By 2011, the average UK
data centre is expected to spend around £11m ($15.33m) a year on cooling IT systems, equipment and plant rooms. With the rising cost of energy and mounting concern over the IT industry's contribution to carbon emissions, HP's design for Wynyard sets a new standard for data centres around the worldWynyard is able to reduce the cost of cooling in its facility through a number of design considerations:
* Eight 2.2m diameter fans in each of the four halls in the data centre used to supply air and another eight used to exhaust air
* A mixing chamber in the facility recirculates air to maintain conditions in the 5m-high pressurised plenum below the computer equipment
* 8100m2 of technical space at an average capacity of 2260 w/m2 to a tier 3 standard
* Humidification and cooling coils in the data centre to tune the outside air condition and remove contaminants
At an average of 9 pence (11.7¢) per kWH,
this design will save Wynyard approximately £1m ($1.4m) per hall, which will deliver HP and its clients energy efficient computing space with a carbon footprint of less than half of many of its competitors in the market.
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