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Power usage is one of the biggest concerns for a data centre, particularly because it involves so many other aspects of operations, such as heating and cooling, network efficiency, and monitoring. Here are 10 ways to reduce power use without negatively affecting the data centre.

Do an onsite audit & modelling: An audit can help identify areas of inefficiency, says Greg Stover, senior vice president of sales at NER.The audit should take into account items such as room layout, rack-by-rack IT equipment densities, CRAC type and location, total equipment power consumption, point temperatures throughout the room, cutouts, and leakage. Stover says, “Next, a modelling process with many iterations and scenarios can help you develop a complete thermal solution for the data centre that prevents excess power use.”

Source: Processor

IBM and Defence Equipment and Support, a department of the Ministry of Defence, have announced a five-year strategic agreement for IBM to manage the UK Air Surveillance Command & Control System (UCCS). The IBM system is used to identify every one of the thousands of aircraft that are in the skies above the UK at any moment of the day. It tracks their movements against filed flight plans and sifts through real-time data to pinpoint suspicious activity.

The system was originally designed and implemented by IBM staff in the UK in 2001. The new agreement continues the existing relationship and covers the support for all hardware, software, training, helpdesk and onsite assistance to meet the most demanding requirements specified by the Royal Air Force.

Source: IBM

Virtus Data Centres, the data centre operating entity of Obsidian, have announced that they have completed on their all cash purchase of a 40,000 sq ft building in Enfield, North London for the development of our new 60,000 sq ft Tier 3 data centre facility.   Having completed the purchase and secured specific planning consent for use as a Data Centre, Virtus have now triggered the installation of the 8MVA from EDF.

The facility designed by Norman Disney and Young will have a power density of 1.72kw per sq m across 25,193 sq ft (2,341 sq m) of net technical space. Structure Tone, in partnership with Gratte Brothers, has been formally appointed as the principle contractor and will be responsible for the entire construction and M&E fit out.

Source: Virtus

As part of the green initiative and IT transformation program, Hewlett Packard has completed consolidation of 85 internal IT data centres into just six locations thus reducing costs, eliminate older technologies and improve service levels, while also decreasing the environmental impact of its facilities. It recently shut down all the existing data centres spread across Singapore, Korea, China, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and India, resulting in saving worth US$175 million.

Faisal Paul, head ESS Marketing & Growth Initiatives, HP India said “We have now consolidated our existing data centres to just six in three locations. By doing so we have achieved a 60% reduction in annual energy use through thermal mapping, virtualisation, technology refresh. Besides 80% more processing power with 80% fewer servers and also reduced the data storage costs while doubling the capacity”.

Source: CXO Today

Research In Motion, developer of the BlackBerry, plans to add about 200 high-tech jobs in Atlanta as the smartphone heavyweight spars with challenger Apple. Canada-based RIM also plans to open a data centre, which sources say would be one of the largest and most reliable of such facilities in the region.

RIM has identified a nearly 40-acre site near Alpharetta’s North Point Mall, said sources familiar with the company’s plans. RIM, which is in expansion mode, probably picked the Atlanta area because it is home to a major customer — AT&T Mobility, said Tavis McCourt, an analyst with Morgan, Keegan & Co.

Source: Atlanta Business Journal