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challenge, Lithium-ion delivers high levels of
resiliency and uptime.
“In late 2018, a Bloomberg New Energy
Finance report forecasted that 40% of data
centre battery backup would incorporate
lithium-ion by the year 2025,” said Wendy
Torell, Senior Research Analyst, Schneider
Electric Data Centre Science Centre.
“Among hyperscale data centres, this
forecast is predicted to be even greater
at 55%. Li-ion cells also present many
benefits for critical power solutions used
by Internet giants, colocation and cloud
service providers. Here space is often
at a premium and the smaller footprint
offers significant revenue advantages as
more white space becomes available to
accomodate customers.”
The Lithium Ion vs VRLA TradeOff Tool is one
of a number of digital software tools from
Schneider Electric that allow data centre
operators to model the cost implications
of deploying different power, cooling and
infrastructure management solutions.
EkkoSense integrates Rentaload
load bank technology into
SaaS solution
EkkoSense, the software-driven thermal
optimisation specialist, has added
Rentaload load bank functionality into its
EkkoSoft Critical M&E SaaS software.
are smaller, lighter and have a longer
lifecycle than lead-acid alternatives.
They can also withstand a greater number
of charge/discharge cycles and recharge
more quickly.
As a result, they require less service
maintenance and less frequent replacement,
resulting in lower operating costs.
Studies conducted by Schneider
Electric’s Data Centre Science Centre
and detailed in White Paper #229:
Battery Technology for Data Centers,
found that over a 10-year period, Li-ion
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delivered a TCO that is between 10%
and 40% lower than equivalent UPS
systems based on VRLA batteries.
Li-ion is the optimal choice
for customers
Rentaload is a leading European load
bank rental company and customers
across Europe will now be able to view
real-time load data in EkkoSoft Critical,
providing them with immediate insight
into the impact of their real or simulated
data centre loads on cooling, power and
capacity performance.
Due to a lower TCO and greater reliability,
single phase UPS with Li-ion have become
an optimal and popular choice within
distributed IT environments for the retail,
healthcare and finance sectors. EkkoSense and Rentaload originally
announced a partnership in November
2018, and following their collaboration
Rentaload’s load bank functionality
is now fully integrated with EkkoSoft
Critical and available now. The solution
is already in place at several data centre
sites across Europe.
For these smaller, localised Edge Computing
solutions, where application availability is
critical and management becomes a key Pierre-Luc Barbe, Rentaload’s General
Manager, said: “From day one we
recognised the power of EkkoSoft
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