[Crib-list] SPEAKER: Steven W. Hammond (NREL) - Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar -- Friday, Dec 7, 2012 - TIME: 12:00 Noon in Room 32-141

[Shirley Entzminger]

 		  COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH in BOSTON and BEYOND SEMINAR


DATE:		Friday, December 7, 2012

TIME:		12:00 Noon

LOCATION:	Building 32, Room 141 (Stata -- 32 Vassar Street)

Pizza & beverages provided outside Room 32-141 at 11:45 AM


TITLE: 		Bytes and BTUs: Trends in Data Center Sustainability

SPEAKER:	Steven W. Hammond  (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)


ABSTRACT:

In this talk we describe a holistic approach to data center sustainability at 
the U.S. DOE National Renewable Energy Lab, which recently completed a new 
warm-water, liquid-cooled data center. The new data center is designed for a 
PUE of 1.06, which would make it the most energy efficient in the world. In 
addition, the new chiller-less data center captures the waste heat generated by 
the HPC system and uses that as the primary heat source for the building office 
space and laboratories. Any waste heat not utilized by the building is 
dissipated via evaporative cooling towers, eliminating the need for mechanical 
chillers. These approaches manifest themselves in the integrated "chips to 
bricks" approach we took. Finally, the new data center costs less to build than 
comparable data centers and will be much cheaper to operate.

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