ASHRAE Forum to focus on data center energy consumption.
Press Release Summary:
Long-Term Data Center Planning: the Push Toward Net-Zero Energy and Other Considerations will take place on January 20th at ASHRAE's 2008 Winter Meeting in New York. Don Beaty, chair of the forum, said participants will discuss the impact of net-zero-energy on long-term data center planning. The forum will be sponsored by ASHRAE's Technical Committee 9.9 - Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment.
Original Press Release:
ASHRAE '08: Data Center Energy Consumption Discussed at ASHRAE Forum
ATLANTA - With industry focus on net-zero-energy buildings, input into how low data center energy consumption can go is being sought at a forum at the ASHRAE 2008 Winter Meeting.
"Data centers typically have high-power densities, and net-zero is not practical if the process load of the electronics is included due to the relatively low-power density of currently available on-site clean power, such as wind and solar energy," said Don Beaty, chair of the forum, which is sponsored by ASHRAE's Technical Committee 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment.
Long-Term Data Center Planning: the Push Toward Net-Zero Energy and Other Considerations, will take place from 12:40-1:20 p.m. Jan. 20 at ASHRAE's 2008 Winter Meeting, Jan. 19-23, New York City.
Beaty said forum participants will discuss the impact on net-zero-energy on long-term data center planning.
"We want to know if there are opportunities for datacom facility owners to 'come clean' in terms of process energy use, even if there is not sufficient land area to make buildings and facilities net zero," Beaty said. "This could involve locating datacom facilities in parts of the world with spare capacity of clean grid energy or purchasing clean energy credits."
Other sessions related to data centers include:
o High Density Cooling Issues Update-January 2008, 8-9:30 a.m. Jan. 20.
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability of Datacom Facilities, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 20.
o Energy-Efficient Designs for Data Centers: Oxymoron or Reality, Part 1, 8:30-10 a.m. Jan. 22; Part 2, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Jan. 22 sponsored by TC 5.7, Evaporative cooling, and TC 9.9.
o Data Centers in the Spotlight: National Energy Perspectives and Recent ASHRAE Publications, Part 1, 8:30-10 a.m. Jan. 23; Part 2, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Jan. 23.
For more information about the ASHRAE meeting, Jan. 19-23, New York Hilton, visit ashrae.org/newyork.
Held with the ASHRAE Winter Meeting is the ASHRAE co-sponsored International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, Jan. 22-24, at Javits Convention Center. For more information, visit www.ahrexpo.com.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.
