Trends in the World and Israeli Green Data Centers (2008)

Trends in the World and Israeli Green Data Centers (2008)

Shahar Geiger MaorVP & Senior Analyst

[email protected]

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The Data Center’s Situation

Operational costs are soaring and more pollution is emitted

More cooling is needed

Servers are heating up

floor space is running out

More racks and more servers

Greater need for computing resources

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Typical DC has annual energy costs per square foot 15-40 times that of typical office

buildings


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STKI Survey 2008:

Agree54%

Disagree43%

No Opinion3%

New\refurbish Data Center will be built within next 2 years?



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Cooling50%

Hardware Electricity

30%

UPS18%

Lighting2%

Data Center Power Usage Allocations

The Data Center’s Situation -Key Figures


Source: Computer Economics


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Electricity Use by End Use (USA)

2000-2006


(Source: EPA)


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Electricity Use Trends -ASHRAE



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AFCON Predictions (2006)

By 2010, more than half of all data centers will have to

relocate to new facilities or outsource some applications

Over the next five years power failures and limits on power

availability will halt data center operations at more than

90% of all companies

By 2010, nearly 70% of all data centers will utilize some

form of grid computing or other virtual processing

Within the next five years, 1/4 of all data centers will

experience a business disruption serious enough to affect

the entire company’s ability to continue business-as-usual


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Metrics (by The Green Grid)

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE):

PUE = Total Facility Power ÷ IT Equipment Power

and its reciprocal, the DCiE is defined as:

DCiE = 1÷ PUE = (IT Equipment Power ÷ Total Facility Power) x 100%

Average DC: PUE = 2.0-3.0

Best practice DC = 1.3-1.6

State of Art DC = 1.2


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EPA Report to Congress


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SVLG Demonstration


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Combinations of IT and Site Data Center Types


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SVLG Demonstration vs. EPA Estimates


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The Data Center’s Situation: Practical

Solutions

Assessments and Thermal Modeling

Green servers and storage devices

Advanced cooling methods

Data Center arrangements (e.g.: Hot Aisles/Cold Aisles)

Virtualization, Consolidation



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Practical Solutions for the Data

Center: Thermal Modeling

•Locate Hot Spots

•Recommend new policy



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Solutions








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Energy Star: EPA Report to Congress

What is it?

Other alternatives

SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation

Corporation)

EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental

Assessment Tool),

RoHS, EcoLabel

Encouraging energy efficiency by vendors


http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/results/power_ssj2008.html


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Energy Calculations:

Rack -Fully

Configured

(kW)

Power cost

per hour

(0.45

₪/kWh)

Power

Cost per

Year

Including

cooling costs

(1:1)

Typical Blade #1

7U High16.2 KW 7.3 ₪ 63,948 ₪ 127,896 ₪

Typical Blade #2

7U High14.7 KW 6.6 ₪ 57,816 ₪ 115,632 ₪

Typical Blade #3

3U High14.2 KW 6.4 ₪ 56,064 ₪ 112,128 ₪

Typical Blade #4

3U High11.16 KW 5 ₪ 43,800 ₪ 87,600 ₪



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Solutions








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Practical Solutions for the Data

Center: Advanced cooling methods

Routine Checkup:

Clean Raised floor

Utilize proper spacing of cold/hot aisles

Limit maximum cooling unit throw

Seal all cable cutouts in the raised floor

Upgrading:

Rack Cooling

• Air Cooling

• Liquid Cooling

Closer cooling systems -higher average temp. possible



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Solutions








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Practical Solutions for the Data Center:

Consolidation by organization size

Source: Computer Economics 2007

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

ROI TCO

Small

Medium

Large

% of reported positive ROI

% of Consolidation same as budget

IT spending per user at organizations with single data centers to those with multipledata centers

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

Multi DC Single DC

Small

Medium

Large



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STKI Survey 2008:

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Negotiate better prices from

vendors

Consolidation of servers, storage

and desktops

Standartization of technologies

Group Purchasing

Four best ways to cut IT operational costs:



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Energy Saving –World Trends

Source: SearchDataCenter.com 2007



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Renewable Energy –World Trends



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Denmark: 20% of total energy use is from wind turbines

Iceland: 50% of total energy use is from geothermal

sources

Israel: 3% of total energy use is from solar energy (water

heating)

Brazil: fuels 50% of its vehicles using bio-ethanol



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Thermal Energy Storage

Extra-Pak Ice Coils are used in thermal energy storage for

buildings 30,000 square feet or larger, industrial process

cooling, and data centers

The design and layout of the elliptical, galvanized steel

coils increase the amount of ice that can be stored in a

given area

Low temperature cooling water (1°C/34°F) supplied to

an existing building loop can add 20% more cooling

capacity



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Thermal Energy Storage -Projects

Matam –Haifa (55,000 m2): Design –IES, investment: 1$M,

estimated savings: 150,000$ year

Israel Building –Carmiel (20,000 m2): Design –Articom,

investment: 680,000 ₪, estimated savings: 39,000 ₪ a

year

Most common in office and public buildings

No activity in Israeli IT –few pilots so far.

Drawbacks:

• Lack of experienced support

• Not reliable enough


Shahar Geiger MaorVP & Senior Analyst

[email protected]


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EPEAT program

EPEAT evaluates electronic products in relation to 51

total environmental criteria, identified in the Criteria

Table below and contained in IEEE 1680 -– 23 required

criteria and 28 optional criteria

Meets all 23 required criteria

Meets all 23 required criteria plus at least 50% of the

optional criteria

Meets all 23 required criteria plus at least 75% of the

optional criteria

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RoHS Directive and Eco-Label

The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use

of certain hazardous substances in electrical and

electronic equipment“

Eco-Label: a voluntary scheme designed to encourage

businesses to market products and services that are

kinder to the environment and for European consumers -

including public and private purchasers - to easily

identify them

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Trends in the World and Israeli Green Data Centers (2008)