Application of Green Technology For Data Centre
Steven So Vice President Data Centre Business Cloud Business Division NTT Com Asia Limited 25 Sep 2013
Today’s Agenda
Why?
How?
What?
Business Drivers for Green DC
• Less energy cost
• Less equipment & maintenance cost
Bottom Line
• More inventory
Top Line
• CSR
• Compliance to standard
Regulatory
• Customer expectation
Perception
Energy Saving Approach Effe
ctiv
en
ess
Facility
IT
Supply
Demand
Eff
icie
ncy
Eff
ecti
ven
ess
REDUCE energy input to
Facility For
SAME power input to IT equipment
REDUCE power input to
IT Equipment For
SAME computing output
“BETTER USE OF RESOURCE”
Energy cycle
8
“You will see sunlight for data centre energy saving after moving to cloud”
Demand Side Management - Virtualization
“Effective use of computing resources including server, storage, network”
Traditional Architecture
Virtual Architecture
Virtualizing Facility System Server
3:1
1+1 BMS 1+1 CCTV
1+1 Access
1 Duty (3VM) 1 Standby (3VM)
20% CPU Utilization 35% Facility Utilization
60% CPU utilization 50% facility utilization
1.68kW
Facil
ity U
tilizati
on
CPU Utilization
0.8kW
52% electricity Saving
X 6 X 2
US(East coast)
UK
Singapore
Australia
US(West coast)
Japan
Thailand HK
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Malaysia
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NTT Com Enterprise Cloud Footprint
11 locations in 9 countries
more to come
Supply Side Management
Supply Side Management
Operation
Loss Reduction
Energy Efficient
Equipment
Alternative Energy
Effectiveness
NTT Data Centre Footprint
(As of August 2013)
4 locations 1 location
7 locations
3 locations
(Scheduled for June 2014)
Europe (13 locations/ 8 cities)
China/ Hong Kong (10 locations/ 4 cities)
Japan (93 locations/ 49 cities)
APAC (19 locations/ 11 cities)
Americas (7 locations/ 6 cities)
142 Locations in 78 Cities
Cold Aisle Containment
Loss Reduction
Cold Aisle Containment 3
years
ROI
Consideration Leakage Fire services compliance Thermal ride through Human comfort
Benefit 10% ↑ overall cooling
efficiency Reduce fan power Reduce pump power
Increase cooling capacity
Loss Reduction
Dynamic Air Control
Dynamic Airflow Management
Self learning artificial intelligence to map CRAH to sensors
Cold aisle temperature individual control
Conventional Airflow Management
Cold aisle temperature co-work
Raised floor pressure co-work
Loss Reduction
Dynamic Air Control
Benefit 15% ↑ overall cooling
efficiency Reduce fan power Reduce pump power
More stable supply air temperature Increase cooling
capacity
Consideration Load profile
3 years
ROI
Loss Reduction
Benefit 6% ↑ overall power efficiency 99% vs 93%
No investment needed
Consideration Coordination along the entire
power supply chain Quality of utility power
Online-mode
Eco-mode
Eco-mode UPS
Eco-mode 4ms
Online-mode 0ms
Efficient Facility Immediate
ROI
Fuel Cell Energy Station
Inputs Outputs
Alternative Energy
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Fuel Cell Energy Server
Alternative Energy
• 30-50% Efficiency • Large CO2 footprint
for coal-fired plant
• 60-90% Efficiency
• Centralized Power Generation
• Distributed Power Generation
• 60% Efficiency
Fuel Cell Energy Server
Alternative Energy
Benefit • Lower carbon footprint than
coal/gas-fired power plant • More efficient than centralized
power plant • Simple, fast & scalable
Consideration • Electricity $ vs fuel $ • Utility power stability • Government incentive • Fuel storage • Local support
3 years
ROI
Benefit • 60% ↑ overall cooling efficiency • 120 free cooling days in a year
Consideration • Ambient condition • Air quality • Space factor
Free Cooling
Alternative Energy
2 years
ROI
Operating Ambient Condition
≤ 25⁰C DB
≤ 60% RH
What Happens Beyond Data Center
= • 1.58G Data per month • 361kWh Transmission • 3.5kWh Charging
361 kWh per year 322 kWh per year
• World Electricity Consumption – 19,000 TWh per year • ICT Electricity Consumption – 1,900 TWh per year
• Data Center – 380 TWh • Non Data Center – 1520TWh
361 TWh per year
Benefit • 3% ↑ overall power
efficiency • 96% vs 93% for
static UPS • No battery Lower
running cost
Consideration • 10 to 15 second
“mechanical battery” • Form factor • Noise & vibration • Local support
Rotary UPS
Efficient Facility
7 years
ROI