This document provides an overview of an EU code of conduct workshop on advanced research computing. It includes background information on high performance computing and datacenter challenges. Several facts are presented about data center energy usage and growth. The agenda for the workshop is also outlined, covering topics like the EU code of conduct background, monitoring and metrics, and datacenters' role in the UK economy.
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According to a study conducted by the Leibniz University-Hannover and the Copper Alliance, the five biggest energy-intensive industrial branches in Europe have the potential to save more than 5 billion tons of CO2. They can do this by switching from fossil energy to 100% electricity for heat production. The technology needed for this switch is available through electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM). The significant CO2 savings can be achieved thanks to the ever-increasing contribution of renewable sources to electricity generation in Europe, in combination with the inherent efficiency of EPM technologies.
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Les Data Centers sont généralement considérés comme d’importants consommateurs de ressources, d’énergie en particulier. Cependant, pour répondre à la forte croissance du trafic de données, l’industrie des Data Centers s’est mobilisée très tôt, aux côtés des organismes de normalisation et des administrations, pour améliorer l’efficacité des Data Centers dans l’utilisation des ressources. Cette courte publication du Comité de marché Data Centers fait le point sur dix ans de travail des équipementiers en faveur de l’efficacité énergétique des Data Centers, exemples à l’appui.
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Summary
Background
Information Technology Systems
Environmental Conditions
Air Management
Cooling Systems
Electrical Systems
Other Opportunities for Energy Efficient Design
Data Center Metrics & Benchmarking
• Janet Cloud Services frameworks
• Knowing IT costs to make informed decisions
• The outputs you will receive
• Benchmarking with peers
• How Janet works with you
• Our charges
• Modelling costs of cloud vs in-house
• Questions & discussion
• Electricity Incentivisation Scheme (EIS) at the University of Cambridge
• Design of Engineering’s Data Centre cooling system
• Energy use from 2010 onwards
• Next steps
What does central IT really cost? An attempt to find out! - Heidi Fraser-Krau...JISC's Green ICT Programme
• To understand where money is spent.
• To be able to compare our costs with those of other providers- cloud.....
• To be able to price services that we offer to others.
• Curiosity!
• To have evidence to argue for more resource.
• To understand central vs. local provision costs.
2. Welcome from Leeds
• Background in High Performance Computing (HPC)
• Research computing capability gives datacentre challenges
• Local economic hosting solution.
• Host regional HPC capability – on top500 list.
• All about ‘productivity’
• Efficient output from the modern factory.
• Energy minimisation & utilisation are key, however so are:
• Effective software, skilled people, high-impact applications
• Monitoring, metrics & relationships important at all levels.
3. Funky facts – of (un)reliable sources
• 1. in 3 of the world’s population now use data centres, with a growth rate of
around 15%.
• 2. The total power draw of the world’s data centres is 31GW, which would
require 8 times the power provided by the UK’s largest power station.
• 3. The UK has 7.6 million square metres of data centre floor space, which is
20% of the data centre floor space in Europe.
• 4. Between 2008 and 2020 the data centre carbon emissions are set to
quadruple.
• 5. As of 2012, the number of mobile internet devices is estimated to exceed the
world’s population
1. http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
2. http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/research/energy-demand-2011-12 - Drax
3. http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/research/uk-market-report, for 20% floor space use Telecoms Pricing, Premium data centre
Europe - 2012: pricing, business model & services. London, UK. 2011. Website:
http://www.telecomspricing.com/product.cfm?prod=5532&dept=304
4. Kaplan, J.M., Forrest, W., et al., Revolutionizing Data Center Energy Efficiency. 2008. Page 3 of
http://www.ecobaun.com/images/Revolutionizing_Data_Center_Efficiency.pdf
5. http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/14/the-number-of-mobile-devices-will-exceed-worlds-population-by-2012-other-shocking-figures/
4. Overview
Agenda:
•Welcome – Alan Real
•The EU code of conduct background – Peter James
•An overview of the EU code of conduct – Sophia Flucker
•Monitoring and Metrics – Simon Allen
•Sharing experiences from the EU code of conduct – Jon Summers
•Datacentres: The backbone of the UK economy – James Harbridge