(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com) has introduced its patent-pending HP Flex DataCenter (www.hp.com/services/flexdc), offering a way for businesses to cut capital investment requirements for the design and building of data centers in half while decreasing their carbon footprint by 14 percent.
According to HP’s Tuesday announcement, FlexDC offers a standardized, modular approach to designing and building data centers that allows clients to replace traditional data center designs with a flexible solution that can be expanded as needed, while conserving resources.
“Clients, such as financial service providers, government entities, and cloud and colocation hosts, will find the scalable and modular nature of HP FlexDC a compelling option,” HP technology services chief technology officer Kfir Godrich said in a statement. “HP can help clients innovate the way they build and operate a greenfield data center for greater savings over its life span.”
According to the company, FlexDC is based on a “butterfly” design. It features four prefabricated quadrants, or modules, which that stem off a central administrative section. The offering uses industrial components to improve cost efficiencies as well as a streamlined building process with a variety of options for power and cooling distribution.
The buildings that comprise the “Butterfly” architecture include four quadrants and a central support area. Each quadrant has a total critical load capacity of 800 kW.
The prefabricated, standardized components shorten the time it takes to build and deploy a data center, resulting in lower capital costs and faster time to market. The modular design extends clients’ ability to increase scalable capacity, while retaining specified levels of reliability and redundancy.
Specific configurations optimize the use of power and cooling resources to lower energy and water use, enabling clients to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and a facility’s carbon footprint. With the mechanical systems being air-cooled, as opposed to water-cooled, saves clients power and potentially millions of gallons of water annually.
Based on research conducted in Charlotte, NC, FlexDC was able to reduce a data center’s carbon footprint by 14 percent. This may be different in other locations based on factors such as climate.
HP FlexDC is available through HP Critical Facilities Services (www.hp.com/go/cfs), and pricing varies according to location and implementation.
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