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Fortum in brief
Forerunner in
clean energy
64% of power
generation CO2-free
- in EU 97%
Some 8,000 energy
professionals
Nordic and Baltic
countries, Russia,
Poland
Core competences in
hydro and nuclear
power, combined heat
and power production
and in operating on
energy markets
Energy-related
products and expert
services
1.3 million electricity
sales customers
Figures: 2015
4. Drivers
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• Global warming – how to reduce the
environmental impact of energy production
• Digitalization of the world – fast growth of
datacenter capacity globally. The dc
industry is/will be a significant energy user.
Global Data Center IP Traffic Growth, Source: Cisco
Global Land-Ocean temperature index, Source: NASA/GISS
Global warming and growing environmental awareness and energy regulation
are driving the change.
5. Green data center concepts
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Smart batteries and back-
up units
• Smart
• Participation in reserve
power markets as an
option
Green electricity sourcing
& hedging
• Green electricity sales and
trading
• Electricity price hedging,
setting the electricity price
limit at wanted level
• Solar and wind PPA’s
On-site renewable energy
production
• Tailor made small /
medium scale solar and
wind power solutions
• To cut the power costs and
increase the share of
renewables
Fortum’s green data center concepts to increase data centers' environmental
performance
Heat utilization in district
heating network
• Cool the data center with
heat pumps
• Supply excess heat to the
district heating network
6. Open district heating network and data center heat utilization and
• Cool the data center with a heat
pump
• Supply excess heat to the district
heating network
• Long term and transparent
contracts, compensation of heat is
network dependent.
• Where: In Fortum’s district
networks in Finland, Sweden, Baltic
countries and Poland.
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Cost efficient
solution for
process cooling
Benefits:
Improved
utilization
of the data
center’s cooling
system
Create
redundancy in
the cooling
system for
increased
reliability
Finance
investment in
new energy
efficient
technology
Gain
competitive
advantage with
sustainability
7. Green electricity sourcing & hedging
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Secured power
delivery
24/7/365 open desk
Possibility to secure
electricity price with
financial
power contracts
Green Energy
and Eco labels
available
Own wind power
production and
sourced wind power
available
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Cut power costs with
on-site renewable
energy production
Improve data center
environmental
performance
Various investment
alternatives available,
group funding etc.
Improve energy
redundancy
On-site renewable energy production
9. Smart batteries and back-up units
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Developing solutions
to utilize data center
batteries for
balancing markets
Harness back-up
power units and
batteries to
productive use
Cut costs during
electricity price peaks
10. Summary
• Fortum provides green datacenter
concepts, which improve the dc
environmental performance with a
mutual gains.
• Green data centers will set the future
benchmark for the industry and creates
competitive advantages.
• Fortum has several reference projects
for data center heat utilization in Finland
and Sweden.
• Recovering heat from the cooling
process with is profitable, sustainable
and reliable.
• We offer our expertise and pre-
screened locations and solutions for dc
projects.
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