INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY
There has been
a replacement
of cooling units
with a dynamic
compressor,
demand-based
cooling and
environmentally
friendly
refrigerant.
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort.
the introduction of more environmentally
friendly refrigerants, which cool the
datacentre more competently.
Power Usage Effectiveness
Lowering Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
is another feature the datacentre aims to
achieve through improved cooling, hot
aisle–cold aisle segregation, overhead
structured cabling and air containments. It
also acts as a critical metric in measuring
the datacentre’s efficiency in power usage as
well as the usage in computing equipment
in contrast to cooling and other overheads.
Cold aisle containment in the colocation
space is planned and in progress to ensure
further energy saving measures. Here,
a chamber is created for cold air that
suppresses escape from the given space
and has ensured usage before it returns to
the unit base. This containment will help
in saving the environment by an additional
20-30 per cent.
eHDF’s investment in Dynamic CCU
configuration is the self-regulation of
pumping air where automatic detection is
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possible. All components work efficiently,
helping the uniform distribution of supply
and return air, thereby making an efficient
cooling system. A reduction of power usage
eventually helps to provide competitive
pricing to customers.
These efforts will help eHDF to optimise,
improve and take intelligent decisions to
garner energy efficiencies. The company
will continue its efforts in measuring and
monitoring the efficiencies and has set
targets to keep the PUE as low as possible
by using state-of-the-art technologies.
Raised flooring
The datacentre, which spans 1,000+
square metres of white space, received new
raised flooring, which was incorporated for
better cooling efficiency. Raised flooring
ensures robust performance. Flexible
power feeds under the raised flooring
leading to uniform and unhindered air
flow, directly impacting the temperature
and affecting cooling.
In addition, the range of upgrades
include the deployment of Cisco
Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
that will strengthen eHDF’s delivery of a
much faster and more agile service while
reducing administrative complexity and
infrastructure costs. Simultaneously, laying
of overhead cable trays for data cables in
two layers, one for copper and another for
the fibre-optic cable, was carried out. To
supplement existing backup power, higher
and more effective battery replacements
were made with additional run-out testing.
While following international standards,
eHDF has always focused on providing
customers with a high quality of service,
reliability, availability and assurance of
Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Working towards the company’s
goals of becoming more environmentally
friendly, investments were also made in
a non-hazardous and non-toxic nitrogen-
based fire suppression technology for the
new facility.
eHDF has invested in a Building
Management system (BMS) that helps
monitor and maintain the new datacentre’s
equipment and systems. This allows
the company to effectively manage and
measure the power usage, enabling
customers to plan their infrastructure
based on the same.
The upgraded datacentre will continue to
deliver world-class solutions in accordance
with Middle East requirements.
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