1. DATA CENTRE SERVICES
COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)
SERVICES
Presented to
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2. AGENDA
 AINSWORTH INC OVERVIEW
 AINSWORTH DATA CENTRE SERVICES
 WHAT IS COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)?
 WHY IS A CFD STUDY IMPERATIVE FOR ALL DATA CENTRES?
 OUR 5 STEP CFD APPROACH
 HOW DOES CFD BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS
 PRICING AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
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3. AINSWORTH – COMPANY PROFILE
 AINSWORTH IS AN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
 SERVING CUSTOMERS FOR OVER 75 YEARS
 ESTABLISHED IN 1933
 AN OMERS BUSINESS
 ANNUAL SALES OF $200M, OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES
 OPERATIONS COAST TO COAST (13 OFFICES)
 ISO 9001 REGISTERED
 PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE CONSUMER’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE FOR
8 CONSECUTIVE YEARS
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4. AINSWORTH LOCATIONS
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5. AINSWORTH SERVICE OFFERINGS
 Integrated Facilities Management  Project Management Services
 HVAC/R Service & Maintenance  Total Building/Plant Maintenance
 Electrical Installations  Repairable Asset Management
 Mechanical Installations  Rotating Equipment Remanufacturing
 Energy Management Services  Electrical Service & Maintenance
 Solar PV Design, Installation &  Industrial Electronics Services
Maintenance  Data & Voice Cabling
 Solar Thermal Heating  Data Systems Infrastructure
 High Voltage  Applied Drive Systems
 Power Systems Design, Maintenance &  Design Build
Modernization
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6. Information
Energy
Technology
AINSWORTH DATA CENTRE SERVICES
Building Process and
Infrastructure Automation
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Electrical HVAC Mechanical IT
Generation Refrigeration Plumbing Network
Technology
UPS Boilers Sheet Metal Servers
Distribution / Chillers Motors Storage
Transfer Switch
CRACs Pumps Voice / Data
Cabling Communication
CRAH Security
Utility / Grid
High Voltage Cabling
Fire & Safety
Engineering Engineering Physical Access Assessments
Thermography Capacity / Usage Plenum Plan / Design /
Implement /
Offering
Quality / Capacity Hot/Cold Aisle Flooring
Support
/ Usage Containment
Fire suppression
Consolidation
Industrial Air Flow Analysis
Electronics Virtualization
Thermography
Service Monitoring
Passive / Active
Lighting solutions IMACs
Process and Automation
Plant Maintenance / Building Automation / Infrastructure Monitoring & Reporting

7. WHAT IS CFD ? COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
 measure air temperature and air flow at critical points throughout the data centre
 Identify hot spots and air flow restrictions
 Perform a CFD analysis in problematic areas. This is a rigorous mean of evaluating airflow
patterns and may include important variables such as air pressure, temperature and velocity.
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8. WHAT IS CFD ? COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
 Evaluate and assess the data
 Construct an “AS IS” floor plan identifying issues with air flow, obstruction and other areas of
concern
The customer receives:
An in-depth account of airflow characteristics
A comprehensive report, including floor plans,
Which identifies problems and provides recommendations
With corresponding estimates
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9. WHY IS CFD IMPERATIVE FOR ALL DATA CENTRES
 DATA CENTRES WERE CONSTRUCTED TO MEET A BASE CONFIGURATION – A CFD STUDY
CONFIRMS IF THE BASE DESIGN IS STILL ADEQUATE FOR CURRENT USE.
 COMPUTING DENSITIES HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE COOLING
REQUIREMENTS AND PROFILE OF YOUR DATA CENTRE HAS LIKELY CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY AS WELL.
 WHAT WAS VALID YESTERDAY IS NOT VALID TODAY.
 VALIDATES THAT THE DATA CENTRE IS READY FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURES AND PLANNED
PROJECTS.
 ARE YOU SPENDING MORE THAN YOU SHOULD BE ON COOLING?
 CONFIRMS WHERE YOU ARE COOLING THE DATA CENTRE VS WHERE THE COOLING IS
REQUIRED.
 CONFIRMS IF THE DATA CENTRE COOLING ARCHITECTURE IS OVER/UNDER DESIGNED?
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10. OUR 5-STEP APPROACH
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11. Delivering efficient airflow to the entire face of the rack, and ultimately the equipment inside it.
 High velocity and low
THE PROBLEM pressure creates unbalanced
airflow through the subfloor.
 Cold airflow through
perforated tiles is often weak
and inconsistent.
 Negative pressure from high
velocity in the subfloor can
pull air down through
perforated tiles instead of
forcing it up to the rack.
 CRAC unit fails to deliver a
steady, efficient airflow with a
balanced temperature.
 Cooling of the rack is
inefficient. Low areas may be
cool while the higher areas
remain untouched by cold air.
 This is what your data center
looks like when all of these
inefficiencies are occurring.
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12. The FlowLogix system is an innovative combination of CFD modeling, airflow
management, and professional services to manage airflow in your data
center and distribute it to the heat load.
FlowLogix decreases your overall kW draw, providing significant energy
savings. In all cases this is accomplished without the installation of any
additional CRAC units.
