Direct Outside Air Cooling Solutions

It is estimated that by 2020, the IT sector will be the World’s most energy consuming industry, as technological advances continue unabated. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Data Centres consume vast amounts of energy and generate a significant amount of heat. This heat needs to be effectively controlled to ensure the efficient, reliable and continual operation of mission critical IT systems. Effective cooling of Data Centres is of paramount importance but some cooling systems can account for over 40% of the Data Centre’s total energy costs and therein lies the dilemma. Data Centre professionals are continually looking for ways to reduce overall energy use and ultimately their PUE, whilst still maintaining efficient climate control of their facilities. With blade server heat densities continuing to rise, managing heat loads effectively, whilst minimising energy costs, is a challenge every Data Centre professional faces today. With data traffic set to grow 30 times over the next ten years; energy costs continually rising, concerns over CO 2 emissions, plus the continual introduction of UK Government and EU legislation, Data Centre professionals have a lot to consider, whilst still trying to add to the business’s bottom line. Free Outside Air Cooling - maximising cooling - whilst lowering costs Cooling down the cost of Data Centre Energy Filtered direct outside air, free cooling solutions provide a highly energy efficient, low carbonway of achieving an environmentally sensitive solution for Data Centre cooling that can deliver significant energy cost savings without compromising operational performance. The Weatherite Group has been cooling IT environments using this process for over 25 years and has thousands of successful installations in the UK alone. Over recent years the cooling within some Data Centres has been achieved using computer room air conditioning (CRAC) systems which maintain close tolerances on temperature and relative humidity, resulting in a vast amount of energy being consumed. However, today’s IT equipment is far more tolerant to wider ranges of temperature and humidity and the latest servers are rated for much higher operating conditions - opening the way for more energy efficient cooling technologies to be utilised. The Green Grid, EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres, major server manufacturers and many Data Centre owners now recognise that the wider temperature and humidity parameters prescribed by ASHRAE has opened up the opportunity to utilise direct outside air free cooling technology, (also known as ‘economiser’ type cooling systems) resulting in massive energy savings. Weatherite’s own free cooling packaged approach, utilising filtered direct outside air, delivers a highly efficient, energy saving, low carbon, sustainable cooling solution - one that has been successfully proven throughout the Data Centre and Telecoms industries for well over 25 years. With over 40 years’ experience in cooling technology, Weatherite has both the knowledge and the expertise to provide themost energy efficient cooling solution for virtually any Data Centre. Data Centre Cooling - The challenges