POWER AND COOLING SURVEY 2007

List of Tables and Charts

Research Methodology and Objectives

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

• Introduction
• What are the main concerns
• An ecological dilemma
• An economic concern
• Is starting to become a political football
• The importance of greening the Data Centre
• A technological dilemma
• Summary

• Introduction
• Measuring the growth in worldwide server consumption
• BroadGroup' s 2007 Power & Cooling Data Centre survey
• Methodology of the latest Power & Cooling survey
• The main Power & Cooling concerns
• Quantifying the rise in power - API enterprise survey
• Passing on the power usage costs to the user
• Tackling the green dilemma
• Summary

• Introduction
• The rise of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• The main Government actions to date
• New types of de-facto regulatory requirements
• Other new legal requirements further down the road
• Summary

• Introduction
• The Data Centre Ecosystem at work
• The main components in the Data Centre Ecosystem
• Dual core processor technology
• The reality of Power & Cooling trends in practice
• Thermal rise measurements
• A Data Centre' s contribution to thermal output
• Redesigning the Data Centre
• Acknowledging the importance of a Data Centre Ecosystem
• Summary

• Introduction
• Cooperation with the IT sector is still needed
• The need for a holistic approach to IT
• Towards the greening of the Data Centre
• New regulatory & legal constraints
• Consequences of sustainable IT & CSR
• Summary

• Introduction
• Case Study - The Oracle Data Centre re-design
• Case Study - 365 Main - The first green Data Centre in the US
• Case Study - T-Systems Data Centre - Germany
• Case Study - Evoswitch Data Centre - Netherlands
• The problem with power supply equipment
• Other power supply new technology for the Data Centre
• Future fundamental research - nano cooling technology
• New processor development
• New server equipment development
• Fuel cell technology development
• Direct Current (DC) technology development
• Liquid cooling technology development
• Ground Water Heating technology development
• Virtualization technology development
• Power management software technology development
• The new modular Data Centre technology development
• Three dimensional thermal imaging technology development
• Free Air (or Free Cooling) technology development
• Wind power technology development
• Solar power technology development
• New lighting technology development
• Spay cool technology development
• Combined Heat & Power (CHP) development
• Fly wheel technology development
• New technology from IT hardware; cooling; cabinet and air Conditioning providers
• IT hardware manufacturers developing new enhanced cooling solutions
• Cooling cabinet providers developing new enhanced cooling solutions
• Air conditioning providers developing new enhanced cooling solutions
• The Pros and Cons of additional water cooling
• The most frequent mistakes in Data Centre Power & Cooling
• Forming an energy efficient management programme for a Data Centre
• The impact of new server equipment
• The impact of new processors
• Data Centre best practice guidelines from LBNL research
• Summary

• Introduction
• Constraints on the Data Centre
• The need to consider external factors
• New technological innovation
• The need for greater awareness
• The need for more rational policy making
• The outlook for the Data Centre
• Precautions that need to be taken
• Summary

APPENDIX 1 - A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

• Chart 1. Server electricity consumption by type from 2000 to 2005
• Chart 2. Average kilowatt per rack - Asia Pacific, North America and Europe
• Chart 3. Power costs as a percentage of total Data Centre operating costs
• Chart 4. Percentage year on year increase in rack or server power costs
• Chart 5. Average power density per rack - API survey of 100 enterprises
• Chart 6. Maximum power density per rack - API survey of 100 enterprises
• Chart 7. Generic Types of Data Centre cooling
• Chart 8. The Eco-Friendly Data Centre - The 4 main process components

• Diagram 1. The IT components present within the Data Centre
• Diagram 2. The Data Centre Ecosystem
• Diagram 3. Overview of the Data Centre Power Consumption Components

• Table 1. Industrial Electricity Costs over time in the main industrialised countries
• Table 2. Representative energy use breakdown of a typical Data Centre
• Table 3. Increases and decreases in processor speed and energy use
• Table 4. Heat loads and cooling steps to be taken in the Data Centre
• Table 5. Comparative Data Centre cooling costs and densities available
• Table 6. Power loss per 450 watt server - breakdown according to components
• Table 7. Examples of technological substitutes
• Table 8. The main Data Centre challenges - Electricity, Cooling, Cabling and Weight
• Table 9. Types of environmentally friendly technology