Data Center Efficiency Project

The Data Center Efficiency Project is a partnership between the Leadership Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Energy Commission to identify best practices, emerging technologies and applications that reduce data center and IT costs through increased efficiency. These best practices, case studies and demonstration projects are presented at the annual Data Center Efficiency Summit. To view presentations from previous years click  here.

 

Call for Data Center Efficiency Summit Case Studies

Attention data center operators, IT managers, energy managers, engineers and vendors of green data center technologies: A call for case studies and demonstration projects is now open for the fifth annual Data Center Efficiency Summit to be held in November 2012.

The Data Center Efficiency Summit is a signature event of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in partnership with the California Energy Commission and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which brings together engineers and thought leaders for one full day to discuss best practices, cutting edge new technologies, and lessons learned by real end users – not marketing pitches.

We welcome case studies presented by an end user or customer. If you are the vendor of an exciting new technology, please work with your customers to submit a case study.  Case studies of built projects with actual performance data are preferred.

Topics to consider:

• Energy Efficiency and/or Demand Response
• Efficient Cooling (Example: Liquid Immersion Cooling)
• Efficient Power Distribution (Example: DC Power)
• IT Impact on Energy Efficiency (Example: Energy Impact of Data Security)
• Energy Efficient Data Center Operations

In the final version of your case study, you will need to include:

• Quantifiable savings in terms of kWh savings, percentage reduction in energy consumption, annual dollar savings for the data center, or CO₂reduction
• Costs and ROI including all implementation costs with a breakdown (hardware, software, services, etc) and time horizon for savings
• Description of site environment (age, size or load, production or R&D use)
• List of any technology vendors or NGO partners associated with project

Please submit a short (1 page or less) statement of interest and description of your project or concept by March 2, 2012 to asmart@svlg.org with subject heading: DCES12. Final case studies will need to be submitted in August 2012. Submissions will be reviewed and considered in the context of this event.

Interested in setting up a demonstration project at your facility? We may be able to provide technical support and independent evaluation. Please call Anne Smart at 408-501-7871 for information.