2006 2013 2020
6091
140
65
98
150
Market Pains
biilion kWh electricity MMT of COx
Typical US servers operate on average in a range of 5%-15%
capacity while drawing 60%-90% of their maximum power
The cost of data center downtime is $7,900/minute, with 91%
experienced an average 86 min outage per 2 years
Data center facility life cycle is ~15 year, data center IT refresh
rate is ~2 year. The facility is under severe strain.
The mismatch between IT utilization and cooling wastes 60% of cooling electricity.
Average cooling capacity factor=3.9
(NRDC, EPA, Ponemon Institute)
CIO wants MORE IT
equipment in the data center…
Facilities complains the power bill for
my data center is TOO high…
The Data Center Manager
in the other branch got
FIRED because of service
interruption!!?
Finance did NOT approve the
budget for new equipment…
DataCOOL
• Eliminating the service downtime due to IT
overheating
• Saving operating cost by 25%
• Improving service life by 30%
Proof of ConceptReal-time IT Data Monitoring Optimum Cooling