Double carbon in every direction: green demand and competition focus in the calculation from the east to the West

If inventory 2022 The hottest air outlet in the science and technology circle in the first half of , Counting East and West is definitely on the list .2022 Open a year , National Development and Reform Commission 、 The Ministry of industry and information technology and other four ministries and commissions have determined “ Count from east to west ” Construction of the project . In Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei 、 Changjiang delta 、 Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Dawan District, etc , Set up ten data center clusters , To complete the overall layout and design of the national integrated data center system , Since then, the construction of intensive data center has begun .

The establishment of the project of calculating from the east to the West originated from the calculation power in the eastern and western regions 、 Regulation of energy supply and demand , Data of eastern developed regions 、 Strong demand for computing power , However, the development of data processing facilities and energy supply in the eastern part of China is limited by cost and energy consumption . And the land in the western region 、 Rich in energy and other resources , The data center is clustered in the western region 、 Centralized planning and development , Optimize the spatial layout of the data center , Effectively utilize the renewable energy in the western region to promote the green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the data center .

As the core resource in the era of digital economy , The demand for computing power is driving the rapid deployment of data centers , However 24 The big data center, which operates around the clock, is also a major energy consumer . Data from research institutes show , Over the past decade , The overall power consumption of data centers in China exceeds... Every year 10% Increasing speed of . According to the IDC expect , To 2024 In, the power consumption of data center will account for... Of the power consumption of the whole society 5% above .

Under the requirements of the double carbon strategy , Data centers with large energy consumption are also the focus of the government “ Care ”. In the project of counting from the east to the West , The construction standards for the data center are becoming more and more strict , More emphasis on low carbon and energy conservation , Data Center PUE The requirement of value is also higher and higher .

Data center PUE mission

PUE Value refers specifically to a value used to measure energy consumption in the data center , Is all the energy and energy consumed by the data center IT The ratio of energy consumed by the equipment . Simply speaking ,PUE The closer the value is. 1, It means that the better the degree of energy conservation and emission reduction ,PUE The bigger the value is. , It indicates that the larger the electric energy consumed by supporting infrastructure such as refrigeration and power supply .

Under the requirements of sustainable development , The central and local governments have repeatedly proposed energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation for high energy consuming industries , The data center is a traditional large energy consumer , It has been listed in key areas for many times , Put forward clear transformation requirements .

2019 year 2 month , Ministry of industry and information technology 《 Guidance on strengthening the construction of green data center 》 Regulations , To 2022 year , The average energy consumption of the data center has basically reached the international advanced level , New large 、 Super large data center PUE Down to 1.4 following .

2021 year 7 month , Issued by the ministry of industry and information technology 《 Three year action plan for new data center development （2021—2023 year ）》, The data center consumes a lot of energy , It is required that the energy efficiency level of the new data center be steadily improved 、PUE Gradually decrease , The utilization rate of renewable energy has been gradually improved . This time, we count from the east to the West , Just ask Zhangjiakou 、 Shaoguan 、 Changjiang delta 、 wuhu 、 Tianfu 、 Chongqing cluster PUE stay 1.25 following , Ringer 、 Gui'an 、 Zhongwei 、 Qingyang cluster PUE stay 1.2 following .

Building a data center is both an outlet and an opportunity , But whether it's new or old data centers PUE Values are required to be high , For the green reform of the data center , It's not a small challenge . Beyond seas , Advanced data center PUE Less than 2. And domestic data centers PUE Values in 2-3 Between , Twice the global average for advanced data centers .

Most of the existing domestic old data centers , They are built by major enterprises to meet their own business needs , The characteristics of these data centers can be summarized as follows , Set fragmentation 、 Focus on extensive construction , The data center is huge , There are a lot of servers in it 、 Storage devices and switches , The energy consumption of its own operation process is large , And the computer room 、 Air conditioning cooling and other infrastructure are old , The energy consumption of the data center has been at a high level . This also makes the data center criticized by the industry for a long time , Directly affect the healthy development of the data center .

For new data centers , The problems are similar , The data center itself consumes a lot of energy , The corresponding technologies for reducing energy consumption are still in the growth stage , High cost and unstable effect . Under the requirements of the double carbon strategy , The green demand of data center of East digital computing and West Computing PUE Less than 1.3, about IDC It is a big challenge for manufacturers . How to reduce energy consumption in the data center ？ Give Way PUE Values tend to 1？ Emerging technologies and solutions are emerging .

One by one double carbon ：IDC Green change measures

Research statistics , The energy consumption of the data center mainly includes IT equipment 、 Refrigeration system 、 Power supply and distribution system 、 Lighting system and other facilities , Such as security equipment 、 Sensors and related data center building management systems . On the whole , By the server 、 Storage and network communication equipment IT The power consumption generated by the equipment system accounts for about% of the total power consumption of the data center 45%, The power consumption generated by the air conditioning refrigeration system accounts for about% of the total power consumption of the data center 40%, Power supply and other equipment account for 10%～15%.

If from low PUE To measure the data center , Excellent low-power data center , From planning and design 、 From procurement implementation to operation and maintenance and verification, the whole life cycle has high requirements for reducing energy consumption . For low PUE For your data center , Innovative technologies and services need to be embedded in these links , Lower data center PUE value .

1.IT Reduction of device power consumption . The way adopted by the industry is mainly from IT Device hardware and software to reduce power consumption .IT Infrastructure , From application optimization 、 Architecture Planning / Optimize 、 Overall optimization of product selection , Balance consumption reduction and efficiency , For example AI Technology for time-sharing scheduling of data , Realize intelligent prediction , Reasonably expand and shrink the server equipment , Optimize the allocation of computing resources , Improve server utilization .

