INTELLIGENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Curbing the carbon
Aware of the increased usage and importance of datacentres in today’s business
environment, planning and designing strategies are key to their efficiency says
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort (eHDF).
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n the last 12 months, eHDF has worked
towards enhancing its datacentre
and has invested more than AED20
million in its T3 datacentre upgrades.
These investments were strategically
implemented to tackle the future demand
for datacentre usage in the Middle East,
which is witnessing continued growth. The
investments will also enhance and widen
the portfolio of services offered.
Conscious of the increase in the
managed and datacentre service markets
in the UAE, eHDF has charted out a strong
plan to strengthen its datacentres in Dubai.
Focusing on efficiency and cooling, this
has greatly affected energy management,
taking eHDF a step closer to becoming a
sustainable green datacentre. By adopting
cooling best practices, the company has
gained the following benefits:
• Better reliability of IT equipment
• Increased cooling unit efficiency
• Increased cooling unit capacity
• Reduced operating expenses
Components spearheading
this movement
Cold aisle containment and demand-based
cooling are the two main factors that help
in saving electrical power consumption.
There has been a replacement of cooling
units with the latest features such as a
dynamic compressor, demand-based
cooling and the use of an environmentally
friendly refrigerant. The essence lies in
the amount of electricity saved, which
equates to a reduction in carbon footprint
which is, of course, a tremendous help to
the environment.
The dynamic compressor provides
efficient electricity usage entirely based
on load factors and demand, rather than
operating in a continuous manner where
there was unwanted usage. Similarly,
another significant aspect to the changes is
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