03.12. Working Group Data Center: Architectural Design

Beck Eva of Hewlett-Packard presented on the first day, the container data center “pod, HP.” Containers are currently being intensively discussed in the market – including at this meeting. The biggest advantage in a container data center is, according to Beck, in the rapid deployment within just a few weeks and the high efficiency in terms of cooling owing to the small space.

Dr. Bela Waldhauser, Global Switch FM GmbH, then presented the “ideal for building a data center from the perspective of an operator” and began by stating that there was no ideal way. Decisions to be made for the ideal building Dr. Waldhauser explained by subdividing into four categories: environment, if existing, the building itself, power / cooling and ultimately safety.

The third and final lecture dealt with the issue of climate control. Achim Pfleiderer from the air conditioning experts Stulz GmbH began with a brief introduction to the technology and specifically defined the “precision air conditioning systems”. He then explained the various “set screws” on the optimisation of air conditioning within a data center.