Connectivity Week Santa Clara Convention Center May 23, 2011

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ENERGY STAR for Data Centers Kathy M. Diehl

Regional ENERGY STAR Program Manager U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, S. F.

Connectivity WeekSanta Clara Convention Center

May 23, 2011

ENERGY STAR for Data Centers

ENERGY STAR Program

1992 voluntary labeling program to identify/promote EE products, i.e., computers and monitors.

ENERGY STAR label now many additional products, new homes, buildings & plants

Saved businesses, consumers, organizations $18 B in 2010

And prevented 170 MMt GHG

ENERGY STAR for Data CentersData Centers:

Spaces specifically designed, equipped to meet needs of high density computing equipment such as server racks for data storage, processing.

Typically require dedicated uninterruptible power supplies, cooling systems.

Functions may include traditional enterprise services, on-demand enterprise services, high performance computing, internet facilities, and/or hosting facilities.

Often free standing, mission critical computing centers.

Data center within larger building, usually has own power, cooling system.

Not represent server closet or computer training area.

ENERGY STAR for Data CentersStand alone data centers, buildings housing large data centers can now

earn ENERGY STAR label- BNY Mellon NPPC, Freeport, NC- NetApp Global Dynamics Lab, RTP, NC

Data Centers in nearly every economic sector

Use 1.5% U.S. energy, $4.5B, double next 5 years

Improve energy efficiency (EE) 10%, power 350K homes, save $450M/yr

: Portfolio Manager

ENERGY STAR Portfolio ManagerMeasure, track, benchmark energy use intensityRate performance from 1-100 Compared to building peers

adjusted for climateexcept data centers

Peers information based on Energy Consumption Surveys NetApp Global Dynamics Lab, RTP, NC

Rating of 75- performs better than 75% of peers- eligible for ENERGY STAR label

ENERGY STAR labeled NetApp building on right

Guiding Principles for Energy Efficiency

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) – EE MetricsPUE = total data center energy/IT energy consumption

When calculating PUE, IT energy consumption should, at minimum,measured at output of uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

- Install meter if needed at UPS (A).

- Sub-meter non-IT load (B)supported by UPS if > 10% total.

- Future use PDU input (C).

Guiding Principles for Energy Efficiency

TOTAL ENERGY USE IN PUE

Dedicated data center: all energy sources at point ofutility handoff to data center owner or operator.

Data center, mixed-use building: all energy required to

operate data center, should include IT energy, cooling,lighting, support infrastructure for data center

operationsNote: In Portfolio Manager, must enter other spaces

(e.g. office) and provide all energy for whole building

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Benchmark, Rate Your Data Center

General Space Energy •Address: city, state, zip code

•Year built

•Gross Floor Area

•IT Energy Configuration

•IT Energy Meter• UPS Output Meter –

12 months of energy data

•Optional• IT Equipment

Redundancy• Cooling Equipment

Redundancy

•Utility Bills• 12 consecutive

months for each energy source (electricity, purchased chilled water, etc)

Earn ENERGY STAR Label

APPLY FOR ENERGY STARDetermine if building achieves rating of 75

or above.

Generate and P.E. validates Statement of Energy Performance and Data Checklist.

- all energy use accounted for accurately- building characteristics properly reported- building fully functional- indoor environment requirements met

ENERGY STAR awarded for specific year.

Take Home MessageSummaryData Centers now eligible for ENERGY STAR rating

& labelingStand alone, larger buildings housing data centersTools, resources support data center EE

improvements BenefitsSave energy, money, reduce

GHGDemonstrate environmental

leadership

Contacts, Websites Diehl.kathy@epa.gov, 415 972-3996 Quarforth.alyssa@epa.gov, 202 343-9604 wftschudi@lbl.gov, 510 495-2417 buildings@energystar.gov ENERGYSTARdatacenters@icfi.com www.epa.gov www.energystar.gov/datacenters

Servers, Storage: Una Song 202-343-9024 song.una@epa.gov   

Uninterruptible Power Supplies: ups@energystar.gov  

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