
What is the difference between a datacenter and a green datacenter? EDT is proud to work in partnership with EOLAS, Business & Decision group, utilising the state-of-the-art Green Datacenter facility in Mangin (Grenoble, France). Together we have created a useful infographic highlighting the essential information to know.
A green datacenter is a datacenter that uses technologies that optimise energy consumption. It incorporates the latest generation systems and relies on newer, more efficient technologies.
Datacenter: as much electricity as a city of 30,000 inhabitants
Green datacenter: mostly green energy
Datacenter: 1,7 – 2
Green datacenter: 1,3
Datacenter: represents 40% of the electricity bill
Green datacenter: significantly lower percentage, by exploitation of the natural environment
Optimise the energy efficiency of the infrastructure
Maximise renewable energy use
Optimise hardware resources through virtualisation
Use of low temperature from outside air to cool the system
System cooling by convection or movement of a liquid in a circuit (water, oil)
Heating of houses, offices, swimming pools
Storage of relayed electricity when the power supply is switched off
Use of photovoltaic solar panels or wind turbines to produce part of the electricity needed to run the data centre
Unusual: Stavanger
Located in a former NATO bunker under 200m of rock in Norway. Close to the North Sea, the cooling of the computer rooms is optimal.
Innovative: Mangin datacenter
Built in the heart of a former industrial wasteland in Grenoble, it uses a water table on which it is located to carry out the heat exchange of its servers.
Green: Iron Mountain
The company uses the Ringer Hill wind farm and solar panels to power its data centres, located in three different states.
Measures the efficiency of the energy used to power the data centre
Ideal = 1
Measures the level of reuse of heat generated by the data centre
Ideal = 1
Measures the carbon footprint of the data centre in relation to its overall power consumption
Ideal = 0
Measures the amount of city water consumed per year to cool the data centre systems
Ideal = 0
Measures the proportion of renewable energy consumed in relation to the total energy used
Ideal = 1
Measures energy efficiency according to 4 criteria: energy consumption, share of renewable energy used, share of energy reused for other purposes, energy efficiency
Ideal = A
Groundwater cooling
Powered by GEG Group hydroelectric and wind power plants. Energy production through photovoltaic solar panels on the roof and facade
PUE: 1,33
WUE: 0
CUE <0
Availability: 100%
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