ECL has introduced what it says would be the world’s first modular, sustainable, off-grid knowledge middle that makes use of hydrogen as its major energy supply, promising carbon impartial efficiency and 99.9999% uptime.
Modular knowledge facilities are designed to go collectively like constructing blocks, permitting firms to start out small and develop as their capability wants enhance. The ECL knowledge facilities will are available in 1 megawatt blocks.
ECL’s data-center-as-a-service providing is geared primarily to mid-sized knowledge middle operators, in addition to giant firms with a mixture of cloud and on-premises IT environments. It claims its knowledge facilities can have a complete price of possession that is two-thirds of what a standard colocation knowledge middle atmosphere would price when measured over 5 years.
The information middle design from ECL consumes no native sources, together with energy or water, and operates with zero emissions at extraordinarily low noise ranges. This can make its knowledge middle modules preferrred for distant and edge areas, the corporate claims.
The dearth of dependence on native utilities additionally signifies that ECL knowledge facilities may be designed and delivered a lot quicker than a standard knowledge middle. ECL says it’ll scale back planning and building cycles from between 18 to 24 months to between six and 9 months.
ECL’s cooling system is fully self-contained and permits larger density-per-rack than conventional knowledge facilities attributable to water cooling. Water is created as a by-product of hydrogen-based energy technology and might be used to chill ECL’s server racks, eliminating the necessity for exterior water sources.
The result’s an astonishing energy utilization effectiveness (PUE) ratio. In line with the Uptime Institute, the standard knowledge middle has a PUE of roughly 1.5. A number of the higher hyperscalars have gotten that all the way down to 1.1. ECL says it’ll obtain a PUE of 1.05 throughout its knowledge facilities, with as much as 50 kilowatts per rack.
The corporate simply scored $7 million in seed financing co-led by Molex Ventures and Hyperwise Ventures. The funds might be utilized by ECL to develop its market presence and within the building of its first knowledge middle on the firm’s Mountain View, Calif. headquarters.
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