John O'Sullivan gives an overview of the importance of energy efficiency in data centre design in Ireland

1. Maximising Energy
Efficiency in Data Centre
Design
8th May 2019
John O’Sullivan
Head of Development

2. Context
• Digitisation of businesses
• Data centre growth in Ireland
– 48 Data centre in Ireland
– 1.56TWh accounting for 5.5% of Irelands electricity
– forecast to double by 2024
• Worldwide Data centre growth worldwide
– forecast to multiply six-fold by 2025

3. Host in Ireland/Bitpower Dashboard

4. Climate and Energy Policy Drivers
EU 2030 climate & energy framework
• Renewable Energy Directive (Recast)
• Energy Efficiency Directive (Recast)
• Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Recast)
New 2030 target setting
• GHG emissions
• RES-H, RES-E, RES-T
• Energy Consumption
• Application of new building regulations/NZEB

6. Data Centre Design
• EXEED
• EEN, ISO50001
• ACA
• EEOS
• SSRH
• RD&D National Energy
Research Funding

7. How SEAI can input
• Provide help and facilitate
• Contribute to the development of new solutions
• Facilitate innovation to deliver impact
Energy Efficient Design Management

8. SEAI EXEED Certified
What is EXEED Certified?
Enabling Framework
Support
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• Capital support of up to €500,000 per asset, per year for continued investment
• Relevant to major energy upgrade, major renovation, Brownfield and Greenfield investment
• 30% grant intensity for capital, 50% grant intensity for additional professional services
• Increased support for SMEs, +20% (S) and +10% (M)
• Strategically addressing the lifecycle energy
and carbon cost of the asset
• Challenges, innovates and creates new
solutions and opens new perspectives for
better investment
• Creates valuable information and knowledge
• Provides confidence and trust to business
leaders in asset performance
• An Asset Certification scheme supported by
the Irish Government
• An Energy Efficient Design Management
process pursuing optimum lifecycle energy
performance and energy management
• Compelling organisation demonstration of
commitment to environmental protection
• Designed to embed, promote and proliferate
energy efficient design
Why take this approach?
Future with Assurance and Control

9. Excellence in Energy Efficient Design management
Factory/Industry
Hospital
Data centre
Stadium
Asset Certification
EXEED Designed | EXEED Verified | EXEED Managed
• Greenfield development
• Brownfield (re-purpose)
• Major renovation
• Major energy upgrade
Any non-residential asset
Airport

10. Data centre design considerations
PowerPlanning
Construct
schedule
INDUSTRY
PERCEPTION
Ramp-In
Future
expand/
capacity
PuE
Operating
Model &
Cost
Corp Design
Standards
Energy
Efficiency
The
Environment
Energy
Performance
Availability
Reliability
Expected -
Actual Load
Maintain &
Safety
Waste
GRID
SERVICES

11. Decision making - Management Framework
Project Execution
Planning
Innovate
New Best Practices
Validation
Certification
Energy Performance (DfEP)
Energy Management (DfEM)
Energy Performance requirements
Energy Management requirements
Energy efficient design objectives.
Energy measurement, monitoring, reporting
Project schedule and timelines
Schedule of design project reviews
Communication requirements
Interested parties
Varying operating conditions
Criteria of significant energy uses
Criteria for selecting investment
Criteria for M&V
Procurement and contracting strategy
Risks and opportunities
National policies, interventions
New Design Standards
New Design development
Validated impacts
Demonstration
1. Organisation Structure
2. Process

12. Value proposition
There are many Benefits …
Policy
Makers
Enabling Tool
Finance /
Investors
Assurance
Service Suppliers
Future
Owners /
Operators
Control
• Lifetime Energy
Savings
• Better Investment
• Optimum
Performance
• Energy
Management Ready
• Competitive
Offering
• Better Quality
• Project Handover
• Innovation
• Challenges Norms
• Independently
Certified
• Investor Ready
Proposition
• Green Credentials
• Risk Mitigation
• Wide applicability
• Clear intervention
points
• Carrot or Stick
• Builds market
capacity
• Quality Assurance
… for each stakeholder.

13. If interested …
• We are here to help
• Online Expression of Interest form here…
• https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=
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14. Maximising Energy
Efficiency in Data Centre
Design