Sustainable energy solutions for datacenters

Sustainable energy solutions for datacentersTommy Ström,

Head of system optimization & trading

Fortum City Solutions division

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Fortum in brief

Forerunner in clean energy

64% of power generation CO2-free

- in EU 97%

Some 8,000 energy professionals

Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia,

Poland

Core competences in hydro and nuclear

power, combined heat and power production and in operating on

energy markets

Energy-related products and expert

services

1.3 million electricity sales customers

Figures: 2015

Transition towards Solar Economy is ongoing

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Drivers

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• Global warming – how to reduce the

environmental impact of energy production

• Digitalization of the world – fast growth of

datacenter capacity globally. The dc

industry is/will be a significant energy user.

Global Data Center IP Traffic Growth, Source: Cisco

Global Land-Ocean temperature index, Source: NASA/GISS

Global warming and growing environmental awareness and energy regulation

are driving the change.

Green data center concepts

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Smart batteries and back-

up units

• Smart

• Participation in reserve

power markets as an

option

Green electricity sourcing

& hedging

• Green electricity sales and

trading

• Electricity price hedging,

setting the electricity price

limit at wanted level

• Solar and wind PPA’s

On-site renewable energy

production

• Tailor made small /

medium scale solar and

wind power solutions

• To cut the power costs and

increase the share of

renewables

Fortum’s green data center concepts to increase data centers' environmental

performance

Heat utilization in district

heating network

• Cool the data center with

heat pumps

• Supply excess heat to the

district heating network

Open district heating network and data center heat utilization and

• Cool the data center with a heat

pump

• Supply excess heat to the district

heating network

• Long term and transparent

contracts, compensation of heat is

network dependent.

• Where: In Fortum’s district

networks in Finland, Sweden, Baltic

countries and Poland.

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Cost efficient

solution for

process cooling

Benefits:

Improved

utilization

of the data

center’s cooling

system

Create

redundancy in

the cooling

system for

increased

reliability

Finance

investment in

new energy

efficient

technology

Gain

competitive

advantage with

sustainability

Green electricity sourcing & hedging

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Secured power

delivery

24/7/365 open desk

Possibility to secure

electricity price with

financial

power contracts

Green Energy

and Eco labels

available

Own wind power

production and

sourced wind power

available

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Cut power costs with

on-site renewable

energy production

Improve data center

environmental

performanceVarious investment

alternatives available,

group funding etc.

Improve energy

redundancy

On-site renewable energy production

Smart batteries and back-up units

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Developing solutions

to utilize data center

batteries for

balancing markets

Harness back-up

power units and

batteries to

productive use

Cut costs during

electricity price peaks

Summary

• Fortum provides green datacenter concepts, which improve the dc environmental performance with a mutual gains.

• Green data centers will set the future benchmark for the industry and creates competitive advantages.

• Fortum has several reference projects for data center heat utilization in Finland and Sweden.

• Recovering heat from the cooling process with is profitable, sustainable and reliable.

• We offer our expertise and pre-screened locations and solutions for dc projects.

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Thank you!