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IBM Unveils Austria's First Green Data Centre At Kika/Leiner IBM (NYSE: IBM) and furniture retailer kika/Leiner have
announced the construction of a new energy efficient "green"
data centre which will reduce electric power consumption by up to 40
percent. The new data centre is planned to begin operation in May. IBM
Site and Facilities Services team started out with a risk analysis,
then developed a data centre concept, drafted the construction plans,
and as the general contractor established the entire infrastructure,
including the electrical system, emergency power supply and the climate
control system. IBM will support kika/Leiner in moving equipment to
the new location and also will take over a major part of the IT operation.
The building is a free-standing cube with about 1,000 square feet of
IT space. It is locked, has no windows, is equipped with an automatic
fire-extinguishing system, and is protected against flooding. The data
center does not contain any working space and entrance is restricted.
Free cooling will be used in cold months, meaning the air conditioning
for the data centre will come directly from the cold outside air. Only
on warm days will the data centre be automatically cooled. A separate
high density computing area ensures the separation of IT equipment with
higher or lower heat emissions and optimizes the cooling calculation,
capacity and efficiency. This area of the data centre features racks
with the newest IBM BladeCenter technology. IBM BladeCenter integrates
servers, networks, storage and business applications in highly efficient
one-inch systems that sit in a rack like books in a shelf. IBM BladeCenter
uses up to 24 percent less energy than competitive systems. The high
density area covers about a third of the IT space and, if required,
can be extended. Another third of the data centre is space for conventional
computing servers with low heat emissions. The last third will remain
empty for future expansion. The old data centre will serve as a backup
location.
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