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How Evaporative Cooling can reduce cooling costs by 90% and achieve a PUE of <1.1

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With a shift towards increasing energy efficiency, there has never been a better time for data centre managers to re-think their cooling solutions.

Increasing operational costs, limited power availability, pressure to reduce carbon footprints and inadequate existing systems are driving many data centre managers to find an alternative solution to traditional air conditioning units.

As a more efficient solution, evaporative (or adiabatic) cooling can reduce the cost of cooling a data centre up to 90%, leading to payback periods of under one year. When compared to an equivalent air conditioning system, an evaporative cooling system is more cost-effective, typically totalling 25% of the installation cost and just 15% of the running costs. And with less moving parts the maintenance costs are significantly reduced.

An evaporative cooling solution also overcomes issues with limited power availability capable of producing 35kW of air cooling for every 1.5kW of electricity consumed, at a cost of just 15p per hour. It also reduces a data centre’s environmental impact as it saves 10,000kg of carbon each year when compared to an equivalent air conditioning unit.

With over 30 million evaporative cooling installations worldwide, this is by no means new technology. But with the potential for huge cost savings and efficiency gains, the time is right for data centre managers to consider the use of evaporative cooling.

Who should attend this session?

Data Centre Managers and anyone responsible for building services or improving energy efficiency in the data centre.

What will delegates learn from this session?

Delegates attending this session will gain a deeper understanding of how evaporative cooling can save their organisation thousands of pounds each year. By comparing evaporative cooling to traditional air conditioning systems, delegates will gain a technical insight into where they can make efficiency gains.

Why is this issue of interest to delegates?

According to HP, cooling accounts for 60%-70% of a data centre’s total power consumption. Data centre managers are looking for new ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Evaporative cooling is proven technology that can reduce these costs by 90%.

Speaker: Nigel Egginton

Job title: Engineering Consultant EBE Engineering

Nigel has been involved with the business of evaporative cooling for nearly a decade. A chartered engineer, he was formerly the European Director for the world’s biggest manufacturer of evaporative coolers. Now an Engineering consultant involved with EcoCooling Ltd a UK manufacturing company established in 2004. The evaporative cooler from EcoCooling was specifically designed to meet the safety, control and performance requirements of the European market. The company is acknowledged for developing new and novel applications for evaporative cooling and has recently designed a new cooler specifically for server rooms and data centres. The MD Alan Beresford currently sits on the CIBSE steering committee for the design of data centre cooling.

Watch this session in the Infrastructure and Facilities Theatre on February 29 2012 at 1:00 pm