{"id":17996,"date":"2024-10-14T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsegroup.com\/?p=17996"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:30:38","slug":"on-the-way-to-the-ecological-and-sustainable-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsegroup.com\/en\/articles-en\/industry-en\/on-the-way-to-the-ecological-and-sustainable-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"On the way to the ecological and sustainable Data Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Data centres\u2019 energy use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Data centres use a lot of electricity: in total, no less than 200 terawatt hours (TWh) a year, a staggering 1% of global demand. And this is only the beginning. New digital technologies are emerging and businesses & consumers have a seemingly endless appetite for data. The need for storage and processing is forecast to increase by 50% between now and 2030, fuelled by the rise of AI and increased reliance on cloud services. To put things in perspective, the electricity consumption of the world\u2019s data centres is comparable to that of a country the size of Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Designing the sustainable data centre of tomorrow\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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At GSE, we integrate sustainability into the data centres we build, minimising their carbon footprints and other environmental impacts. We suggest options for renewable energy, including from on-site solar farms that provide a valuable source of electricity for the facilities. In addition, freecooling technologies, which use outside air to cool the servers, consume less power than conventional air conditioning. Their effectiveness depends on the lowest temperatures, generally at night or in winter, making them suited to areas where temperatures regularly drop below a given minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your high-quality, standards-compliant data centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We consider our clients\u2019 requirements and specific needs to design their data centres \u2013 and we suggest the most suited standards accordingly. The main standard we apply is that of the Uptime Institute, known as Tier Classification. Widely recognised and used in the data centre industry, it assesses the reliability and redundancy of infrastructures based on specific criteria such as maintenance, power and cooling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tier Classification defines four levels \u2013 Tier I to Tier IV \u2013 corresponding to an increasing degree of system availability and redundancy.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tier I: Basic infrastructure\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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