LONDON, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Interxion,
a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral
colocation data centre services and a Digital Realty company,
announced today it has reduced its cooling system energy
consumption by 20% during the first year of an ongoing project with
data centre optimisation specialist, EkkoSense.
The project – which commenced last February – has been designed
to focus on thermal monitoring and airflow optimisation, increasing
cooling capacity and reducing the energy cost of cooling equipment
at West Drayton, a key London
site. The project closely follows a recently announced wind
energy agreement for Digital Realty's portfolio in Texas and represents another step towards
reducing the combined organisation's global carbon footprint as it
looks to set a science-based target later in the year.
Throughout the project, Interxion leveraged EkkoSense's
EkkoSoft® Critical software, which provides real-time visibility of
key data centre operational and thermal performance to monitor the
site, identify areas for improvement – such as with the floor
grille layout and fan performance – and subsequently recommended
the appropriate changes to optimise performance. These
software-driven insights were the key driver behind the success of
the project, which has helped Interxion reduce cooling system
energy consumption by 20%, further improving operational
performance.
"The results from our initial project with EkkoSense have been
nothing short of impressive," said Jeff
Tapley, Group Managing Director, Interxion, a Digital Realty
company. "As an organisation, we take very seriously our
responsibility to create green, energy-efficient data centres.
This means we are constantly looking for innovative ways of
reducing energy consumption and ensuring we play our part in
supporting the UK's 2050 net zero emissions target."
James Kirkwood, Head of Critical
Services at EkkoSense, added, "Interxion and EkkoSense have clearly
demonstrated that technological innovation – through advanced
thermal optimisation software – can deliver significant energy
savings."
"The unique performance analytics built into EkkoSoft® Critical
have highlighted airflow and cooling inefficiencies and provided
visibility into critical metrics throughout the energy-saving
process. The team at Interxion also uses the software on a
daily basis for ongoing monitoring and evaluation capacity planning
activities to maintain the optimised state as the environment
changes," concluded Kirkwood.
The partnership with EkkoSense is one of Digital Realty's many
ongoing sustainability projects, including renewable procurement
for its EMEA portfolio, wind power for its U.S. colocation business
and carbon-free and renewable power supplied to several
Northern California
properties. The project with EkkoSense is expected to expand
to two New York data centres
operated by Digital Realty as well as five additional European
sites.
About Interxion
Interxion: A Digital Realty Company,
is a leading provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre
services across EMEA, the Americas and APAC. With over 700
connectivity providers, Interxion has created connectivity and
cloud content hubs that foster growing customer communities of
interest reaching markets across six continents, 21 countries and
44 metros inside 275 data centres. For more information,
please visit www.interxion.com.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty (NYSE:
DLR) supports the data centre, colocation, and interconnection
strategies of customers across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, ranging
from cloud and information technology services, communications and
social networking to financial services, manufacturing, energy,
healthcare and consumer products. To learn more about Digital
Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and
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Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations,
forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially,
including the construction of Interxion Paris Digital Park,
expected IT load, square footage, timeline to completion and costs,
the inability to utilise the capacity of newly planned data centres
and data centre expansions, delays in connection with the
development of new data centres or data centre expansions,
significant competition, the cost and supply of electrical power,
and data centre industry over-capacity. For a list and
description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports and
other filings by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The company disclaims any intention or obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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