The Greenest Datacentre in the World
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Last week we told you about Yahoo’s chicken coop-inspired green data centre that uses 100 percent outside air for cooling. Well, Capgemini UK is boldly claiming to have created the most sustainable datacentre in the world in Swindon, where the climate is apparently optimal for the fresh-air cooling system it has implemented.
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“The Merlin datacentre was designed to be the most sustainable and efficient storage facility with the key goals being to reduce power, water and emissions,” explained Paul Anderson, programme director of outsourcing services at Capgemini UK.
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Using the modular approach, Capgemini has ensured that its datacentre is re-useable. The modules used to house data were originally designed as field hospitals and are fully mobile as well as being 95 per cent recyclable.
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Capgemini’s Merlin facility uses 50 per cent of the power and 30 per cent less water than traditional datacentres. For every 232KW of IT load being used in a module, 8KW of energy is used to cool it, according to Capgemini.
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The Merlin centre will be certified as a Tier 3 datacentre, making it only the third of this kind in Europe.
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[Via BusinessGreen]
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Tags: Datacentre, Environment, Green efforts, green technology, Outside Air Cooling System, Recycle, Renewable Energy
March 11th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
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