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CASE STUDY
Accounting for
the future
By Raritan
www.raritan.com
Global accounting firm adds
intelligent tools to manage new
high-density colocation site
Recognised by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
other energy organisations for reducing its carbon footprint,
the accounting firm looks to all parts of its business to support
its energy-reduction efforts, and this includes its data centres.
Its traditional data centre that supports all the applications
used by the firm’s professionals in the United States
generates almost half of its own electricity on site using a
low-emission, natural-gas power generation system. Instead
of venting into the environment, the generator’s exhaust
heat is distributed to chillers – providing continuously chilled
water to the air conditioning system that maintains optimal
temperatures for the IT equipment. Solar power is even used
to provide electricity to the firm’s headquarters campus that
houses the data centre and company offices.
Energy efficiency steps inside the data centre include
virtualising servers, and eliminating hotspots, overcooling and
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