<opinion> Considering the quality and durability of modern computer components; anyone using AC chillers to cool their DC could be considered somewhat moronic.
</opinion> [When will | is it required for] computer manufacturers and DC's be forced to comply with similar stringent emissions regulations applied to the auto energy. I wonder how much energy DCs use in comparison to domestic energy use and automotive.... I could search but I have only had 3 hours sleep. My various ploys to avoid on call duty failed this time. ta, Andrew On 17 May 2013 12:02, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> wrote: > > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-swedish-data-center-saves-1-269868.html > > Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling > > Collocation provider Interxion uses water pumped from the Baltic Sea to cool > its data centers > > By James Niccolai, IDG News Service > > May 16, 2013 04:26 PM ET > > IDG News Service - A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a > million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish > are an occasional hazard. > > Interxion, a collocation company in the Netherlands that rents data center > space in 11 countries, uses water pumped from the Baltic Sea to cool the IT > equipment at its facilities in Stockholm. > > [ IN PICTURES: 10 of the world's coolest data centers ] > > > Credit: James Niccolai, IDG News Service > > Lex Coors of Interxion describes his company's salwater cooling system at the > Uptime Institute Symposium. The energy used to cool IT equipment is one of > the costliest areas of running a data center. Companies have traditionally > used big, mechanical chillers, but some are turning to outside air and > evaporative techniques as lower-cost alternatives. > > Seawater is another option, and apparently an effective one. Interxion > recouped its initial investment after about a year, with the "cost" of the > seawater equivalent to US$0.03 per kWh, said Lex Coors, Interxion's chief > engineering officer, at the Uptime Institute's data center conference in > Santa Clara, California, this week. > > Interxion benefited greatly from the fact that there was already a network of > pipes around Stockholm that provides seawater for cooling. It worked with a > local partner to connect its data center to that network, at a cost of about > $1 million. > > [SNIP] > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
