EDGE CENTRES
PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS : STULZ
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When delivering on hyper specialised design objectives in an industry where off-the-rack just won ’ t cut it , developing key partnerships is essential . “ Because the edge is so different to a standard bricksand-mortar colocation facility , a lot of things change when it comes to the design process ,” says Eaves . “ When we started out and looked at the kinds of off the shelf technology that was available , we saw that a lot of it wasn ' t fit for purpose . It was functional , but didn ' t give us the ability to increase our efficiency as much as we wanted , or to do free cooling .” In order to be able to build its edge data centres the way they need to be built , Edge Centres has partnered with climate control specialists , Stulz . “ We went to Stulz , who I ' d had a great relationship with in the past , and we figured out a way for them to modify their standard units to make them fit for our purposes . The units we use from Stulz are custom-made just for our facilities ,” says Eaves . Following that success , Stulz has also played a role in outfitting Edge Centres with dedicated UPS , as well as hot aisle containment equipment .
for different combinations that creates an impressive level of redundancy . “ You need to lose two completely independent solar banks to lose power . By using solar power , our sites are actually more redundant in terms of power than a typical data centre ,” says Eaves . “ You need to lose two completely separate , paralleled inverter banks , and your batteries , in order for you to lose your load and have an outage .”
Solar , Eaves reflects , has been an amazing discovery for Edge Centres , and is the key driver behind the truly staggering efficiency of the company ’ s sites . “ Even if you have 200-300 kilowatts of live , available solar - which we have - if you only need 30 kilowatts because you ' re a low-loaded new site , all the panels generate is 30 kilowatts . It only generates what it needs . Our PUE is incredibly low as a result ,” Eaves explains . “ Our operational PUE is 1.04 because we ' re only creating exactly what we require .”
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