Title: Workshop on “Data Center Energy Efficiency”
Location: ACREX, Mezzanine floor of Hall No. 6, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2024-02-24
End Time: 13:00
Session 1: Visions for India’s Data Center Efficiency Initiative: A Public/Private Partnership
Session Abstract:
To meet the current and future challenges of data center industry and identify opportunities, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), with assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Energy Conservation and Commercialization (ECO-III) project and Infosys Technologies, hosted two full-day focus group workshops in September 2010 with Indian data center industry and stakeholder experts.
The key objectives of both these workshops were to:
- Update on current US and India data center research and development at LBNL.
- Evaluate and take stock of data center efficiency activities since 2008, what was accomplished, and what remains to be done.
- Reassess current challenges to energy efficiency in Indian data centers.
- Identify potential actions to overcome those challenges.
- Refine data center energy efficiency goals and prioritize plans for going forward.
This session will summarize the findings for data center energy efficiency initiative and engage the key stakeholders in an interactive discussion.
Moderator: Rish Ghatikar, LBNL
Panelists:
Aalok Deshmukh, USAID ECO-III
Rama Vedashree, NASSCOM
Koshy Cherail, AEEE
Dale Sartor, LBNL
Sanjay Seth, BEE
Session 2: Emerging Data Center Energy Efficiency Technologies and Applications
Session Abstract:
The energy consumption in data centers is growing significantly. The increased growth in data center industry and rising energy prices adds a significant burden on the operating costs of data centers and challenges to the sustainable growth of developing countries such as India. While the impact of data center energy in India is yet to be quantified, the exponential growth of software and services businesses indicate that the challenges to the data center industry and opportunities for its energy efficiency need a closer look.
This session will summarize few emerging data center energy efficiency technologies and sustainability measures that intend to provide a pathway to alleviate the energy challenges.
Moderator: Dale Sartor, LBNL
Panelists (4 to 5) with ~5 minutes of presentation and follow-up moderated interactive discussions
Potential Areas of Focus:
- Benchmarking results from Indian data centers—Madhav Kamath, USAID ECO-III
- Best practices:
- IT virtualization technologies – Rish Ghatikar, LBNL
- Cooling – Shishir Gupta, Mechartes Researchers
- Monitoring - S.Venkatraman, Schneider Electric
- B. B. Kale, Emerson Technologies
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