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Technology for Societal Impact. Information Technology and its impact on. Energy & the Environment. A Case Study on Data Centers. Paul K. Wright.
Information Technology and its impact on Energy & the Environment A Case Study on Data Centers Paul K. Wright Acting Director, CITRIS A. Martin Berlin Professor of Mechanical Engineering With thanks to colleagues Professor Van Carey and David Auslander and to Hewlett Packard

Technology for Societal Impact

The challenge for Data Centers Microprocessor

ƒ Energy cost of

Racks

Data center

supercomputing becoming prohibitive

ƒ 30 million servers in the world’s data centers ƒ ~ 3 MW each

Power Dissipation: 300 W/sq ft

Equipment Racks

ƒ Today need 14 power 1,000 megawatt plants ƒ E.g. from Borderstep Inst. ƒ Germany alone - enough energy to power two and a half million houses ƒ Produce 6 million tons of carbon emissions

Under Floor Plenum

AC Unit

Wireless Sensor Networks @ CITRIS

ƒ Deployment of micro

Power Dissipation: 300 W/sq ft

sensors (wireless nodes)

ƒ “Micro-climate” and use

Equipment Racks

at each of the blades in the server farm

Under Floor Plenum

AC Unit

Business Impact: Asset Management

ƒ Energy aware design and control

Power Dissipation: 300 W/sq ft

Equipment Racks

ƒ CITRIS HP redesign and sensing saves up to 45% of cooling power use

ƒ Saving ~$400K/yr in typical center With thanks to colleagues Professor Van Carey and David Auslander

Under Floor Plenum

AC Unit

Efficient data-centers/buildings

Microprocessor

Racks

Data center

CITRIS HP Data-center Research Energy aware design and control Key Challenges Growing consumption of power ~ 2 MW each, 10x for future Centers Energy cost of supercomputing becoming prohibitive Cooling consumes half

Hewlett Packard redesign saved up to 45% of cooling power use (saving ~$400K/yr in typical center)

High Performance Buildings LBNL History of important work in refrigerators windows, DOE2, modeling, lighting, safety

Energy efficient operation Reduce cost and carbon footprint

Energy Free Home

Sustainability: minimize lifecycle energy resources (energy) consumed

Bring together experts from campus, LBNL, industry, government to change technology, practice and policy on a national scale.

Backup ƒ Example ƒ Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability ƒ Data centers in Germany alone use …. ƒ Enough to energy to power two and a half million houses ƒ Produce 6 million tons of carbon emissions

Technology for Societal Impact