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13. 1) CFD Modeling
 Eliminate hot spots
 Direct more cool air to the heat load
2) Subfloor Annual
 Completely balance your subfloor air Balancing
Maintenance
 Improve A/C unit return air
temperatures to maximize tonnage 3) Cold Air
and efficiency Managemen
t
 Reduce your energy costs on average
by 23%
4) Heat & Return
 Monitor cold aisle temperatures in Air Management
real time
5) Environmental
Monitoring
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14. Full CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Analysis Before and After:  On-site data gathering
 CFM readings
 Cable cutout leakage
STEP ONE  Lowest/highest flowing tiles
 Velocity/static pressure readings
 Rack temperatures 3ft and 6ft
 Return air temperatures/patterns to AC units
 AC unit efficiency
 Heat load patterns
The CFD Analysis will show us how
efficiently your room is operating from an
airflow standpoint. Once the analysis is
complete, we then engineer our FlowLogix
solution to improve your data center
conditions.
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15. STEP TWO
Results
 Every perforated tile within the data center will
produce a significantly higher volume of air
 Provide ability to cool all required areas of the data
center
 Helps eliminate hot spots
 Increased air stratification
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16. Cold Air Management
STEP THREE The data center space is never the same. Every
environment is different requiring a professional custom
approach. Some of the techniques used in step 3 may
include the following:
 Perforated tile management
 Addition of high-perforated tiles where needed
 Sealing of all unmanaged openings and cable cut-outs
 Cold aisle containment
 Blanking Panels
 Between 100 – 600 CFM is leaked through a
cable cutout opening causing limited static
pressure and significant mixing of hot and
cold air.
 Short cycling and improper perforated tile
placement cause hot spots and inefficient
airflow distribution to the rack face.
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17. STEP FOUR
Heat and Return
Air Management
A 30-ton down-flow CRAC unit
may have a capacity of 27 tons
when operated at 72°F, but only
23 tons when operated at
68°F, delivering 18% greater
capacity at the higher operating
temperature!  Through return air management, it has been proven
From a cost perspective, it might that a 30-ton CRAC unit will produce more capacity
be possible to eliminate one in when drawing back warmer air.
five air handlers with the proper
return air temperature.
Results have proved:
By using innovative approaches in eliminating the warm air from re-
circulating into the cold aisle, FlowLogix has delivered a 3-11 degree drop
in temperature in the cold aisle on average.
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18. Environmental Monitoring
STEP FIVE Wireless temperature monitoring at the rack
level to gain visibility to real-time equipment
temperatures
84o 59o
85o 67o
91o 63o
Before FlowLogix After FlowLogix
1) Sensors provide real-time temperatures every 20 seconds
2) Set thresholds to stay within ASHRAE standards for critical servers.
3) Through FlowLogix quarterly health check program, stay in control with
real-time equipment temperatures and maximize energy savings.
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19. AFTER FLOWLOGIX  Air velocity is lower while static pressure
is increased, creating an even supply of
cold air throughout the subfloor.
 Cold air is distributed evenly and higher
up the face of the rack.
 CRAC units deliver a steady, efficient
airflow with a balanced temperature.
 More of the rack is cooled.
 Now that the room is balanced with cold
air, the CRAC unit set points can be raised
to reduce energy costs. In some cases
they can even be shut off.
 This is what your data center looks like
after FlowLogix has been implemented.
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20. FlowLogix
Report
All of the above information is given in a 25 page report
stating all of the current problems in the data center you
are assessing.
How it also shows the improved data center after solution
is applied.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMARY
ROOM LAYOUT
STATIC PRESSURE
AIR VOLUME
SERVER TEMPERATURE
ROOM TEMPERATURE
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
ANNUAL MAINTENANCE
SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
ENERGY SAVINGS
PRICING
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TECHNICAL DETAILS 20

21. FLOWLOGIX ANNUAL CFD MAINTENANCE
Ainsworth Inc. includes annual maintenance in every FlowLogix installation. Our team of
professionals stay proactive in not only maintaining, but continually working with you to
maximize all efficiencies. We will run up to 1 additional CFD’s per month for the duration of the
maintenance contract to insure airflow and energy efficiency is optimized. These additional
analyses may be used for, but not limited to any of the following purposes:
 Addition/removal of equipment in the
data center
 Energy/Airflow efficiency planning
 Data center layout alterations/planning
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22. FLOWLOGIX QUARTERLY HEALTH CHECKS
Ainsworth Inc. recognizes that data center and facilities
managers are short-staffed and their time is in high demand
daily. We have introduced Quarterly Health Checks to add
peace of mind, and essentially allow our clients to “outsource”
their airflow and energy efficiency requirements and updates
to Ainsworth’s professionals.
The following outlines this new service:
 Each quarter Ainsworth Inc. schedules onsite assessments
with one of our cooling professionals
 Cooling professionals thoroughly assesses the data center’s
current state with the intent of making additional
recommendations for efficiency improvements
 Report is provided to client summarizing all findings from
the assessment
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23. HOW DOES CFD BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS
 PROPER AMOUNT OF COOLING AT THE PROPER LOCATION
 OVERALL REDUCTION IN COOLING REQUIREMENTS
 REDUCES OPERATIONAL COSTS
 ENERGY CONSERVATION
 REDUCE RISK TO ITS EQUIPMENT FAILURE (ELIMINATE HOT SPOTS)
 REDUCE RISK OF DOWNTIME TO END CUSTOMERS
 PROBABLE DATA CENTRE CAPACITY INCREASE
 REDUCE SET POINT OF CRAC UNITS
 FAST ROI BASED ON OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS
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24. PRICING AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
PRICING
 AINSWORTH 5-STEP APPROACH CDF PRICING INCLUDING DETAIL REPORT $5000.00
 CDF STUDY COVERS UP TO 9500 FEET
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
 CUSTOMER INFORMATION: (NAME , ADDRESS, PROVINCE )
 CONTACT INFORMATION : NAME, PHONE, EMAIL ADDRESS
 STARTING DATE AND TIME
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25. Some of Our Clients
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26. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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