FEATURE
IT’S ESSENTIAL
FOR IT
OPERATORS TO
MAKE THE MOST
OUT OF THE DATA
CENTRE, BOTH
FOR THEMSELVES
AND FOR THEIR
CUSTOMERS.
Two tools that are helping data centre teams
make important decisions are Schneider
Electric’s Data Centre TradeOff Tool and
EkkoSoft Critical M&E SaaS software.
We find out more about how they
work and what they’re offering modern
infrastructure teams.
Mark Gaydos, CMO, Nlyte
Schneider Electric introduces its
Data Centre TradeOff Tool
Schneider Electric, a leader in Digital
Transformation of energy management
and automation, has introduced a new
Data Centre TradeOff Tool, designed to
enable customers and channel partners to
model the long-term cost implications of
utilising new Edge Computing and critical
infrastructure technologies.
The ‘Lithium Ion vs VRLA TradeOff
Tool’, created by Schneider Electric’s
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Data Centre Science Centre, details the
costs incurred when deploying Lithium-
ion (Li-ion) batteries over VRLA in UPS
applications, taking into account several
factors including the source location,
the associated energy costs, the UPS
capacity, service life, backup time,
replacement period and cost of real-
estate to house the cells.
Using data driven algorithms, the tool
analyses the cumulative cost of selecting
Li-ion vs. VRLA energy storage approaches
and calculates long-term figures, detailing
the total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits
of Li-ion.
Significant benefits via lower TCO
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) offers many advantages
over lead-acid batteries, providing resilient
backup power to data centres, should
mains supply become disrupted.
However, they previously carried a
premium in terms of initial capital
expenditure and although this cost
is diminishing with time through
technology improvements and volume
production, a careful analysis of the TCO
is required to determine the optimal
product choice. Owing to their design
and cell chemistry, Li-ion batteries
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