Air-conditioning your datacenter?

Currently, the crucial issue for datacenters is their cooling and, more specifically, the system to use while limiting bills and environmental impact.

Servers generate a high amount of heat in the datacenter. Therefore, in order to protect the hardware and to maintain an optimal operation, it is important to take into account several factors concerning it: hygrometry (related to the amount of humidity), temperature, air quality, ... To regulate these constraints, very energy consuming cooling systems are necessary, which burdens the operational expenses of the datacenter.

Moreover, for the last ten years, the environmental impact has been a subject that is making people think more and more. The proof is that even the largest European authorities are sensitive to this issue and are imposing more and more measures and legislation in this regard. Data centers are no exception to the environmental protection trend, and for good reason: their energy impact is high.

Beyond the change of equipment or the use of renewable energies, the chosen cooling method can be a key element in this dual quest for profitability and sustainability. Several choices are available to you:

• Free-cooling, which consists of using cold outside air directly, which is filtered and brought to the data rooms,
• The direct cooling system which consists of a heat transfer from the appliances to the coolant by convection or conduction depending on the system,
• The use of an adiabatic cooling based on the passage of outside air through humid media in order to evaporate the water and thus reduce the temperature of the forced air.

When you're looking for a data center cooling system, your main goal is often to find the one that will give you the best combination of efficiency and security. With so many different methods to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which one will work best.

Following the partnership between Bioclimas and Aveltec, a French company specialized in the field, we are able to provide you with a solution that will reduce the operational costs of your data center by up to 40%.

How do you do it? Thanks to a hybrid system between free-cooling and cooling .

In Belgium, free-cooling is sufficient for 90% of the time. For the remaining 10%, the cooling adiabatic system kicks in and pulses cool air. The great advantage of this system is that it drastically limits energy consumption and therefore electricity bills. What's more, the security of the data center is ensured by the cooling adiabatic system, which provides the necessary back-up.

By choosing this hybrid system, you will be able to benefit from a data center with reduced costs and enhanced security!

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