Data Centers - Completed
Data Centers - Completed
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Organizations participating in the Data Center Accelerator committed to reducing the infrastructure energy intensity of one or more of their data centers by 25% over a period of five years. Federal agencies, national laboratories, higher education facilities, and private businesses worked with DOE to meter and track both their IT and infrastructure energy usage and developed creative and cost-effective energy efficiency improvements to reach their energy savings goals. On average, partners achieved a 36% improvement in their data center’s infrastructure energy surpassing the Accelerator’s original goal, resulting in $3.9 million in annual cost savings. |
Better Buildings hosts interactive webinars featuring a variety of topics exploring cost-effective ways for organizations to integrate energy savings into their daily building operations. All Better Buildings webinars are free to attend.
Learn about the great work of the Data Center Partners in the Better Buildings Challenge. Access proven solutions and other helpful resources for data centers.
Watch all previously recorded webinars in the On-Demand Webinars library sorted by popular topics such as resilience, zero energy buildings, and more.
Featured Solutions
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Data Center Accelerator Toolkit Toolkits This toolkit addresses specific barriers and solutions for energy management in 5 primary data center types, including real-world examples for each. It collects guidance, factsheets, best practices, and other resources based on the work of DOE's Better Buildings Data Center Accelerator.
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LBNL's Operational Data Analytics for Data Center Energy Management Implementation Model To achieve and maintain lasting operational efficiency at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) developed a sophisticated data analytics (ODA) system – Operations Monitoring and Notification Infrastructure (OMNI) to provide key operational insights about the data centers performance and energy efficiency.
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Data Center Optimization at NREL Research Support Facility Showcase Project In order to maintain the facility's net-zero energy status, NREL improved the efficiency of the Research Support Facility's data center by upgrading outdated IT equipment, consolidating blade centers, and improving the metering system among other best practices. As a result, the data center achieved an 84% reduction in PUE.
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This guide intends to help data center owners and operators implement a metering system that allows their organizations to gather the necessary data for effective decision-making and energy-efficiency improvements. |
Other Resources
Presentations
Report
Showcase Project
Toolkit
Additional Information
Center of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers
The Center of Expertise is located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). LBNL has long been recognized by industry as a leading source for technical expertise on energy efficiency in data centers. View their available resources, tools and trainings.
ASHRAE Paper - Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid System for Water Savings in an Energy-Efficient HPC Data Center: Modeling and Installation
This paper describes the installation of thermosyphon cooler hybrid systems.
NREL's High-Performance Computing Data Center
View information about NREL's high-performance data center and see the center's energy efficiency dashboard as well as other technologies they have implemented.
Sector Priorities
Partners
A-Z
Argonne National Laboratory | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Indiana University | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Los Alamos National Laboratory | NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center | National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Stanford University |
State of Michigan | The Home Depot | U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) |
U.S. Department of Justice – Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) | University of Colorado | Waste Management |
Location
California
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center |
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center | Stanford University |
Colorado
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | University of Colorado |
District Of Columbia
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology | The Home Depot |
Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory |
Indiana
Indiana University |
Maryland
U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) |
Michigan
State of Michigan |
Missouri
U.S. Department of Justice – Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) |
New Mexico
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
North Carolina
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
Tennessee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Texas
Waste Management |
Virginia
U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) |
Washington
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory |