Innovative Ways to make Data Centres more Sustainable
The demand for computing power has increased by the factor of ten since 2010 and data centres are consuming more and more electricity. New technologies such as machine learning in networked factories or online streaming services further multiply the need for data processing and analysis. Although data centres have already become more energy efficient, as the energy demand per gigabit has decreased, the higher energy demand almost cancels out this improvement. In Germany, there are currently 50,000 data centres of all sizes owned by IT companies, public authorities, universities, banks or industrial companies. To increase the efficiency of data centres, cooling is the decisive factor, as it consumes almost as much electricity as data processing. Innovative ways to make data centres more sustainable: Cooling with water Water absorbs heat better than air. On the other hand, water cooling can be expensive to install and maintain. Water cooling also strains local resources and often caus
