DIGITAL EDGE Evidently , some servers will operate at a higher temperature , while others will require more air . What ’ s important is that even making “ little savings ” is helping to reduce the overall carbon footprint .
An innovative cooling system at Digital Edge ’ s data centre in Jakarta , for example , has resulted in electricity savings that could power around 1,500 residential homes , while it ’ s estimated the technology has achieved water savings to fill 200 of those Olympic pools .
Digital Edge is , in fact , the first co-location data centre company in Asia to install Nortek StatePoint ® liquid cooling technology , having done so at both its newly-built sites in Manila and Jakarta .
“ This means we ’ re able to reduce power and water consumption significantly compared to current technologies – a typical water-cooled chiller and DX system ,” Park explains .
84 May 2024