Sustainable data center
Sustainable data center
Data centres are an essential foundation for the modern economy and further technological development. However, the exponential increase in the number of data centres is putting a strain on our environment: the demand for natural resources required for the construction of data centres is growing. The same applies to electricity consumption during operation: according to forecasts, data centres will emit between 200 and 250 megatonnes of CO2 in the future and could be responsible for a fifth of global electricity demand by 2025.
Data centres that are designed and built today must take account of technological and economic developments in the coming years:
- Modularised design and construction of data centres
- Implementation of the circular economy
- Reduction of power distribution losses
- partly due to the development of electricity prices
- Increasing IT energy demand leads to even higher efficiency requirements
- Consideration of sustainability criteria (e.g. refrigerants)
- Utilisation of environmental heat sources and heat sinks (waste heat)
- Moving away from diesel power generation
- Use of e-fuels
- Increased use of batteries
- Use of hydrogen
- Sustainable Modular Data Centre as a combination of modular container construction and conventional realisation (the best of both worlds):The use of production lines promotes ecological construction with a significantly lower carbon footprint.
- Fundamental optimisation of the data centre design
- Leveraging synergies at the level of components, units and systems as part of a holistic concept including the surrounding infrastructure and neighbouring trades and parties (networked neighbourhood concept)
- Implementing an intelligent energy management system for permanent operational improvements, based on monitoring and analysis strategies for greater energy efficiency and more renewable sources
YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS ADDED VALUE
- Environmental protection and cost-effectiveness - with sophisticated energy concepts, intelligent utilisation of synergies and integration into the respective district planning, our experts ensure that you can operate your data centre not only in an environmentally friendly but also economically sustainable manner.
- Customised instead of standardised - our team will respond to your individual requirements. Because standardised solutions are generally not the best.
- Continuity - we guarantee the security, availability and data flows within your company or data centre throughout the entire duration of the project.
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SOLUTIONS FOR THE ICT SECTOR
Whether you are looking for support with data centers or IT infrastructure, Drees & Sommer Switzerland offers innovative solutions from the initial concept to operation – solutions that take into account both increasingly stringent standards for security and energy efficiency and greater expectations with regard to profitability. Our team always addresses your specific requirements and ensures security, availability and data flow within your company and/or data center throughout the project.
