May Monthly Meeting, Data Center Cooling in Hot Arid Climates
Tue, May 14
|Culinary Dropout
Leila Karimi and Kerri Hickenbottom from The University of Arizona have created an evaluation tool for data center cooling vs. energy use in our climate. They would like some feedback from us.
Time & Location
May 14, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716, USA
About the event
Leila Karimi and Kerri Hickenbottom from The University of Arizona have written a paper titled, Modeling Cooling Infrastructure for Energy and Water Conservation in Data Center Buildings: Insights from a Hot-Arid Climate Study and would like to present it to people in our industry.
Abstract:
Data centers (DCs) growth has resulted in increased energy and water usage for computer room cooling, influenced by climate conditions. This study developed 8760-energy and water models to estimate the hourly energy and water use in Phoenix, AZ DCs, and examined three cooling systems (air-cooled chillers, water-cooled chillers, and evaporative cooling) with a particular emphasis on seasonal effects. The models also estimate the energy and water savings using air-side and water-side economizers (ASE and WSE) year-round. The air-cooled chillers consume the most energy and source water annually, while water-cooled chillers have the largest onsite water use. Utilizing ASE results in approximately 24% energy and source water savings for air-cooled chillers and 32% onsite water savings for water-cooled chillers, contributing to reduced environmental impacts. Integrating pre-cooling effects in air cooled chillers results in 8% annual energy savings. Chillers can be operational throughout the year, while evaporative systems integrated with ASE provide cooling for only 51% of the year. Without computer room aisle containment, ASE can cool the DCs for approximately 36% of the year, while WSE can cool the DCs for approximately 3% of the year. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing energy and water usage in DC cooling that inform future DC design and operation, with a focus on minimizing environmental impacts and promoting sustainability.
We hope everyone can attend and provide feedback.
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