Renewable Energy World
Summary
The inaugural DTECH Midwest is officially underway in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the week kicked off with a tour of Open Access Technology International’s (OATI’s) data center and fully operational microgrid, which utilizes renewable energy resources, micro turbines paired with a combined heat and power plant, and hybrid energy storage to serve OATI’s campus electrical, cooling and heating loads.
The microgrid takes the data center operations to a whole new level. If GridMind is the brain of the operation, the combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) portion is the heart. Nothing is wasted here: water is rushed in to cool down the server stacks, and excess heat energy from onsite natural gas generation is used to power an absorption chiller, which in turn cools down more water for the system. Excess heat can also be used to warm the building during colder months. Everything in this room is redundant: pipes move in pairs, an electrical cooler can also cool water, and large water reservoirs sit on standby with hundreds of gallons ready to be dispatched for cooling if the absorption chiller needs time to ramp up.
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