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Market Report . According to the report , market share for Huawei ’ s Smart Modular Data Center Solution has grown rapidly in recent years , increasing from 12.7 % in 2017 to 20.5 % in 2020 , demonstrating the solution ’ s leadership position worldwide .

The report also notes that the global modular data centre market is expected to maintain rapid growth , with a Compound Annual Growth Rate ( CAGR ) of 20.9 % over 2020 to 2026 . While such growth will place higher requirements on the product strength and service responsiveness of modular data centre vendors , the key to Huawei ’ s leadership position lies in its ongoing , high investment in innovating technologies and product integration .

For example , in 2017 , Huawei ’ s FusionModule 2000 Smart Modular Solution was certified by the Uptime Institute , known as ‘ the global authority on data centre best practices ’, becoming the world ’ s first modular data centre solution to obtain Uptime TIER-Ready IV certification .

Sanjay Kumar Sainani , Global SVP of Business Development & Global CTO for the Digital Power Business at Huawei Technologies

Huawei ’ s smart modular data centres integrate power supply and power distribution , temperature control , cabinet aisles , cabling and monitoring into a single module , ensuring rapid delivery and ondemand deployment . In September 2020 , Huawei launched its next generation FusionModule 5.0 Smart Modular Data Center , based on concepts of modularisation , intelligence – including an Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) -based automated inspection robot for data centres – and a full-scale lithium-ion battery , SmartLi .

FusionModule 5.0 also benefits from a suite of Huawei innovations – collectively referred to as i3 – including Huawei ’ s intelligent power supply and distribution technology , iPower , the iCooling intelligent thermal management solution that improves Power Usage Effectiveness ( PUE ) and iManager , a centralised , smart management solution . These innovations help to build a smart data centre solution that is simple , green , intelligent and secure . More recently , in July 2021 , a new PUE test record was set for Huawei ’ s smart modular data centre products . Annual average PUE was recorded as low as 1.111 , representing a significant improvement on the market average , which sits around 1.5 .

An important indicator for measuring the energy efficiency of a data centre , PUE is defined as the ratio of total facility energy compared to the energy exclusively used by Information Technology ( IT ) equipment in the facility . Accordingly , a lower PUE value indicates higher energy efficiency and improved energy savings . Huawei ’ s Smart Modular Data Center Solution maximises the use of natural cooling sources , in order to reduce the power consumed by temperature control systems .

Combined with iCooling , this helps to achieve some of the lowest PUE figures in the industry . As a result , Huawei ’ s smart modular data centre solution can reduce the total power consumption of a data centre by almost 25 %, translating into significant energy savings , helping customers to build green , low-carbon data centres .

Huawei smart modular data centres are already widely used in diverse industries , worldwide , including in the carrier , Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), government , finance , education , healthcare , manufacturing and transportation sectors .

Looking ahead , Huawei will continue to strive to create more value for customers through ongoing technological innovation , in turn contributing to the healthy development of the industry as a whole . ◊

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