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Creating an effective workspace environment
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Efficiency & Power Usage Effectiveness Rating
Energy Efficiency is always of critical importance when designing
and building any data centre complex. The higher the level of energy
efficiency within a data centre results in lower quantities of
consumed power, thus minimising carbon emissions emitted into the
atmosphere, resulting in significant operational financial savings and
an increase in organisational ‘Green’ credentials.
How is Data Centre Efficiency Measured?
Data centre efficiency is measured by the method of calculating how
effective power is utilized to operate and run the data centre
effectively.
This calculation is achieved by dividing the Total Facility Power by
Power required to operate the IT Equipment.
PUE = Total Facility Power ÷ IT Equipment Power
The new DIO facility runs at an industry leading PUE level of
sub 1.25.
Compared with the previous legacy data centre’s PUE level of over
2.0, this signifies a huge increase in energy consumption efficiency
resulting in a vast decrease in the facility’s Operational Running Cost
Expenditure (OPEX).