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Winchester, UK - IT energy consumption has grown by 400% per server rack since 2003 according Aldermaston-based Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited which is why data center managers are turning to a new generation of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems to meet demands for high power availability, maximum efficiency and reduced emissions.
To address these issues Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited has detailed solutions to the environmental, financial and logistical challenges facing designers by introducing a free 'UPS energy assessment guide' that can be downloaded from: www.upspower.co.uk/energyguide
The guide illustrates how UPS systems can help to optimise power availability while reducing energy use, CO2 emissions and running costs.
The company cautions that trying to cater for future needs with traditional stand-alone UPS systems can lead to over-specification, creating a wasteful gap between installed capacity and the size of the actual critical load. Today's modular UPS systems can avoid the over-specification issue because they are scalable and can be right-sized by inserting or removing 'hot-swappable' modules, enabling power to be added as data center requirements grow.
"Designers have a tough task specifying systems today that will cater for energy needs over the next ten to twenty years," said Peter Bentley, sales director at Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited. "Pressure to shrink carbon footprints, plus rising energy costs and an economic slowdown, make this issue all the more pressing."
"The pace of IT growth is increasing almost exponentially so it is very difficult to predict what energy consumption will be in even five years time. Already, many older UPS systems are incorrectly sized for today's needs and employ out-of-date technology. This wastes expensive electricity and creates excess heat emissions, compromising companies' efforts to achieve environmental objectives."
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