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UNIVERSITY OF PISA
EMPLOYS VERTIV HIGH DENSITY SOLUTIONS FOR ITS HYBRID GREEN DATA CENTER EXPANSION
The historic University of Pisa partners with Vertiv to scale its cutting-edge data centre infrastructure and enable high-performance computing, all while improving energy efficiency and operational flexibility. ith international prestige,
W the University of Pisa is a public institution with 20 departments and high-level research centres in various sectors, including agriculture, astrophysics, computer science, engineering, medicine and veterinary medicine. Established in 1343, the university has strong connections with renown institutes, cultural institutions and industries, particularly in the field of Information Technology.
In 2016, the University of Pisa embarked on a project to develop a new data centre building called The Green Datacenter.
Vertiv was chosen to supply the critical infrastructure, and the successful project implementation led to a solid technical and strategic relationship with the university.
Challenge
More recently, the university turned to Vertiv to expand its data centre and support high-performance( HPC) computing applications.
Known as‘ The Hybrid Green Data Center Expansion’, the project aims to scale the existing data centre infrastructure and deploy HPC applications by utilising the available wing of the building.
The challenge was to maintain the original design and user interface while incorporating new technological elements that meet the evolving HPC needs and support high operational flexibility.
These goals were achieved by adopting Vertiv Liebert XDU liquid cooling systems and creating tailormade hybrid aisles, which feature both air-cooling units and liquid cooling equipment.
In addition, space constraints led to the bespoke design of an external Vertiv Power Module. The hydraulic infrastructure has been expanded, allowing the previously delivered chiller
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