Energy Consumption of Data Centers - Problems and Solutions
2023-08-19 , Bits & Bäume
Language: English

The energy consumption of datacenters is increasing exponentially. Local community heating is required to heat houses. The talk will give an overview of the existing problems and examples how data centers can be integrated into green power generation to heating concepts producing data center services en passant.


3% of global electricity consumption today and are projected to touch 4% by 2030. The average hyperscale facility consumes 20-50MW annually – theoretically enough electricity to power up to 37,000 homes[1].

Newer concepts reduce the energy for cooling to zero and integrate the datacenter into photovoltaic energy sources and local community heating as a sink[2]. Open source concepts allow to run a local cloud zone in this location regaining control of citizen data.

[1] https://datacentremagazine.com/articles/efficiency-to-loom-large-for-data-centre-industry-in-2023
[2] https://www.ala-magazin.de/thumbnails/1680_2_JH-Computers_BHKW.jpg)](http://www.ala-magazin.de/ala-magazin/artikel/2021/jh-computers-gmbh.php


Content Notes

Might contain traces of thermodynamics, data center technology, clouds and digital sovereignty.

The speaker consulted the German administration pro bono and payed in installing cloud concepts.

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  • Berlin
  • Cloud
  • Security Architect
  • Kubernetes Security Hacker
  • Critical Infrastructure
  • Building Clouds
  • Freelancer
  • Cofounder of Endocode and Resility
  • Open Source since 1988
  • Worked for several DE-Gov projects
  • Linux since 0.95
  • PHD in Statistiscal Physic and QM
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