• Latest
  • All
  • How To

Data centres: go dense, go green and go fast

March 18, 2011
Samsung QLED TVs

Samsung QLED TVs Now Officially Certified for Real Quantum Dot Technology

May 9, 2025
Apple Smart Glasses

Apple Is Making Its Own Chip for Smart Glasses Coming by 2027

May 9, 2025
Safaricom

Safaricom Breaks Barriers with $3B Milestone and Bold Ethiopia Play

May 9, 2025
Private Number calls

How to Handle Private Number Calls in Kenya

May 8, 2025
DHgate Tablet Cases deals
Kenya Power EV charging stations

Kenya Power Rolls Out 45 EV Charging Stations Across the Country

May 8, 2025
Bayobab

MTN’s Bayobab Connects Uganda and Kenya with New Fiber Route

May 8, 2025
Airtel Africa Starlink partnership

Starlink Is Expanding in Africa Through New Airtel Partnership

May 8, 2025
Android FreeType patch

Android May 2025 Security Update Fixes Critical FreeType Zero-Click Vulnerability

May 7, 2025
worldcoin kenya

Court Ruling Orders Worldcoin to Delete All Kenyan Biometric Records

May 7, 2025
smartphones-2024

Smartphone Market Recovers Slightly in Q1 2025 With Apple, Vivo Leading Gains

May 7, 2025
GTA 6 Trailer 2

GTA 6 Trailer 2: Rockstar Confirms Release Date and Dual Protagonists

May 7, 2025
YouTube Premium Duo

YouTube Now Lets Two People Share a Premium Plan

May 6, 2025
Techweez | Tech News, Reviews, Deals, Tips and How To
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Editorial
No Result
View All Result
Techweez | Tech News, Reviews, Deals, Tips and How To
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Editorial
No Result
View All Result
Techweez | Tech News, Reviews, Deals, Tips and How To
No Result
View All Result

Data centres: go dense, go green and go fast

Martin Gicheru by Martin Gicheru
March 18, 2011
in News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
264
4

Until recently, energy was a no-brainer. That is, it was perceived as unlimited and was relatively inexpensive, resulting in no need for technological breakthrough. Today, however, a major global challenge is to deal with the scarcity of energy sources, the cost of energy and climate change. As Jonathan Duncan, director for the Central and North East Africa region at APC by Schneider Electric, says: “The energy dilemma is here to stay.”
He adds that the current energy environment is resulting in new technologies to fulfill new needs for advanced energy efficiency and new standards.
“The facts are that electricity demand will double by 2030 and by 2050, overall energy demand will double again. By 2050 we will have to divide our CO2 emissions by half if we want to avoid dramatic climate changes. In other words, the world needs to improve its carbon intensity by a factor of four in the next 40 years, meaning that developed countries will have to save energy while the new economies will have to provide access to efficient energy to two billion people,” says Duncan.
Accordingly, the energy sector is now reinventing itself, which leads to major changes and evolutions that are revolutionising the historic landscape, such as: decarbonisation in electricity generation, more efficiency throughout the power generation process, rebirth of nuclear power, development and integration of renewable energies to the grid, deregulation and diversification of electrical providers and transmission and distribution process.
“It is estimated that there will be more investments in the energy sector in the next 25 years than there have been since the birth of electricity at the beginning of the 20th century,” says Duncan.
Within this energy scenario, he believes that in order to achieve the ultimate data centre availability is to go dense, go green and go fast.
“Availability is the ever-present constraint in data centre planning. A decade ago, businesses were mainly concerned with achieving the five 9s in data centre availability or a Tier 4 in data centre design. It is still a primary issue, but it now has to be discussed within the context of efficiency. This makes planning a data centre more complex,” he says.
He explains that currently, there is an increased stress on power and cooling due to centralisation/consolidation of distributed data centres and high density technology, such as virtualisation, on-demand computing and multi-core processors.
“World-wide there is a growing awareness resulting in data centres being in the spotlight due to high energy usage that is increasing rapidly and the opportunity to redirect cost savings toward the business.
“There is also a need for agility, speed and predictability in response to escalating a pace of change in the business climate, service quality level and business continuity standards, as well as compliance requirements. And, all these factors are putting the squeeze on availability,” he says.
According to Duncan, it is for these reasons that data centres can not be addressed in individual components. Data centres must therefore be looked at as a whole in terms of data centre consolidation programmes, virtualisation of servers, storage, merging of applications and in addition to leveraging more energy efficient IT equipment. Energy and management measurement software and reducing the carbon footprint, as well as a shorter design and building cycle time, designing with consideration of preferences versus constraints and using tools to evaluate design impacts.
“We are in the midst of an energy revolution where companies should be focusing on the end of their value chain in order to save energy and so ensure their sustainability,” he concludes.

