Topic guide
Discover publications on data centre energy consumption, power demand and efficiency. Investigate measurement methods, operating conditions and improvement approaches through summaries and original references.
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IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)) 2021
Consider shifting temporally flexible workloads (completable within 24 hours) to hours of lower carbon intensity and lower power peak as an option in data-centre grid-connection negotiation and power capacity planning.
Vertiv 2025
Add a BESS block to the site model with power (MW), duration (h), reserved-backup fraction and grid/island capability.
iMasons Climate Accord (Infrastructure Masons) 2025
Add embodied-carbon fields (kgCO2e; data source: EPD / TM65 / spend-based) to catalogue items and roll them up per design, reporting the share from supplier-specific EPDs.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier BV) 2022
In early data-centre design, set PUE and WUE targets by size class, cooling system and climate zone using this study's ranges (for example 1.71-2.22 for small rooms, 1.12-1.25 for large scale).
European Commission / Official Journal of the European Union 2024
In preliminary sustainability calculations, compute PUE, WUE, ERF and REF using the Annex III definitions.
European Commission 2026
As labels will be issued every year from 15 August 2027, set PUE and WUE class targets (Annex I) at design stage for new and existing sites and build the metering infrastructure to the reporting requirements.
European Commission 2024
Show in the operations module whether site annual energy crosses 10 TJ (audit) or 85 TJ (certified ISO 50001 energy management system); in unit terms 10 TJ is about 2.78 GWh and 85 TJ about 23.6 GWh.
European Commission 2024
When testing the 1 MW waste heat threshold, compute "total rated energy input" from rated capacity (for example utility connection or rated IT plus infrastructure), not modelled annual energy, and take the measurement point at the handover of electricity supply.
European Commission 2019
In the IT equipment catalogue store PSU efficiency at 10/20/50/100% load, power factor, active state efficiency (SERT/EN 303470) and declared operating class A1-A4, and validate new models against the 2023 tier.
European Commission 2021
In equipment catalogue validation cite EN 303470 (SERT) as the test basis for server efficiency fields and record the declared operating class as tested.
European Commission 2019
In the what-if module show direct and infrastructure savings separately for IT refresh scenarios: the document finds infrastructure savings exceed direct IT savings, which supports showing that every watt saved in IT also saves cooling and power infrastructure energy.
Schneider Electric 2011
Store UPS efficiency as a curve with at least 25/50/75/100% load points, plus storage type (battery, flywheel) and ride-through seconds.
Schneider Electric 2013
Offer an option-compare calculator (airflow upgrade, add pod, facility module, new build, colocation) with inputs mirroring Appendix A-D: electricity price, cost of capital, escalation, kW/rack, PUE, colocation fees.
Schneider Electric 2016
In the single-line editor let users place meter nodes tagged by role (utility input, UPS output, PDU output, rack input, mechanical) and derive the achievable Green Grid level automatically.
Energy (Elsevier BV) 2020
When comparing room, row and rack cooling architectures, report chiller, airspace and heat-exchanger losses separately.
Energies (MDPI AG) 2023
In China, define project design targets from GB 50174-2017 temperature and humidity limits (18-27 °C, dew point 5.5-15 °C, RH at most 60%) and provincial PUE caps (for example Guangdong 1.25).
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)) 2026
Design AI-hall cooling control together with workload management: when GPU count and tensor parallelism, DVFS and supply air temperature and airflow were optimised jointly, cooling energy fell by 31.2%.
Upsite Technologies blog 2019
When high-temperature (A2/A3 allowable) set points are selected, report hot-hour and mechanical-cooling percentages from site weather.
Eaton 2025
Add grid-code parameters to the utility connection object: UFLS stages, LVRT curve, post-fault power recovery ramp (%/s) and short-circuit ratio at the PCC.
ASHRAE / IBPSA-USA 2022
Give cooling plant templates a control-sequence attribute (for example Guideline 36 condenser-water reset, economizer modes); it materially changes annual energy.
arXiv (University of Michigan preprint) 2026
In cooling selection, calculate direct and indirect water together: an air-cooled chiller cut direct water 97% but raised the indirect share to 96.6% and electricity by 32%.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Center of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers 2023
Benchmark the electrical loss model against this tool's structure: transformer, UPS and PDU efficiency curves by load factor, plus eco-mode.
Buildings (MDPI AG) 2024
Choose economiser type by climate zone: consider indirect economisers in 0A/0B and wet zones (PUE 0.03-0.07 lower) and adding evaporative cooling in dry zones (0.02-0.05).
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / U.S. DOE Federal Energy Management Program 2026
For US federal projects, add a compliance reminder for 4-yearly DCEP assessments.
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