert Mark Acton. The audience will be made up of consultants, contractors, industry experts and novices, all keen to witness this one- off event in which two competitors take on one another in a live setting, and you are invited to join in. Airedale International has been providing air cooling solutions to data centres across the world for over 45 years and will be making the case that air cooling innovations are progressing at such a pace that there is no need for other, newer
14 October 2020 technologies.
Darren Farrar, marketing manager at Airedale International, explained: “Connectivity underpins everything we do and the data centre industry is constantly evolving to keep up with not only demand, but also its environmental responsibilities. Cooling providers have to match the demands of performance with energy efficiency and as such foster an environment of innovation.” Mr Farrar continued: “Liquid cooling as a technology is not just knocking on the door of the data centre world, it’s threatening to knock it down. As a traditional air cooled system provider, we might be looking over our shoulder, but we are confident that with continued innovation, we will not be displaced as the technology of choice within most facilities.”
On the opposing side, Rolf Brink of Dutch immersion cooling specialist, Asperitas, argues: “Immersion of IT equipment within a dielectric fluid has been revolutionary in data centre cooling and is the most efficient solution for today’s high chip density units which generate a lot of heat. Plus, immersion cooling compliments wider goals to achieve an energy neutral data centre industry globally as it can allow 99% of the energy to be used as valuable thermal energy. Immersion cooling enables simplified data centre design and reduces energy costs, so we believe immersion cooling will be the clear winner in this debate.”
The event is free to attend and delegates are required to register in advance via
www.airedale.com/ coolwars
Darren Farrar added: “We’re looking forward to a really interesting and lively debate between two of the leading minds in this field and finding out who will win the battle for data centre supremacy.”
How philanthropy can bend the cold chain’s emissions curve
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new report from the Carbon Trust, Net zero cold chains for food – A discussion document on the case for philanthropic action, outlines the challenge of reducing emissions from rapidly growing food cold chains and how philanthropy can help ‘bend the curve’ whilst enhancing food security and poverty reduction through net zero food cold chains.
Delivering affordable, nutritious, and safe food that provides good financial returns for producers while minimising the environmental and climate change impacts is challenging. Cold chains play a vital role in helping the food system deliver against many of these challenges, but conventional operations based on refrigerants with high global warming potential (GWP) and equipment that inefficiently uses energy can have significant environmental impacts. To avoid locking-in to high carbon, energy inefficient infrastructure, action is needed to develop net zero cold chains that reduce food waste and avoid emissions from high GWP refrigerants and inefficient equipment. This will require a system transition with action across many stakeholder groups to create low carbon infrastructure, access to reliable, clean energy, and appropriate operating procedures, as well as supportive policy, regulation, and commercial incentives.
The report is authored by the Carbon Trust with input from a range of leading experts and stakeholders and was commissioned by the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Programme (K-CEP). It summarises the case for philanthropic intervention and provides guidance on the practical
actions that can be taken. The food cold chain alone is responsible for one third of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions, or 1% of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions are already significant in developed countries with food refrigeration contributing 2-4% of total GHG emissions in the UK. As new cold chain infrastructure comes online on low- and mid-income economies, these emissions are projected to rise significantly. For example, GHG emissions from cold chains in India are set to double by 2027 without active intervention. Dan Hamza-Goodacre, non- executive director, K-CEP commented: “Net zero compatible cold chain solutions have the potential to ’bend the curve’ on GHG emissions in countries that already have significant cold chain infrastructure, but critically they will help to avoid significant increases in GHG emissions in countries where cold chain deployment is expected to grow. This presents an enormous opportunity for philanthropy to play a catalytic ‘systems integrator’ role in this complex sector, to reduce GHG emissions whilst delivering on critical areas including food security and poverty reduction.” David Aitken, director, innovation at the Carbon Trust added: “Acting now to transition to net zero cold chains can unlock significant climate, food security and development benefits but will require a change from conventional solutions. Philanthropy can play a key role in catalysing this shift at scale and speed to net zero cold chains to ensure we protect the climate, deliver safe nutritious food to consumers and improve farmer livelihoods.”
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