Vertiv unveils Customer Experience Centre and microgrid installation at Ohio facility
NEWS ertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure
V and continuity solutions , has announced the opening of its Vertiv Customer Experience Centre , featuring a microgrid power solution to help data centres address electrical grid capacity and availability challenges .
Data centres are experiencing these challenges as advancements in Digital Transformation , including Artificial
Intelligence ( AI ) and Generative AI ( GenAI ), are straining traditional electrical utilities . Vertiv partnered with American Electric Power ( AEP ) on the microgrid application . The microgrid and experience centre is now active at the Vertiv Delaware facility .
Microgrids for data centres have become increasingly popular as trends such as AI require more power than is available from traditional electric grids . Additionally , microgrids can be used to reduce
reliance on the electrical grid for power capacity and availability , and to reduce diesel generator backup starts .
Vertiv will be leveraging the application as proof of concept to test operational functions of the microgrid and Vertiv data centre infrastructure technologies , including reliability , backup duration and the responsiveness of the microgrid during a variety of normal and extreme operating conditions . The Vertiv microgrid merges best-in-class , reliable and eco-friendly infrastructure technologies to support data centre availability and sustainability objectives .
Microgrids reduce vulnerability to utility outages by using several connected distributed energy resources , with a BESS storing the energy and providing it on demand as needed . In the Vertiv application , energy sources are coming from the electrical utility , the solar array and the hydrogen fuel cell .
CtrlS Datacenters lays out US $ 2 billion investment plan
trlS Datacenters has outlined its new investment plan of US $ 2 billion over the next six years . The company
C has identified key areas of focus as it looks to scale its operations , reaffirm its commitment to the region and further establish its leadership position , including adding 350MW of AI and cloud-ready hyperscale data centres and achieving net zero or carbon neutral by 2030 .
CtrlS aims to achieve its net zero goals through a multi-pronged strategy going beyond renewable energy . The company will further enhance its water conservation measures by deploying more advanced water recycling technologies in line with its goal of 100 % usage of recycled water at all of its data centres .
With a massive surge in the adoption of AI applications and cloud technologies , the demand for AI and cloud-ready data centres is on the rise . CtrlS will invest in several key technologies and strategies in areas such as advanced cooling , power management and overall infrastructure design in its new hyperscale data centres .
These will include liquid cooling ( direct-to-chip or immersion cooling ), AI HVAC , AI optimised rack layout , high-efficiency power infrastructure and provision of a plug-n-play environment for emerging technology service providers to grow their IT footprint .
CtrlS has 12 state-of-the-art data centres with 234MW capacity spread across seven major cities including Mumbai , Hyderabad , Chennai , Bangalore , Noida , Lucknow and Patna .
The investment plan involves the addition of approximately 350MW capacity across new and existing hyperscale and Edge data centres in both India and select Southeast Asian markets .
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