Tags: Data Security
SendShare146Tweet92
Martin Gicheru

Martin Gicheru

Martin is the Managing Editor at Techweez, passionate about personal tech and telling stories of consumer experiences. Talk to me: [email protected]

Related Posts

Facial recognition technology

China Tightens Facial Recognition Laws to Ensure Data Security

March 24, 2025
mark zuckerberg

WhatsApp Fined KES 29 Billion For Data Breach

September 2, 2021
Security

How to Fortify Data Security in Your Business

November 16, 2021
CipherCloud Outlines 5 Steps for Achieving PCI DSS Compliance in the Cloud

CipherCloud Outlines 5 Steps for Achieving PCI DSS Compliance in the Cloud

February 10, 2014
Github Launches Its Bug Bounty Program

Github Launches Its Bug Bounty Program

January 31, 2014
How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone 5

How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone 5

June 6, 2015

Latest

Samsung QLED TVs

Samsung QLED TVs Now Officially Certified for Real Quantum Dot Technology

May 9, 2025
Apple Smart Glasses

Apple Is Making Its Own Chip for Smart Glasses Coming by 2027

May 9, 2025
Safaricom

Safaricom Breaks Barriers with $3B Milestone and Bold Ethiopia Play

May 9, 2025
Private Number calls

How to Handle Private Number Calls in Kenya

May 8, 2025
Kenya Power EV charging stations

Kenya Power Rolls Out 45 EV Charging Stations Across the Country

May 8, 2025
Bayobab

MTN’s Bayobab Connects Uganda and Kenya with New Fiber Route

May 8, 2025

Best devices

budget smartwatches 2025

Best Budget Smartwatches To Buy in Kenya 2025

February 13, 2025

Best Infinix Smartphones To Buy in Kenya 2024

February 13, 2025

Best Laptops for Battery Life in 2024

August 21, 2024

Best “Battery Warrior” Smartphones To Buy in 2024

August 22, 2024

Samsung QLED TVs Now Officially Certified for Real Quantum Dot Technology

May 9, 2025

Apple Is Making Its Own Chip for Smart Glasses Coming by 2027

May 9, 2025

Techweez is a fast growing influential source of technology news, reviews and analysis by leading tech geeks in the industry.

Follow Us

Editorials

Samsung QLED TVs Now Officially Certified for Real Quantum Dot Technology

Trump’s Tariffs Will Be the End of Affordable Tech

5 Ways to Prep Your Tech for Resale

The Weaponization of PDFs: How Cybercriminals Are Exploiting a Trusted Format

Introducing A Brainbox Quiz: Techweez’s Monthly Trivia Night!

5 Most Reliable Virtual Dollar Card Providers in Nigeria

More News

Starlink Is Expanding in Africa Through New Airtel Partnership

Android May 2025 Security Update Fixes Critical FreeType Zero-Click Vulnerability

Court Ruling Orders Worldcoin to Delete All Kenyan Biometric Records

Smartphone Market Recovers Slightly in Q1 2025 With Apple, Vivo Leading Gains

GTA 6 Trailer 2: Rockstar Confirms Release Date and Dual Protagonists

YouTube Now Lets Two People Share a Premium Plan

  • Terms Of Use
  • Techweez Brand
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2024 Techweez - Palahala Media Group may earn a commission when you buy through links on our sites.
A Palahala Media Group Brand. All rights reserved.
.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Techweez | Tech News, Reviews, Deals, Tips and How To
Crunchy Cookies 🍪 Ahead!

Hey there! Just a heads-up: we're big fans of cookies - both the digital and edible kind! 🍪 We use our cookies and some from third parties to ensure your browsing experience on our site is smooth sailing and secure.

 

But wait, there's more! We also use cookies to gather stats and insights on how you navigate our site. It's like getting a behind-the-scenes peek at your digital adventures!

 

Don't worry, you're in control. You can adjust your cookie settings anytime to suit your preferences. Feeling curious? Dive into our Privacy Policy for all the juicy details. Happy browsing! 🚀

Functional Always active
Listen, this legal stuff is about as exciting as watching paint dry. But it basically says we only use your stuff for what you asked us to do, and nobody else gets to peek!
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
It's those sneaky cookie crumbs websites leave behind to count visitors, like counting ants at a picnic! Totally harmless, just for fun facts. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
Hey there! Just letting you know we use some fancy gizmos to remember your preferences. This way, we can show you ads that are, well, not completely bananas.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
Make cookies
{title} {title} {title}
Techweez | Tech News, Reviews, Deals, Tips and How To
Crunchy Cookies 🍪 Ahead!
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
Listen, this legal stuff is about as exciting as watching paint dry. But it basically says we only use your stuff for what you asked us to do, and nobody else gets to peek!
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
It's those sneaky cookie crumbs websites leave behind to count visitors, like counting ants at a picnic! Totally harmless, just for fun facts. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
Hey there! Just letting you know we use some fancy gizmos to remember your preferences. This way, we can show you ads that are, well, not completely bananas.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
Make cookies
{title} {title} {title}
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Editorial
  • Automotive
  • Entertainment

© 2024 Techweez - Palahala Media Group may earn a commission when you buy through links on our sites.
A Palahala Media Group Brand. All rights reserved.
.