CommScope Partners with Hydrogenics to Provide Indoor Backup Power Solution for Data Centers
June 10 2014 - 8:33AM
Business Wire
–Data center operators benefit from a clean
backup power solution that occupies the same space as one server
cabinet –
Riding the momentum from the successful launch of the outdoor
hydrogen fuel cell backup power solution, CommScope turns its focus
indoors and now offers an innovative, compact indoor solution
providing reliable backup power for enterprise data centers in
North America.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Rack In The Data
Center (Photo: Business Wire)
Believed to be the first-of-its-kind, this scalable indoor fuel
cell solution can provide up to 30 kilowatts (kW) of reliable,
environmentally-friendly backup power to enterprise computing
systems. This is enabled through an existing partnership with
Hydrogenics Corporation, a worldwide leader in designing,
manufacturing, building and installing industrial and commercial
hydrogen systems around the world.
“Power loss can affect lines of businesses and impact the
ability to maintain service level performance with customers,” said
George Brooks, senior vice president, Enterprise Product and Market
Management, CommScope. “This indoor solution provides an efficient
level of reliable backup power as an alternative to traditional
generators or large battery racks that can take up lots of space in
the data center.”
Multiple power racks can be installed to scale in 30kW
increments and sustain a variable runtime from hours to days, based
on customer requirements and hydrogen tank options. With the width
of a standard server cabinet and the height of only six-and-a-half
feet, the cabinet can easily fit at the end of a data center row
without taking up a large amount of valuable real estate.
“Space within most data centers is at a premium and this backup
power solution takes up the least amount compared to a battery rack
or other backup power solutions,” said Daryl Wilson, chief
executive officer, Hydrogenics. “Operating expense is another
growing concern for data centers and, depending on the
configuration, the indoor hydrogen fuel cell solution can be a
lower cost solution than traditional power solutions after just two
or three years.”
When paired with an appropriate uninterruptable power supply,
the scalable indoor fuel cell rack can be configured for 10, 20 or
30kWs of sustained alternating current power. The fuel cell
solution is quiet, emits no greenhouse gases and can be deployed
indoors with the hydrogen fuel tank sited outside the building.
These racks are an ecological alternative to battery racks and
generators.
The fuel cell solution converts chemical energy directly into
electrical energy without any combustion. The system provides
highly efficient, reliable and uninterrupted backup power to data
center and business systems without the need for costly regular
maintenance. The only by-products are heat and a small amount of
water.
CommScope will offer the indoor and outdoor hydrogen fuel cell
backup power solution through its extensive PartnerPRO™ Network,
which can assist customers with site planning, installation,
commissioning and on-going maintenance of the backup power
solution.
For more information on CommScope’s indoor fuel cell solution,
visit:
http://www.commscope.com/Solutions/Enterprise-Solutions/Intelligent-Building-Solutions/Business-Continuity-Solutions/
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About Hydrogenics
Hydrogenics Corporation (www.hydrogenics.com, NASDAQ:HYGS) is a
world leader in engineering and building the technologies required
to enable the acceleration of a global power shift to hydrogen.
Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Hydrogenics provides
hydrogen generation, energy storage and hydrogen power modules to
its customers and partners around the world. Hydrogenics has
manufacturing sites in Germany, Belgium and Canada and service
centers in Russia, Europe, the US and Canada.
About CommScope
CommScope (www.commscope.com, NASDAQ:COMM) has played a role in
virtually all the world’s best communication networks. We create
the infrastructure that connects people and technologies through
every evolution. Our portfolio of end-to-end solutions includes
critical infrastructure our customers need to build high-performing
wired and wireless networks. As much as technology changes, our
goal remains the same: to help our customers create, innovate,
design, and build faster and better. We’ll never stop connecting
and evolving networks for the business of life at home, at work,
and on the go.
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concerning future events. Forward-looking statements are not a
guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of
uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those currently expected. In
providing forward-looking statements, the company does not intend,
and is not undertaking any obligation or duty, to update these
statements as a result of new information, future events or
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