(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and data center operator Green House Data announced on Friday it has partnered with mechanical and electrical engineering firm Deerns America for both its expertise in green data center design and for its patented Green Cooling for Data Centers air conditioning technology in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The move comes on the heels of a successful year for Green House Data, where it increased the number of renewable energy credits purchased during 2011 by more than 100 percent over the previous year.
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This energy efficient data center design will allow Green House Data’s new facility to operate at levels 75 percent more efficient than the average data center, according to the Uptime Institute survey in May 2011.
The 25,000 square foot data center is set to open in the first quarter of 2013. The facility will use year round 100 percent free cooling, custom designed by Deern’s America.
When combined with the data center’s overall efficiency it will allow the Green House Data facility to run at an annual average Power Usage Effectiveness of 1.16 and a peak PUE of 1.22.
“This progressive step is an exciting advancement for our company adding additional data center space utilizing energy efficient 100 percent free cooling,” said Shawn Mills, president of Green House Data. “I see the increasing demand for low-energy cooling systems, green technologies and efficiencies as an avenue to reduce utility costs and offer these savings to our clients in this competitive industry.”
The cooling combines proven technologies in a new application that can serve up to 40 kW of IT load per rack.
Within each unit, outdoor air is drawn through a plate heat exchanger where it absorbs heat from the IT room’s hot return air.
It is then cooled and re-circulated through the data center which enables outside air to be cooled evaporatively without influencing the humidity in the white space and without risk of contamination from dust, smoke, pollen, and other particulates.
Even as outdoor air temperatures rise, evaporative coolers will provide low-energy supplemental cooling without requiring the use of refrigeration based cooling systems.
The proprietary cooling design removes the need for under floor plenums as the units can deliver cool air directly to the computer floor.
Additionally, the cooling system can seamlessly grow along with Green House Data’s modular data center building design as new units can be added as needed.
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