The DCA - Sustainability SIG
Owner: Astrid Wynne
The purpose of the Sustainability Special Interest Group is to develop best practice in the UK data centre industry with respect to materials usage, energy efficiency, skills development and workforce retention in an operational data centre environment
The group aims to achieve this through:
- optimising energy efficiency at use phase
- expert insight into IT hardware and the effect on energy draw
- insight into the role of IT load with respect to this, including
a. the effect of full utilisation on efficiency as measured by compute power over energy
b. the ability of software to dematerialise hardware
c. minimising data transfer and storage, potentially leading to a sector Code of Conduct
- an understanding of the importance of Scope 3 emissions (also known as embodied energy) in the hardware, facility and building
- circular solutions for the IT hardware and other infrastructure
- circular solutions for heat, power and IT load
- use of renewable energy in the sector
- new technologies that can aid this
- existing and upcoming standards relating to this
- education of workforce with respect to sustainability insight and practice
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Is raising temperatures a false economy?
By Astrid Wynne
Categories: Best Practice, Cooling, Energy Efficiency, Facilities Management, Servers and Hardware, Sustainability
Dr Stephen Clement is a Senior Researcher at Techbuyer and a UKRI Future Leader Fellow researching data centre digital twins and holistic approaches to efficiency. Before joining Techbuyer he received BEng and PhD degrees in Computer Science from...
"Bare Metal": The importance of Scope 3 for data centres
octet-stream By Astrid Wynne
Categories: Cloud, Education, Skills and Training, Industry Trends and Innovations, Servers and Hardware
Microsoft, Google, META, and AWS are some of the biggest single power consumers in the world. Along with other digital infrastructure company’s consumption, they make up 2.4% of the world's energy use. This film details the digital...
DCA Data Centre Sustainability Group - Digital Footprint Whitepaper 2022 Edition
By Astrid Wynne
Categories: Best Practice, Business Development, Education, Skills and Training, Industry Trends and Innovations, Policy regulation and Compliance, Servers and Hardware, Standards, Sustainability
This white paper is designed for Data Centre owners and operators to benefit from the collective experience of the industry with the trusted peer review of the DCA. It is a call to action for the sector to make immediate pledges to improve social...
Aligning to the UN Global Goals
By Astrid Wynne
19 minutes 49 secondsCategories: Best Practice, Business Development, Education, Skills and Training, Industry Trends and Innovations
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Astrid Wynne uploaded an image file: Is raising temperatures a false economy?Dr Stephen Clement is a Senior Researcher at Techbuyer and a UKRI Future Leader Fellow researching data centre digital twins and holistic approaches to efficiency. Before joining Techbuyer he received BEng and PhD degrees in...- Microsoft, Google, META, and AWS are some of the biggest single power consumers in the world. Along with other digital infrastructure company’s consumption, they make up 2.4% of the world's energy use. This film details...
- Astrid Wynne uploaded a document file: DCA Data Centre Sustainability Group - Digital Footprint Whitepaper 2022 EditionThis white paper is designed for Data Centre owners and operators to benefit from the collective experience of the industry with the trusted peer review of the DCA. It is a call to action for the sector to make immediate pledges...
- Astrid Wynne uploaded a video file: Aligning to the UN Global Goals
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50 Shades of Green
By Astrid WynneCategories: Best Practice, Data Centre Operator, Design and Construction, Energy Efficiency, Facilities Management, Power, Servers and Hardware
The data centre remains the beating heart of our digital world. Businesses and society rely on these facilities to keep connected, informed and entertained. However it is important that we all recognise that these services come at a price.
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