Atos and HDF Energy to develop the first green hydrogen datacenter
February 25 2021 - 3:00AM
Atos and HDF Energy to develop the first green hydrogen datacenter
Paris, February 25, 2021 – Atos
and HDF Energy today announce their plan to
develop a complete end-to-end long-term solution to supply
datacenters with green hydrogen generated by renewable energy. The
new solution by Atos and HDF will be the first available on the
market for datacenters with heavy power consuming workloads, with
the aim to demonstrate, in 2023, a first full production center
operated using green hydrogen.
Atos will provide a complete end-to-end green
datacenter solution by designing and providing the hardware,
software and integration services that make it possible to exploit
the electricity produced by green hydrogen so that it can be used
in datacenters. This includes using the most advanced Artificial
Intelligence (AI) technologies to optimize energy consumption. HDF
Energy will supply a power plant, which will provide predictable
and firm electricity thanks to its high-powered fuel cells. These
cells will be powered by green hydrogen derived from photovoltaic
or wind farms.
A major technological challenge
Datacenters have high energy needs, operate
24/7, 365 days a year, and cannot experience the slightest energy
flaw. Therefore, the approach taken by Atos and HDF is particularly
ambitious, as by its very nature, solar or wind energy is clean but
intermittent, variable in its production and unpredictable, making
it an unstable energy. At a time when datacenter energy consumption
is becoming a key issue and it is essential to consider new energy
models, this new solution from Atos and HDF will enable datacenter
operators and cloud operators to anticipate potential future
constraints set by regulation authorities and offer a sustainable
but reliable solution to their customers, with no compromise on
their business.
Combining expertise to reduce the carbon
footprint
Atos’ solution includes a software layer to
predict the datacenter’s power consumption needs and adapt the
resource (green hydrogen) accordingly. This complex process is not
only based on the datacenter’s activity and size but also takes
into account external data from the environment, such as weather
forecasting. To this, Atos brings its HPC expertise – an area in
which it, as the leading supercomputer manufacturer in Europe, has
several groundbreaking innovations which limit the energy
consumption of its systems1. Thanks to its expertise in high-power
hydrogen technologies, HDF has developed a new type of power plant
which is totally stable, non-polluting and competitive, compared to
fossil fuel generators. The availability constraints of the
datacenter will be incorporated in the design of Renewstable® and
will enable HDF to offer the highest level of service for the most
demanding consumers.
“We are constantly seeking to develop solutions
to leverage our own sustainable journey towards decarbonization and
to support our clients in theirs. In this perspective, the solution
to be developed by Atos and HDF will be the first solution
available on the market that will enable a full production
datacenter with very demanding workloads to be operated using green
hydrogen. This meets the expectations not only of operators, but
also of the market and public authorities.” says Arnaud
Bertrand, SVP, Head of Strategy and Innovation for Big Data &
Security at Atos.
“We are very excited to develop the
first-of-its-kind green datacenter with Atos. HDF is a pioneer in
hydrogen-energy and it is very important for us to demonstrate that
our Hydrogen-to-Power solutions are suitable for customers with a
strategic need for a reliable electricity supply. This further
development into the digital industry, where energy consumption is
increasing every day, opens up a considerable worldwide market for
us. The HDF-Atos partnership offers the first unique and
sustainable infrastructure for this huge market.” says Damien
Havard, CEO at HDF.
This initiative represents a new and major
milestone in Atos’ Net Zero 2028 decarbonization ambition. In 2020,
Atos has already accelerated its datacenter decarbonization program
with encouraging progress in energy efficiency, which has
materialized into a 15% decrease of global energy consumption of
Atos datacenters versus 2019. In addition, carbon-free and
renewable energy now power 55% of all of Atos datacenters
(versus 32% in 2019). Additionally, since 2014, Atos has been
providing carbon neutral hosting services to its clients by
offsetting 100% of its datacenters’ emissions. Atos also recently
signed the Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact together with 35 other
companies and associations from across Europe, emphasizing the
industry’s contribution to the ‘European Green Deal’.
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1 Such as its patented Direct Liquid Coolling
(DLC) solution, which minimizes global energy consumption in
its supercomputers by using warm water up to 40°C; and its Smart
Energy Management Suite, part of its HPC Software Suite,
which is used to manage energy whilst optimizing performance,
to ensure that clients’ HPC systems are as energy efficient as
possible with a limited carbon footprint.
About AtosAtos is a global leader in
digital transformation with 105,000 employees and annual revenue of
over € 11 billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and
high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end
solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in
decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos operates
under the brands Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas
Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.The purpose of
Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its
expertise and services support the development of knowledge,
education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute
to the development of scientific and technological excellence.
Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees,
and members of societies at large to live, work and develop
sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.
Atos Press contactLucie Duchateau –
lucie.duchateau@atos.net - +33 (0)7 62 85 35 10
About HDFHDF Energy is a global pioneer
in hydrogen energy. HDF develops and operates high-capacity
Hydrogen-to-Power power plants to provide continuous or on-demand
electricity from renewable energies combined with high-power fuel
cells.HDF has developed two models of multi-megawatt power
plants:
- Renewstable® (POWER TO POWER): stable electricity generation
from an intermittent renewable source using locally produced green
hydrogen.
- Hypower® (GAS TO POWER): On-demand power generation from green
hydrogen from gas transportation networks.
HDF has integrated its key fuel cell expertise
in and will commission the world's first mass production plant for
these high-power fuel cells in France, under the brand name HDF
Industry. In addition to energy, HDF Industry will also address the
rail and maritime markets.HDF is thus positioned as a powerful
accelerator in energy transition by providing non-intermittent
renewable electricity, perfectly adapted to the networks and
on-demand, which can reach up to 100% of the energy mix.
HDF Press contactAnnick Latour –
communication@hdf-energy.com - +33 (0)5 56 77 11 11
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