Introduction AIMES The Square The Solution Conclusions Q&A

1. Circling
the
Square!
Understanding
and
Minimising
the
Costs
of
Providing
Digital
Facili<es
Michael
Walker
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2013

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Outline
• Introduc2on
• AIMES
• The
Square
• The
Solu2on
•
Conclusions
• Q&A

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AIMES
Background
• AIMES
-­‐founded
in
December
2005
as
a
not-­‐for-­‐
profit,
Community
Interest
Company
• Created
following
a
project
at
the
University
of
Liverpool
to
exploit
the
business
opportuni2es
from
u2lity/grid/cloud
compu2ng
• AIMES
facili2es
are
located
Liverpool
Innova2on
Park
• Research
driven
• Winner
of
the
DCS
Private
Sector
Data
Centre
of
the
Year
Award
in
2013

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AIMES
Capability
&
Clients
ISO27001
Data
Centre
Hos<ng
•
Managed
Services
•
Offsite
Backup
•
Colloca2on
•
Hosted
Exchange
Bespoke
Applica<on
Development
•
Scalable
offshore
development
centre
•
BioBase
•
Perkins
Value
Added
Services
•
Vehicle
tracking
&
Security
•
Social
care
op2misa2on
•
Industry
sector
portals
•
Services
for
schools
and
educa2on
•
Digital
inclusion

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Exis<ng
Data
Centre
Facili<es
• Enterprise
Class
data
centre
constructed
to
2007
energy
efficiency
standards
with
a
Power
U2lisa2on
Efficiency
(PUE)
of
1.56
and
currently
maintainable
systems.
• Resilient
mul2ple
internet
connec2vity,
water-­‐cooling,
hot-­‐aisle
containment,
N+1
redundancy
and
standby
power
genera2on.
• The
facility’s
Informa2on
Security
Management
System
is
cer2fied
to
ISO
27001

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The
Square
• Exis2ng
Facili2es
full
• Future
needs
unclear
• Future
technologies
unclear
• Time
Pressure
• Funding
Pressure
• Flexibility
-­‐
Scalability
!

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Partners
&
Roles
•
AIMES
–Outline
concept/Finance/Management
•
Keysource
–
Detail
Design/Construc<on
•
Airedale
–
Free
cooling
chillers
•
Schnieder
–
Xtructure/DCIM
•
Leeds
University
–
Monitoring,
Evalua<on,
Repor<ng

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Plan
View
–
Modular
Build
Data hall
Reception
UPS & switch gear
Chillers

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CFD
Modelling

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APC
NetShelter
with
VED

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In
the
Beginning
there
was……….

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Louvre
Wall/Ceiling
Void

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Completed
Data
Hall

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Cooling
Corridor
and
AHUs

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Kilby
House
and
External
Chillers

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UPS
and
Redundant
Power

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Conclusion
(1)
The Corners:
• Mechanical cooling efficiency
• Component losses (UPS)
• Embedded Carbon
• Resilience
• Long term Flexibility/Scalability
• Cost
You have to have TWO !

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Conclusions
(2)
• How
important
is
“the”
data
?
• Business
Con<nuity
–
Why
do
you
want
a
data
centre?
• Disaster
Recovery
–
Why
do
you
want
two?
• Partnership
–
Public/Private
sector
partners
?
• Cost
effec<ve
Digital
Facility
provision
Circling
the
Square

19. Ques<ons
Michael
Walker
17th
June
2013