FEATURE: DATA CENTRES
quality, data centre infrastructure
designers need to address the energy
challenge and be part of reducing the
carbon footprint. About 45% of data
centre operating costs are spent on
energy (including system monitoring,
power equipment, cooling equipment
and electricity usage).
Data centre Infrastructure
Management (DCIM) is one of the
tools that can make infrastructures
more energy-efficient. Schneider
Electric’s end-to-end DCIM software
suite, StruxureWare for data centres,
enables data centres to monitor,
operate, analyse and optimise power,
cooling, security and energy. We have
customised these solutions across the
region- for the Oman Data Park, the
data centre at Khalifa Port and Abu
Dhabi’s Department of Transport to
help each entity streamline business
operations in a sustainable way.
A key component of the DCIM is
cooling solutions. As power densities
and heat levels in data centres rise,
cooling technologies will play a key
role in transforming the IT floorplans
to achieve cost and energy efficiency.
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The global data centre cooling market is
anticipated to grow from $6.26 billion in
2015 to reach $11.85 billion by 2020,
according to a 2015 study by US-based
market intelligence and research firm
Research and Markets.
Data centre cooling systems protect
hardware from system vulnerabilities
and downtime. It also makes the data
centre more manageable and efficient,
by protecting it from excessive levels of
humidity and condensation. Cooling
systems work to recycle hot air expelled
from IT equipment, whilst maintaining
inlet air temperatures. Some solutions,
such as hot and cold aisle containment,
free cooling or liquid cooling, have been
widely implemented in the last few
years.
A KEY COMPONENT OF
THE DCIM IS COOLING
SOLUTIONS. AS POWER
DENSITIES AND HEAT
LEVELS IN DATA
CENTRES RISE, COOLING
TECHNOLOGIES WILL
PLAY A KEY ROLE IN
TRANSFORMING THE
IT FLOORPLANS TO
ACHIEVE COST AND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
With mega-events such as Expo 2020
and the surge of investment of the
tourism, hospitality and healthcare
verticals, the Gulf States remain
committed to innovation connectivity
and sustainability. To make these a reality
and stay competitive with the global
technology evolutions, we expect various
industries and governments to invest in
the above trends in the coming years.
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