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Views: 107 Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2022-01-07 Origin: Site
The data center market will continue to grow rapidly as people's work and lives become increasingly digital. Despite the revolutionary changes brought about by digital technology, data centers that store and process large amounts of data consume a lot of electricity, causing the data center industry to have as much of a carbon footprint as the aviation industry.
Despite the fact that data centers are very power hungry, it is important to recognize that modern data centers have made leaps and bounds in terms of efficiency compared to traditional data centers. These positive changes are being driven on multiple levels: the need for people to take responsibility for their actions that may be harmful to the environment; the demand from many countries and regions to build more efficient, sustainable, and environmentally friendly data centers; the growth and advancement of the data center industry; and the demand from customers for sustainable and green energy solutions from data center providers.
Today, there are technology solutions and tools that enable data center facilities to operate more efficiently with lower energy consumption without compromising reliability and security.
Many customers of data center providers today have strict corporate and social responsibility goals that include outsourcing data center energy consumption and carbon emissions to calculate their own carbon footprint. While it's one thing to demand more sustainable data center solutions, how do you determine if a data center facility is actually "green"? How "green" is it?
Many data center providers are claiming that their data centers are committed to being green, but there are many different shades of "green".
Designing and building a large, sustainable data center requires a balance between adopting green practices without compromising its operations and power reliability. Building sustainable data centers means building data center facilities that do not have an environmental impact on the planet. It also means considering the recyclability of construction materials, minimizing the amount of landfill waste, and recycling waste heat generated by the data center, while ensuring that the data center facility is well maintained.
While the basic design and construction of data centers has not changed much, some aspects have improved significantly. Studies have shown that data center efficiency has increased by 16% since 2014, and taking steps to improve issues such as heating and cooling can result in significant cost savings.
Arguably one of the most difficult problems in data center operations is reducing the amount of energy consumed and heat generated by the data center. Servers that constantly process and store data have long made people's digital lives possible, but this has had a negative impact on the environment. Reports indicate that global data centers currently consume 200 to 500 TWh of electricity per year. would account for 1% of global electricity demand, more than some countries consume.
Customers of data center providers want to know if the data centers they use are powered by renewable energy. And the adoption of renewable power can help better meet customer needs. Rising electricity prices or downtime for traditional power generation facilities create greater challenges for data center providers, while the adoption of renewable power has shown greater reliability. In addition, the pricing of renewable power helps reduce budgets, which is also important in managing and meeting customer demand.
As technology evolves and more demand for power emerges, the price of renewable energy continues to decrease today. This not only raises environmental awareness, but also has potential financial benefits. Purchasers can negotiate long-term fixed-price or stable-price contracts for renewable energy. In recent years, the cost of hydrogen fuel cells has fallen so dramatically that they have become an economically viable alternative to backup power generation.
In the long run, renewable energy sources may cost less than the electricity produced by any fossil-fueled generation facility. In fact, on average, the operating costs of new solar power facilities and onshore wind power are lower than the operating costs of many existing coal-fired power plants, and this trend is accelerating, leading to the complete elimination of coal-fired power plants in the future.