2. The power consumption of the refrigeration system is reduced . The traditional air cooling technology is gradually replaced by liquid cooling technology , The refrigeration effect of liquid cooling technology is almost twice as good as that of traditional air cooling . At present, plate liquid cooling 、 Submerged liquid cooling and other technologies have been gradually applied . Small amount of plate liquid cooling technology transformation , The layout is basically the same as that of an ordinary computer room . Submerged liquid cooling can provide “ Liquid cooling + The wind is cold ” Combined cooling technology design , It can carry out differentiated design for core module components . Waste heat recovery around liquid cooling , Such as heating 、 Secondary refrigeration 、 Power generation and other industries are also becoming research trends and hot spots .

3. Building 、 The power consumption of the operation and maintenance system is reduced . At the beginning of data center construction , Go low PUE Planning and design , From comprehensive site selection 、 Low energy consumption cabinet 、 modularization / Micro module , Start with operation and maintenance management , Balance the relationship between consumption reduction and cost ; Operation and maintenance management , Through the fine monitoring platform 、 Reasonable evaluation of resource application , Detect resource utilization to dynamically adjust resource allocation , Strategies such as shutting down unnecessary equipment in low energy consumption cycle , Balance consumption reduction and efficiency .

We can find out , The green energy consumption reduction of the data center starts from the planning and construction , Including power supply system 、 Air conditioning system 、 Green design of HVAC system , Application of liquid cooling technology in refrigeration system ; Until then IT Device level gateway 、 The server etc. IT Equipment selection 、 Network construction and intelligent energy-saving optimization in the application process ; What is involved in operation and maintenance management IT Equipment and platform 、 Application and business monitoring .

Data center PUE The measurement of index energy consumption is a systematic project , In these key dimensions , Every item can't fall off the chain , Especially for new data centers , otherwise PUE If the value is not up to the standard, it will face the situation of being shut down . about IDC vendors , The reduction of energy consumption and the upgrading of energy efficiency are the indicators they are most concerned about .

competition “ ace ”： One stop full life service

How the old and new data centers fit the high PUE Value requirements , yes IDC The business core that manufacturers pay attention to , It is also the goal of its key development and innovation .

Construction of data center 、 Operation and maintenance 、 The content systems involved in different stages such as services are complex , The professional fields involved are complex , For example, the computer room supporting civil engineering for building system construction 、 The physical infrastructure of the data center is powered 、 Refrigeration 、 Cabinet 、 Wiring, etc , The operating system of the server 、 Network devices 、 Software and hardware platforms, etc . Therefore, the role of the service provider in the data center is fragmented , It provides differentiated services at different stages of data center construction and operation .

In the industrial chain of the data center , It is mainly divided into infrastructure 、IDC trusteeship 、IDC Three service provider roles . Upstream includes the provision of IT Device server 、 Hardware and software facilities , It also includes some supporting devices such as network communication 、 Power Supply 、 frame 、 Heat dissipation, etc IDC manufacturer . Such as huawei 、 Ziguang Xinhua third class enterprise .

Midstream is IDC Service and solution providers , The market is dominated by three major operators , With a third party IDC Enterprises 、 Cloud service providers coexist and develop , There are mainly worldwide data 、 21vianet and other manufacturers ; Downstream is the demand side of the data center , Mainly cloud computing manufacturers of Internet companies , Such as ali cloud 、 Tencent cloud 、 Huawei cloud, etc .

The technology circles we are familiar with are mainly upstream and downstream participants in the data center market . Upstream of the data center IDC manufacturer , Many exist as service roles with a single point of capability , Provide data center construction 、 Some services in operation and maintenance . For example, consulting services for data center construction 、 Construction of refrigeration system 、 Electric power system 、IT Software and hardware equipment services, etc .

Now there are more and more IDC Manufacturers began to focus on technology and modular solutions , Build a one-stop service data center “ ace ”. One stop service includes data center from infrastructure construction 、 Operation and maintenance 、 Management and other services in the whole life field , Such as infrastructure construction 、IT Equipment software and hardware 、 Low energy consumption cabinet 、 Network gateway service 、 Refrigeration system 、 Platform operation and maintenance system services, etc .

IDC In the industry , Under the banner of one-stop service, the number of manufacturers began to increase , After all, the fragmented services in the data center are only a small part of it . One stop service means a package solution , The commercial value is huge , Especially the future operation of the data center , This is the future IDC The blue ocean of market participation and the focus of competition , Huawei, too 、 Xinhua third class IDC Why manufacturers focus on construction and investment .

As a whole , The one-stop service has high requirements for the technology and capability of manufacturers , There are a few manufacturers with one-stop full life service capabilities in the industry . In the construction, operation and maintenance of the data center , There are many sub fields involved , In the long industrial chain , There are all-around players , There are expert players , Let's give full play to our strengths , The key to staying on the table for a long time is to create powerful tools or energy-efficient solutions .

The age of intelligence , It is located in data centers of all sizes in the country , With countless small and trivial needs , It needs all kinds of players in the industry to give full play to their strengths .IDC The cake of industry is huge , Green reform that requires the joint efforts of various parties , This opportunity for development is equal to all participants .

IDC Innovation and transformation of service providers in the data center , Continue to provide more green services to data centers that consume large amounts of energy 、 Operation and maintenance capacity , Accelerate your data center toward efficiency 、 clean 、 intensive 、 Sustainable green roads , It not only supports the greening of our digital life , It also contributes to the rapid realization of the dual carbon goal .