Whenever people use computers or smartphones to find keywords or interesting events in search engines, it's a good idea to look at one such survey. Surveys have shown that the energy consumed to implement a search on an Internet search engine can illuminate a 60W bulb for 17 seconds while emitting 0.2 grams of carbon dioxide. Although this doesn't seem like much, consider how many searches you have in a day, a week, or even a year. If you multiply the 4.33 billion users who use the Internet globally, how much power will it cost?
According to a survey by Greenpeace International, the global IT sector's energy footprint is estimated to account for 7% of global electricity use. As part of the IT business, the data center industry accounts for about 3% of all global power generation, accounting for about 2% of greenhouse gas emissions.
A study conducted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) five years ago found that all data centers in the United States consume about 70 billion kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to about 6.4 million US households. Globally, data centers consume about 30 billion watts of electricity, equivalent to all the electricity produced by 30 nuclear power plants, enough to power all Italian homes.
The data center is a digital factory in the age of Internet connectivity-whether it's sending email, working with a network-based collaboration software system, or watching Netflix video, moving, storing, processing, or analyzing all of this data requires a lot of power. Cisco estimates that by 2021, bandwidth-intensive video will account for 82% of all Internet traffic, up from 73% in 2016. In addition, it is expected that 50 billion IoT devices will be launched online by 2020, which will lead to a surge in data. Overall, IDC predicts that global data will grow by 61%, from 33 Zebytes in 2018 to 175 Zebytes in 2025.
While it is impossible to reduce the amount of data that emerging technologies and next-generation technologies will generate, the good news is that data center facilities can use innovative technologies and solutions to coordinate the energy needs and energy conservation requirements of digital services.
To reduce the carbon footprint and increase the energy efficiency and sustainability of data center operations, many technology giants around the world are committed to renewable energy. Since 2014, all of Apple's data centers have used 100% renewable energy. Two years ago, Google announced that all of its data centers had adopted 100% renewable energy. In 2018, Amazon.com's global infrastructure used more than 50% of renewable energy. Microsoft's data centers used renewable energy to reach 50% last year, and plans to convert its data center's renewable energy ratio by 2023. Increased to 75%.
According to a study conducted by Digiplex and IDG Connect in 2018, data center sustainability has become the fastest growing point of attention, rising from 27th to 4th in just two years, and with Operating costs, energy and safety are among the most important factors. In recent years, some data centers have been built and operated near the Arctic Circle, and more and more data centers are operating in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Canada. In addition to providing rich and affordable renewable energy resources, these locations are also characterized by relatively long winters, short summers, and cooling water, which keep data centers at the right temperature, reduce cooling costs, and reduce operations. The cost has become easier.
Undoubtedly, all of these data centers powered by renewable energy and cool climates contribute to good environmental management and business operations. But the reality is that not every data center can be built and operated near the Arctic Circle. Today's distributed data environments typically include on-premise data centers, public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds, as well as multiple geographically dispersed managed data center facilities distributed across enterprises.
Fortunately, data centers are able to adopt management tools on a large scale at low cost and at a low cost, reducing IT spending and reducing the impact on the global environment.
A recent study found that one-fifth of data center managers still rely on manual processes, tape measurements, and spreadsheets to enhance their productivity through innovative software solutions, in today's automated era. This seems unreasonable.
Data center management tools combine IT technology and building capabilities to provide a comprehensive view of data center facility performance, and data center management tools ensure the most efficient use of energy, equipment and footprint.
In large data centers, electricity costs account for a large portion of operating costs, and real-time insights into power and thermal management have a direct and positive impact on the organization's profits. In fact, a study by research firm Gartner estimates that data center management tools can reduce a company's operating expenses by 20% or more.
Accurate real-time power and heat monitoring of a single server, server group, rack, power distribution unit (PDU), and other IT equipment enables IT staff and data center facility managers to collaborate to reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency. And improve uptime.
Improving data center reliability will not be overemphasized. There is no doubt that many IT executives who manage large amounts of data assets often experience the pain of a system failure or disruption. Although survey data from various research institutions vary widely, a [Conservative Report on Global Server Reliability Survey" published by Information Technology Intelligence Consulting (ITIC) indicates that 50% of large enterprise data centers have experienced The downtime was interrupted, with an average loss of $300,000 per hour. To offset the potential impact of these outages and vulnerabilities, data center management software can be used to predict spikes in server capacity and usage to minimize unplanned downtime.
Continuous monitoring, analysis, diagnostics, and repair, as well as fine-grained component failure analysis across racks and servers, can be accessed from a single pane to identify problems before they occur. In addition, a survey commissioned by Intel Corporation at Redshift Research found that 21% of data center managers using these tools for capacity planning and forecasting indicated that their data centers could recover from downtime within two hours.
According to the survey, 30% to 60% of typical data center electricity costs are used for cooling systems. However, many data center managers often waste too much energy in the internal temperature of their data centers. The data center management software solution aggregates server inlet temperature data into heat maps, giving IT staff visibility into the effectiveness of their cooling solutions and airflow designs.
By providing advanced, advanced thermal management capabilities, data center management tools can determine which areas of the data center are too cold and identify areas that are easily damaged when temperatures rise (for example, during heat waves). Ultimately, these critical data allow data centers to operate at higher temperatures while reducing their cooling costs. For a 3 megawatt data center facility with an average power of 300 racks, a 4°F increase in temperature can save 20% in cooling costs.
Data center management solutions can also identify underutilized servers. An idle server also consumes 50% of its power at full load. In large data centers, the lack of adequate workload performance monitoring often leads IT managers to purchase more hardware. Using data center management software, data center operators can quickly detect and analyze underutilized IT systems by monitoring their CPU utilization and power consumption over time. In addition to saving power, it also helps identify opportunities for integration and virtualization.
An environmental monitoring government agency said that the data center's energy consumption is 20 times that of ordinary office buildings of the same space. To significantly reduce carbon footprint and operational expenses, regardless of where their data center facilities are located, data center operators must first be able to measure energy-related data for the entire facility, including buildings, facility components, and IT equipment portfolios.
Data center management tools enable better data-driven decision making and more precise operational control by maintaining visibility into power distribution, heat consumption, server health, and utilization.