Physical infrastructure: Effective consolidation of space, power, and cooling

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1 2011 GreenGov Symposium Oct. 31 Nov. 2, 2011 Washington Hilton Washington, DC Physical infrastructure: Effective consolidation of space, power, and cooling Neil Rasmussen Sr. VP, Innovation Chief Scientist, Data Center Science Center Schneider Electric

2 Federal Energy and Carbon Federal data center energy use: 6B kwhr* per year 700 MW continuous load 280 MW avoidable via best practice facility improvements (PUE 2.1 to PUE 1.25) Electricity savings of $260 M per year Carbon reduction of 1.9 Mega Tons CO2 per year Equivalent to taking 380,000 cars off the road *OMB letter from Federal CIO, Feb 26, 2010

3 It s a jungle down there Consolidation by squeezing more IT into a traditional data center is NOT a recipe for success

4 Attributes of Typical Commercial Consolidation Projects Power density increases 3X or more Efficiency improvements of 30% or more Less space needed per watt due to increased density Total power requirement is poorly predicted Unexpected side benefits Provisioning speed Hot spots eliminated Power and data cabling improved and simplified Case studies typically show consolidation into new data centers, but most projects are into existing data centers

5 Receiving Data Centers: New vs Existing Consolidate into new Dramatic Outcome: Immediate showcase data center Project drives massive IT refresh Large up front cost Creates real estate transactions and disrupts employees Ideal performance can be achieved Consolidate into existing Evolutionary: Consolidation occurs over time Consolidation is driven by IT refreshes Savings can bootstrap the project No real estate transactions and reduced employee disruption Existing facility places constraints on the design FDCCI guidance suggests consolidation into existing DCs Commercial experience suggests this is the right approach

6 Best-practice architecture for consolidation into existing data centers Adopt a standardized approach to reduce planning, design, equipment, and engineering costs One that works in any existing facility, but provides high density and high efficiency Provides a means to scale up power and cooling capacity to meet demand and prevent over provisioning That allows density and efficiency upgrades in a live data center

7 High density pod overlay method Example: US Army, Fort Bliss

8 High density pod overlay method Example: SUN, Data Center Dynamics, July 2008

9 High density pod overlay method Based on IT pods with integral power distribution and cooling units Pods become the unit of deployment Pods are added to existing data centers along side existing IT Pods for different densities and redundancies can be deployed in the same data center Pods can utilize existing bulk power and chilling plants Pods scale up through addition of modular bulk power and cooling plants

10 The planning challenge US Government has over 2,000 data centers Data centers must be evaluated to determine Stay as is Candidate to be a receiving data center for consolidation Candidate to be eliminated through consolidation This evaluation must be standardized to be effective Standardized metrics for capacity, performance, scalability Standardized method for repeatability and low cost

11 Recommendations That government and Industry work together to create published open source standards for: A standard Statement of Work, metrics, and reporting format for Data Center Consolidation Evaluation Standard hardware reference designs for high density pods for consolidation projects

12 Further information Preparing the of Receiving Data Centers for Consolidation Schneider Electric White Paper 175 Determining the Power, Cooling, and Space Capacities when Consolidating Data Centers Schneider Electric White Paper 177 Energy Savings Performance Contracts for Federal Data Center Consolidation Schneider Electric White Paper 176 Schneider Electric White Paper Library whitepapers.apc.com TradeOff Tools tools.apc.com Library