Smart Grid:Opportunities in the Data CenterJanuary 22, 2010Charles O’Donnell,Vice President, EngineeringLiebert AC PowerEmerson Network Power

Data Center FactsData Center Facts U.S. data centers consume

between 20 and 30 billion kWhr per year

Data center energy consumption is expected to double every six years

Roughly half of the energy used by the data center is actually consumed by IT equipment

Loss of power to a critical data center can cost millions of dollars per incident

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Emerson Network Power Emerson Network Power Enabling Business-Critical ContinuityEnabling Business-Critical Continuity™™

What Smart Grid Will Mean to You Adjust usage in response to real-time pricing

– Dynamic load shedding to reduce demand during peak times

– Coordinate energy usage to level load Protect critical functions

– Shed non-critical loads in response to level of grid stress

– Transfer loads to distributed generation Sell excess generation capacity

– Reverse metering– Spot and day-ahead markets

Sell ancillary services– Voltage and frequency support– Reactive power compensation

Source: The Smart Grid: An IntroductionU.S. Department of Energy, 2008

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Distributed generation

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Distributed generation Power conversion

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Distributed generation Power conversion Energy storage

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Distributed generationPower conversionEnergy storagePower Distribution &

Load management

Data Center Data Center Power BackupPower Backup Distributed generation Power conversion Energy storage Power Distribution &

Load management Monitoring and control

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AC Power Systems (UPS)AC Power Systems (UPS) Rackmount UPS (0~3kVA) for desktops, servers,

telecom closets Desktop UPS (3~20kVA) with completely redundant

system controls, power modules, battery modules and monitoring options

Network UPS for on-line protection of network servers, bridges, hubs, routers, storage devices and critical workstations

Large Facility UPS with continuous availability for large data centers and facility-wide protection of sensitive electronics

Dual-UPS Systems in Parallel Power Distribution Rack PDUs

Liebert ® Rackmount UPS

Liebert ® Desktop UPS

Liebert ® Large Facility UPS

Liebert ® Network UPS

Liebert ® Power Distribution

Smart Grid Play: Energy Storage Renewable Energy

Integration VAR Correction Load Management

Liebert ® Room Cooling(Small and Large)

Complete line of Precision Cooling Technologies Precise control of temperature (±0.5° C)

and humidity (±5% RH) Designed for continuous operation Flexibility to address custom load arrangement

and future upgrades Redundancy, monitoring, and diagnostics

guard against down-time Chip cooling technologies for high performance

CPUs

Precision CoolingPrecision Cooling

Liebert ® Extreme DensityCooling Modules

Smart Grid Play: Energy Efficiency Load Management

Monitoring solutions that deliver increased visibility and control of critical support systems for single modules, entire data centers or all critical facilities in an enterprise

Aperture VISTA: Enterprise software for data center infrastructure management

Liebert SiteScan Web: Web-based site monitoring, historical data logging, alarm/event management and efficiency/energy usage tracking

Liebert IntelliSlot and Liebert Nform: Cost-effective centralized status and alarm monitoring of network-enabled Emerson equipment

Full line of power communications software and hardware products Remote monitoring service & third party monitoring system

connectivity Wide range of water leak detection systems Local and remote monitoring panels Battery capacity management, monitoring & testing

Infrastructure Management & Infrastructure Management & MonitoringMonitoring

Liebert IntelliSlotWeb Card

Liebert SiteScan WebAperture VISTA

Smart Grid Play: Energy Usage

Metering and Management

Load Management

Takeaways Focus on managing energy consumption in data centers will

continue

– Data center managers will explore every option to save energy, including some that may compromise reliability

Future data center power systems will include energy management features, such as energy storage and VAR correction

– But current technology is not ideally suited to this application

Data center load management in response to signals from the Smart Grid is a practical application

– Maximum benefit will require coordination of IT and facility management

Interest in renewable energy in the data center will increase