Circling the Square! - Understanding and Minimising the Costs of Providing Digital Facilities

Circling the Square! Understanding and Minimising the Costs of

Providing Digital Facili<es

Michael Walker 17th June 2013

Denholm Logistics AIMES – e-‐InfraNet Presenta2on June 2013

Outline

• Introduc2on • AIMES • The Square • The Solu2on •  Conclusions • Q&A


AIMES Background

•  AIMES -‐founded in December 2005 as a not-‐for-‐profit, Community Interest Company

•  Created following a project at the University of Liverpool to exploit the business opportuni2es from u2lity/grid/cloud compu2ng

•  AIMES facili2es are located Liverpool Innova2on Park

•  Research driven • Winner of the DCS Private Sector Data Centre of the Year Award in 2013


AIMES Capability & Clients ISO27001 Data Centre Hos<ng •  Managed Services •  Offsite Backup •  Colloca2on •  Hosted Exchange

Bespoke Applica<on Development •  Scalable offshore development centre •  BioBase •  Perkins

Value Added Services •  Vehicle tracking & Security •  Social care op2misa2on •  Industry sector portals •  Services for schools and educa2on •  Digital inclusion


Exis<ng Data Centre Facili<es •  Enterprise Class data centre constructed to 2007 energy

efficiency standards with a Power U2lisa2on Efficiency (PUE) of 1.56 and currently maintainable systems.

•  Resilient mul2ple internet connec2vity, water-‐cooling, hot-‐aisle containment, N+1 redundancy and standby power genera2on.

•  The facility’s Informa2on Security Management System is cer2fied to ISO 27001


The Square

•  Exis2ng Facili2es full •  Future needs unclear •  Future technologies unclear •  Time Pressure •  Funding Pressure •  Flexibility -‐ Scalability !


Partners & Roles

•  AIMES –Outline concept/Finance/Management •  Keysource – Detail Design/Construc<on •  Airedale – Free cooling chillers •  Schnieder – Xtructure/DCIM •  Leeds University – Monitoring, Evalua<on, Repor<ng


Plan View – Modular Build

Data hall Reception

UPS & switch gear Chillers


CFD Modelling


APC NetShelter with VED


In the Beginning there was……….


Louvre Wall/Ceiling Void


Completed Data Hall


Cooling Corridor and AHUs


Kilby House and External Chillers


UPS and Redundant Power


Conclusion (1) The Corners: •  Mechanical cooling efficiency •  Component losses (UPS) •  Embedded Carbon •  Resilience •  Long term Flexibility/Scalability •  Cost

You have to have TWO !


Conclusions (2)

•  How important is “the” data ? •  Business Con<nuity – Why do you want a data centre?

•  Disaster Recovery – Why do you want two? •  Partnership – Public/Private sector partners ? •  Cost effec<ve Digital Facility provision Circling the Square

Ques<ons

Michael Walker 17th June 2013

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Circling the Square! - Understanding and Minimising the Costs of Providing Digital Facilities