Introduction to Datacenters & the Cloud
Datacenter Power
Alex M. Hurd
Clarkson Open Source Institute
April 2, 2015
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Overview
AISO
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Citi
eBay
IBM
Intel
Yahoo!
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AISO
Affordable Internet Services Online (AISO)
Location: Romoland, CA
Online: April 2005
Time to Design and Build: 6 Months
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AISO Continued
Solar used as primary power source
Solar tube lighting
Rain water collection system for use in cooling system
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AISO Continued
Size: 2,000 sq. ft Total, 400 sq. ft of hosting space
Overhead power, cooling, and cabling
Tier III
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AISO Continued
Number of Server Racks: 15
IT power Capacity: 110kW
All power is derived from an onsite solar array
Three independant network hookups
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Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Online: April 2005
Time to Design and Build: 7 Months
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Barcelona Supercomputing Center Continued
Servers are located in a chapel built in 1920
Houses the MareNostrum Supercomputer
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Barcelona Supercomputing Center Continued
1722 sq. ft of hosting space
Power, Cooling, and Data all under raised floor
Tier 0
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Barcelona Supercomputing Center Continued
Number of Server Racks: 48
IT power Capacity: 850kW
Power Density: up to 22kW
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Barcelona Supercomputing Center Continued
Upon opening the MareNostrum was a 63.8 TerraFLOP PowerPC
based Super Computer
Updated in 2012 the MareNostrum is now a 103.2 TerraFLOP Xeon
Based Super Computer
Operated by a consortium of Government and Academics
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Citi
Citi
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Online: May 2008
Time to Design and Build: 20 Months
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Citi Continued
Green Roof and Walls
Rainwater Harvested for irrigation
Reverse osmosis water treatment for cooling
Rotary UPS
First Data Center certified LEED Platinum
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Citi Continued
Size: 228,000 sq. ft Total, 100,000 sq. ft of hosting space
Overhead cabling, power and cooling delivered by raised floor
Tier III
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Cite Continued
Two separate 14.4MW feeds
Cabinet Location: Unknown
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eBay
eBay
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Online: October 2011
Time to Design and Build: 22 Months
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eBay Continued
In Building Data Hall
Containerized Datacenters on Roof
Air and Liquid Cooling to Racks
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eBay Continued
Size: 42,000 sq. ft Total, 14,000 sq. ft of hosting space
Overhead cabling, power and cooling
Chilled water delivered by 6ft raised floor
Tier II
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eBay Continued
4MW for IT initially, expandable to 6MW for the Data Hall and 6MW
for the containers
Cabinet Location: 256 on the main floor
Roof can house 10-12 containers and cabinets can vary by
configuration
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