Microdatacenter
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A microdatacenter is a small, self contained data center consisting of computing, storage, networking, power and cooling. Micro data centers typically employ water cooling to achieve compactness, low component count, low cost and high energy efficiency. Its small size allows decentralised deployment in places where traditional data centers cannot go, for instance edge computing for Internet of things.
In July 2017, the Dutch company Asperitas presented a distributed micro edge data center model at the Datacenter Transformation educational event in Manchester.
The model is focused on the energy transformation to usable heat and flexible deployment where heat is required in a larger scale, with constant heat demand. The micro data centers optimally don't require any overhead installations for cooling or no-break systems. The cooling of the servers is facilitated by sourcing cold water from the heat user, thus creating a synergy between different industries.Especially the adoption of temperature chaining, or a cascade of thermal energy, high reusable temperatures can be achieved. Due to the minimised overhead, these nodes can be deployed in large quantities near or within network hubs for urban or office areas or even as part of a non-data center facility which can directly benefit from the reusable heat. This allows for fast network access and simple energy reuse.
The micro edge nodes (10-100 kW) function as forward locations of the core data centers. The edge nodes provide services like data processing for IoT systems, data caching for digital content (YouTube, Netflix, etc.) and fast access to cloud services. The edge nodes are continuously replicated with the core datacenters and several strategic other edge nodes. This provides constant availability through geo-redundancy.
By making information available in multiple locations at the same time, it becomes easy to exchange between different physical structures when interacting with the information. The capacity of overhead installations can be minimised to allow only for normal operation and a shutdown phase in case of emergency while active data processes are moved to a different facility.
The micro edge nodes are small locations with minimised overhead installations. They will have simplified configurations which consists of a small data floor, switchboard and energy delivery. Often without redundancy in power or cooling infrastructure (there is a significant thermal buffer with Immersed Computing®), but with sufficient sustainable Li-ion battery power (i.e. Tesla Powerpack) to allow for replication and shutdown. The facilities are based on Immersed Computing® and additional liquid technologies when required. This allows these facilities to become enclosed air environments which prevents environmental impact like noise or exterior installations. The liquid infrastructure is cooled with any present external cooling strategy which is available.
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