DATA CENTRES. NEARLY ZERO ENERGY CONSUMPTION
21st June 2017, 14:00-15:30 h
Charlemagne building. Jenkins room Rue de la Loi 170. BRUSSELS
Isabella MASCHIO
Paolo BERTOLDI
European Commission
DG Joint Research Center
POLICY
CONFERENCE
The EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres /the Best Practices Guidelines
EU Codes of Conduct for ICT
• AC Uninterruptible Power Systems
• Broadband Communication Equipment
• Data Centres
• Digital TV Services
• External Power Supplies
The EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres
Most people are non-expert in some area(s) of the data centre Best Practices are guidance to operators on how they might improve energy efficiency Neither prescriptive nor exhaustive list of specific technologies Focussed on goals and processes Structured to allow the addition of new technologies Establish common vocabulary and terminology Provide operators with an understanding of the available technology options …and their relative merits Processes they should establish Communication that is necessary Relationship between technology areas
2017 Best Practice Guidelines - objectives
Best Practice categories
Best Practices are: • scored 1-5 (min-max) based upon their likely energy use benefit • ordered by score • practice scores are not intended to be summed for an ‘overall score’
Category Description
Entire Data Centre Expected to be applied to all existing IT, Mechanical and Electrical equipment within the data centre
New Software Expected during any new software install or upgrade
New IT Equipment Expected for new or replacement IT equipment
Build or retrofit 2010 onwards
Expected for any data centre built or undergoing a significant refit of the M&E equipment from 2010 onwards
Best Practice by area of application
• Data Centres utilisation, management and planning
• IT equipment and services
• Cooling
• Data Centres power equipment
• Other Data Centres equipment
• Data Centres building
• Monitoring
Best Practices - example
Best Practices analysis (2016)
• 325 DCs have applied, 289 have been granted Participant status
• 152 Best Practices in total, 81 minimum expected (2016)
• Most of the top implemented practices require low capital
expenditure (low hanging fruit)
• Recent participants implement more Best Practices
289 Participants (2016)
Documentation available on
European Energy Efficiency Platform (E3P) https://e3p.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Energy efficiency and renewables unit
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