Hydrogen-Powered Backup Generators for Hyperscale Datacenters · 2019-11-18 · Hydrogen-Powered Backup Generators for Hyperscale Datacenters (non-polluting diesel generator replacement)
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Hydrogen-Powered Backup Generators for
Hyperscale Datacenters
(non-polluting diesel generator replacement)
Mark Monroe, Datacenter Advanced Development
Hydrogen + Hyperscale
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What is Hyperscale Computing?
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What is Hyperscale?
Microsoft Ignite conference, 04 Nov 2019, 08:07am ET
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“175 zettabytes of data by 2025, up from about 40ZB today”
- Satya Nadella, 04 nov 2019, IGNITE conference
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“175 zettabytes of data by 2025, up from about 40ZB today”
- Satya Nadella, 04 nov 2019, IGNITE conference
• EMC VMAX3
•1 PB storage
•22 sq ft / rack
•17kW / rack
•135M racks
•105 sq mi
•2.3GW
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10 Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
Cloud Operations + Innovation Safe, fast and always reliable – the future of cloud infrastructure
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160 data centers worldwide 2M+ miles of
fiber 3M+ computer servers
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13 Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
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15 Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
16 Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
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Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
What is Hyperscale?
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SOFC Fuel Cells for Primary Power
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SubstationSubstation
Server
Datacenter
CPU
Traditional Datacenter Power Chain
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Stark and Simple
SubstationSubstation
Server
Datacenter
CPU
Traditional Datacenter Power Chain
Less Infrastructure + Less Complexity = Reduced Cost & Risk
Server
Datacenter
CPU
Stark and Simple Datacenter
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Stark and Simple
SubstationSubstation
Server
Datacenter
CPU
Traditional Datacenter Power Chain
Less Infrastructure + Less Complexity = Reduced Cost & Risk
Server
Datacenter
CPU
Stark and Simple Datacenter
-65-70% loss
-7-10% loss
-10-15% loss
-5-10% loss
100%
100% -40-50% loss
-5-10% loss
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SOFC / Primary Power Applications
AT&T
• 7.5MW across 11 sites
• 2011 early adopter
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Map data: Google, SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Landsat/Copernicus.
Ebay Facility, South Jordan, Utah
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Apple Facility, Maiden, North Carolina
Original data center
Site of new data center
Solar PV farm
Fuel cells Electric sub-station
Microsoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
PEM Fuel Cells for Backup Power
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Strategic Problem
• Diesel generators enable our 5-9’s datacenters • 99.999% available, ~ 5 min/year unscheduled downtime
• But diesels are noisy, polluting, air quality permitting difficult at 100MW+ scale
• Investigating several alternatives
• Current specification 12-48 hours on-site fuel storage
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Fuel Cells for Backup Power NREL-Daimler-HPE-Power Innovations Demonstration
• Daimler - 65kW H2 fuel cell
• HP - Cloudline computers
• Power Innovations - integrator
• Basic functional demo
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Photo credit: Daimler
Production Scale
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30 MW x 48 hours = 100,000kg H2
Microsoft Confidential 32 Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin.
Integrated Hydrogen Economy
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End of Presentation Thank you
Mark Monroe, Principle Infrastructure Engineer
mark.monroe@microsoft.com
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