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Designing data centres for the future
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1 With ‘the internet of everything’ no longer just a thing of the future, mission critical failures will not be an option. High risk implementation planning will minimise the risk of down time.
Minimise the risk of ‘down time’
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2 As data centres need to become more flexible, fit into tighter spaces and be located in more remote locations, modular design will bring high reliability, reduced project deployment time and robust construction and testing.
Modularisation
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Early adoption of facilities management consideration is crucial for designing optimised, efficient and value-adding data centres that are prepared for future needs. 3
Data centre facilities management
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4 140%
The average electrical load has risen 140 per cent
in the last 10 years, from 500 kilowatts to 1,200
kilowatts per square metre. Will this trajectory continue?
Staged growth approach
A staged growth approach can help manage a data centre’s current needs and prepare for the needs of the future, whilst avoiding costly stranded plant.
Build space during the design phase: include different density zones in the site plan and provide flexibility in the white space zones to ensure expansion capability. 5
Be flexible during design
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Renewable power is a growing ‘must have’ for data centres which use enormous volumes of electricity. Sites where renewable power is more readily available will become more popular. 6
Renewable power options
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7There will be an increased focus on application resiliency as opposed to the performance of specific buildings. A mix and match approach will facilitate balance between availability versus resilience, consideration to the Tier rating, and the redundancy of the data centre.
Mix and match designs
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Increased processing power and the increase in output/watts used will bring higher power densities, encouraging the use of immersion and direct cooled IT equipment options. 8
Direct cooled IT equipment
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29 70%Free cooling ‘everywhere’
Locations where 70% of the time free cooling can be adopted, will become the ‘go-to’ locations.
free cooling
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Data centre operators now need to treat their infrastructure as a single system, and need to be able to measure and control their facilities. Converging the infrastructure instrumentation and control systems, and connecting them to IT systems will become essential.
10Converged infrastructure intelligence
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Contact:Peter GreavesExpertise Leader – Data & ICT Facilities+61 3 9975 [email protected]
Jaco BlignautTechnical Director +27 11 305 [email protected]
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