{"id":17579,"date":"2020-01-28T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/news-11314\/"},"modified":"2020-01-28T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:00:32","slug":"news-11314","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/news-11314\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing Energy Use and Emissions in Today\u2019s Data Center Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global Market Insights, in their November 2019 report, estimated the size of the Green Data Center Market at over USD 6.5 billion in 2018 and is projected to increase by 23.5% CAGR from 2019 to 2026.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The report describes the green data center as designed to provide maximum energy efficiency and minimize environmental impact; consuming less energy and space. \u2018The rapid shift toward renewable energy sources is accelerating the green\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/co-location\/2018\/07\/19\/ai-machine-learning-colocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data center market<\/a>\u00a0growth. Construction and modernization of data center facilities are driving the market owing to rise in the data being generated, placing a high demand on energy sources to power data centers and cool them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This is important at a time when growing concern is being expressed about the energy consumption within the data center sector, as well as the associated emissions. We spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dave-johnson-b17540\/\">Dave Johnson<\/a>, Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric, just after attending the DatacenterDynamics London 2019 plenary session where Dave spoke with other industry experts to discuss how to address these issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFtKtv8MM7k\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" style=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Offsetting Renewables to Renewable Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dave explained to me that for him, there are two major avenues available to those dedicated to affecting positive change;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/datacenter\/2019\/11\/04\/is-the-data-center-industry-ready-to-respond-to-the-climate-change-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the first\u00a0critical path to follow is renewables<\/a>. \u201cWe started out with renewable offsets early in our journey into using renewables, now we have to start actually using renewables to power data centers and I think there\u2019s been a lot of progress there.\u201d (The Greenpeace\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clickclean.org\/international\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ClickClean<\/a>\u00a0initiative has been encouraging major internet companies to move to renewables since 2010).<\/p>\n<p>The second significant avenue for the industry to focus on more in-depth is efficiency. Dave stated that there are equally large gains to be made by increasing the energy efficiency of data centers (no-one ever argues about this point, incidentally).<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63686\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PME_Image__2016_jpg_Rk-XQ9qm.jpg\" alt=\"man and a woman in an office looking at a computer\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PME_Image__2016_jpg_Rk-XQ9qm.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.se.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PME_Image__2016_jpg_Rk-XQ9qm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.se.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PME_Image__2016_jpg_Rk-XQ9qm-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.se.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PME_Image__2016_jpg_Rk-XQ9qm-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to Look for Specific Energy Efficiency Gains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/datacenter\/2019\/11\/04\/is-the-data-center-industry-ready-to-respond-to-the-climate-change-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Organizations can be more specific in their objectives and energy strategies<\/a>\u00a0by analyzing and breaking the problem down. Large data centers have progressed significantly in improving their PUE, initially many enterprise data centers were operating at higher PUE\u2019s numbers than today. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked a lot on this. We\u2019ve had our PUE\u2019s come way down from the high 1\u2019s even 2 down to the low 1\u2019s (1.1, 1.2), so we\u2019ve done a lot of good work there, and we\u2019ve done a lot of good work to bring renewables into these data centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although some of the boxes are checked, there are additional components to consider which could contribute to further significant gains. The focus on large data centers has really paid off, now organizations need to focus in on edge IT, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/co-location\/2019\/01\/09\/why-5g-future-and-beyond-depends-on-telco-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">telco edge<\/a>, and everything within the digital infrastructure ecosystem that is outside of those big data centers. The big targets are straightforward to spot, now it\u2019s time to focus on the harder ones where greater gains can be made.<\/p>\n<p>Dave concluded that as an industry \u201cwe haven\u2019t done a lot there yet and those areas (edge) are actually growing faster in terms of electricity use than the big data centers, so that\u2019s where we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about innovative energy solutions for data centers, download our whitepaper:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navigantresearch.com\/reports\/data-centers-and-advanced-microgrids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data Centers and Advanced Microgrids Meeting Resiliency, Efficiency, and Sustainability Goals Through Smart and Cleaner Power Infrastructure.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h6><sup>1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gminsights.com\/industry-analysis\/green-data-center-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Data Center Market Size<\/a> By Component, By Application, Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Growth Potential, Competitive Market Share &amp; Forecast, 2019 \u2013 2026 &#8211; Global Market Insights, November 2019<\/h6>\n<h6><sup>2<\/sup> Exploring the Edge: 12 Frontiers of Edge Computing by Thomas Bittman, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gatner May 2019 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/doc\/reprints?id=1-1OIB65YZ&amp;ct=190917&amp;st=sb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/doc\/reprints?id=1-1OIB65YZ&amp;ct=190917&amp;st=sb<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/datacenter\/2020\/01\/28\/addressing-energy-use-and-emissions-in-todays-data-center-market\/\">Addressing Energy Use and Emissions in Today\u2019s Data Center Market<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\">Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/datacenter\/2020\/01\/28\/addressing-energy-use-and-emissions-in-todays-data-center-market\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global Market Insights, in their November 2019 report, estimated the size of the Green Data Center Market at over USD 6.5 billion in 2018 and is projected to increase by&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/datacenter\/2020\/01\/28\/addressing-energy-use-and-emissions-in-todays-data-center-market\/\" title=\"ReadAddressing Energy Use and Emissions in Today\u2019s Data Center Market\">Read more &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/datacenter\/2020\/01\/28\/addressing-energy-use-and-emissions-in-todays-data-center-market\/\">Addressing Energy Use and Emissions in Today\u2019s Data Center Market<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\">Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[12389,12388],"tags":[12391,19955,12430,6269,10495,12427,18233],"class_list":["post-17579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scadaics","category-schneider","tag-data-center","tag-data-center-market","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-internet-of-things","tag-iot","tag-sustainability","tag-telco-edge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}