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July 3rd, 2008 [by Doug Alder]
This article compares the /source and resulting of traditional to the ultra-green powered gigaCENTER
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Number of Cars of Coal per day Required for a Hydroelectric powered 20Megawatt Data Center = 0
20MW is not an unusual amount of power for a datacenter in the 150,000 sq. ft. range. Coal produces approximately 100 times the amount of greenhouse gas than hydro does as this graph shows (shown as grams CO2 generated per KWh) .
Nearly all datacenters in North America get their , in fact approximately 70% of all the power in North America is generated from coal and other () producing sources, as the chart above shows. While accounts for 20% of the remainder, we all know the problems with radioactive waste disposal, and the potential for environmental harm, that it creates.
Even those that don’t use coal sourced power are still using older technology that gives them a PUE () rating of between 2 and 3 (PUE = Total Facility Power / IT Equipment Power.) In a world of growing this is a very real problem. is powered by hydroelectric energy, supplied from dams along the Columbia River. Using the latest technology and design, by engineers, gigaCENTER will have a of 1.38, a rating unheard of to date in the . Consider the following. Take a traditional datacenter with a PUE of 2.5 to 3 (not at all uncommon) that is powered by . Remember coal produces 100 times more greenhouse gas (GHG) than hydro does. Now take a hydro powered datacenter with a PUE of 1.38. If you place your business in the first datacenter you are contributing about 200 times the amount of GHG than if you put your business in the latter. gigaCENTER is the latter. Where do you want to put your business?
RackForce is now pre-selling colocation space in gigaCENTER so don’t miss out on this opportunity, phase 1 space is selling out fast. Contact Doug Alder (dalder at rackforce.com) Direct: 1-250-448-2203 or Jay Robinson (jrobinson at rackforce.com) 1-250-717-2340 ext 2303 on our gigaCENTER sales team now to get started.
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