THE DATA CENTRE CROSSROADS

Richard PowSales Manager – UK and Nordics

Efficiency

Cost

Carbon footprint

€

CO2

COLT DATA CENTRE PUE PERFORMANCE

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.02000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010

PUEachieved

2011

Year DC built

Linear PUE

PUE

DC1 - DE

DC2 - FR

DC3 - BEDC4 - GB

DC5 - FR

DC6 - DKDC7 - IT

DC8 - PT

DC9 - SP

DC10 - SP

DC11 - UK DC12 - NL

2012

SHORT TERM FIXES

REGULATEAIRFLOW

REDUCEAIRFLOW

LEAKS

CHECKFLOORING

CONTROL AIR TEMPER-

ATURES

REGULATEHUMIDITY

TRANSFORMERVOLTAGE

AISLECONTAINMENT

REMOVE ISOLATION

TRANSFORMERS

MEASURE

MEASURE

TURN OFFREDUNDANTEQUIPMENT

ALIGN HOT / COLD

AISLES

SHORT TERM FIXES

REGULATEAIRFLOW

REGULATEHUMIDITY

TRANSFORMERVOLTAGE

TURN OFFREDUNDANTEQUIPMENT

ALIGN HOT / COLD

AISLES

AISLECONTAINMENT

REMOVE ISOLATION

TRANSFORMERS

MEASURE

MEASURE

REDUCEAIRFLOW

LEAKS

CHECKFLOORING

CONTROL AIR TEMPER-

ATURES

ALIGN CONTAINMENT

SHORT TERM FIXES

REGULATEAIRFLOW

REGULATEHUMIDITY

TRANSFORMERVOLTAGE

TURN OFFREDUNDANTEQUIPMENT

ALIGN HOT / COLD

AISLES

AISLECONTAINMENT

REMOVE ISOLATION

TRANSFORMERS

MEASURE

MEASURE

REDUCEAIRFLOW

LEAKS

CHECKFLOORING

CONTROL AIR TEMPER-

ATURES

ALIGN HOT / COLD AISLES

SHORT TERM FIXES

REGULATEAIRFLOW

REDUCEAIRFLOW

LEAKS

CHECKFLOORING

CONTROL AIR TEMPER-

ATURES

REGULATEHUMIDITY

TRANSFORMERVOLTAGE

AISLECONTAINMENT

REMOVE ISOLATION

TRANSFORMERS

MEASURE

MEASURE

REDUCEAIRFLOW

LEAKS

TURN OFFREDUNDANTEQUIPMENT

ALIGN HOT / COLD

AISLES

SHORT TERM FIXES

REGULATEAIRFLOW

REGULATEHUMIDITY

TRANSFORMERVOLTAGE

AISLECONTAINMENT

REMOVE ISOLATION

TRANSFORMERS

MEASURE

MEASURE

REDUCEAIRFLOW

LEAKS

CHECKFLOORING

CONTROL AIR TEMPER-

ATURES

REGULATE HUMIDITY

TURN OFFREDUNDANTEQUIPMENT

ALIGN HOT / COLD

AISLES

Reduction in PUE18 %

Cut in annual carbon emissions

15k=2800Tonnes carbon Trips around the worldReduction in

annual energy bill

€4m

REAL BUSINESS RISK

RISK

0yrs

15yrs

REAL BUSINESS RISK

0yrs

15yrs

RISK

Take action.

1-3yrs

Application Lifecycle

3-5yrsCompute

EquipmentLifecycle

10-20yrsData Centre

Lifecycle

REINVEST

RELOCATE

DO NOTHING

MEDIUM TERM FIXESSHORT TERM FIXES

FAILURE RATE?COST OF

MAINTENANCE?EQUIPMENT LIFECYCLE?

COOLING SYSTEM?

REPLACEMENT?DOWNTIME?

360° APPROACH?

€

Chiller equipment UPS & DC rectifiersUpdate / replace

room cooling units

COST:

TIMELINE:

MANPOWER:

RISK:

CONSIDERATIONS:

LIFECYCLE:years

10-15years

10-15years

10-15

Dimensions Software Capacity

Software Pumps/pressure

Change over Testing Synchronisation

6 months 12 months 6 months

REINVEST

RELOCATE

DO NOTHING

TIME TO RELOCATE?

Equipment end of life?

Manufacturer support?

Maintenance costs?

Spare parts?

Running costs?€

TIME TO RELOCATE?

How critical is compute?

Data risk?

Business changes?

Future capacity?

BUSINESS SCENARIOS

Higher density activity

Decrease business activity

Exponential growth

M&A

Consolidation

Build your data centre needs around your business Don’t fit your

business to your data centre

SO WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS?

Build

Virtualisation Consolidation

Cloud

InsourcingColocation

Outsourcing

Navigate your way through the options available

DO NOTHINGREINVEST

RELOCATE

1Clear destination

2 Plan your route

3 Know the rules