When considering cooling systems the decision factors become overwhelming. The direct relationship between your cooling system and cost savings are overwhelming, and data center builders and managers must make the right cooling choice. This session looks at multiple use case examples, analyzing which methods are most efficient in each scenario. Among topics addressed in this interactive workshop, an emphasis will be given too the following topics:

Optimizing raised floor design

A look at evaporative cooling options

Free cooling and environmental factors

Retrofitting legacy facilities for peak performance

Measuring the cost saving and environmental impact

Cost analysis of cooling system designs

When discussing “Greening” a data center many executives simply see the project as extra money spent and don’t see the economic advantages energy efficiency can offer. This interactive workshop presentation will walk you through the many trends and innovations in data center design, equipment and site selection that that will save you money in the long run and prove measureable ROI. Questions answered will include:

What are the financial benefits of greening the data center?

Do companies have the time & resources necessary to promote a green agenda?

What economic forces drive the green decision?

What are the industry standards for green data centers?

Where have we seen the most progress?

Managing long term data center decisions in an ever-changing economy can be challenging. Long development durations can cause data center projects to meet economic headwinds even after project approval.

Brad Hilliard, Director of Data Center Development at FedEx Corporation, will provide a case study summary of FedEx’s journey to build the Enterprise Data Center – West in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the company’s first LEED Gold certified data center. He will provide insight regarding significant drivers which caused the company to change direction in the midst of project development and how this pivot drove improvements across the IT organization, far beyond the scope of the data center.

Brad will also discuss how FedEx’s commitment to sustainability extends to data center development and operations by highlighting key design decisions that contributed to the data centers’ LEED Gold certification.

Data centers consume a great deal of energy. The utility bill for our Miami collocation facility exceeds $1 million per month. Reducing data center energy consumption is good for the ecology and is economically wise as the return on energy reduction investments is often measured in months.

Through real world case studies, we will examine data center energy requirements, methods to reduce consumption, and means to measure the improvement facilitating cost/benefit justification

When Wells Fargo and Wachovia came together in 2008, each organization had data centers consuming a significant amount of power. To create a more sustainable operating model during the industry’s largest ever integration between two financial titans, Wells Fargo maximized efficiencies from its data centers —including virtualization, network bandwidth, storage density and more— to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. With the integration now complete, the company integrated environmental responsibility and thoughtfulness into business practices, operations and culture. In this presentation, learn more about how Wells Fargo accelerated efficiency initiates within its IT infrastructures.

The datacenter industry is entering a period of fundamental change. No longer are the days where facilities and IT can operate in two separate worlds. Today, enterprises are grappling with how to control overconsumption of energy - which is about 70 percent of overall data center operating expenses and the strategic alignment of IT operations to support the needs of the organization. There is a better, smarter way to manage the data center through standards-based technology – Data Center 2.0.

In order to decrease data center inefficiencies, attend this session where you will learn how CIOs and data center managers have the ability to identify, locate, monitor, control and manage all physical data center and IT assets to better control energy costs and increase operational efficiency.

This session will analyze site selection options that can boost efficiency for your data center project. Jason Shepard of CBRE will offer case studies from across the data center industry analyzing considerations for Enterprise, Internet and third party data center projects. Topics discussed will include:

Total cost of ownership

Site selection driving your green agenda

Case studies from CBRE projects

IT capacity planning has long been the “Gordian Knot” for data center professionals. Trying to account for a business’ hardware and software needs, coupled with the vagaries of short and long term corporate strategies make projecting an organization’s capacity requirements virtually impossible. In this presentation, Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters will examine the considerations surrounding the capacity planning process and the how to address them to simplify the planning for data center expansion and ensure that the new facility is not out of capacity as soon as it is built. Attendees will learn about:

The six capacity planning issues

How they interact with each other

What can be controlled (and what can’t)

Planning issues within contemporary data centers

How data centers actually grow