IBM Creates Solar Array For Data Centres

Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 22 2011) Carbon Footprint , Solar

1. IBM has said its new solar array is the first to be designed especially for powering IT systems IBM has created a solar array system designed with the data centre in mind, arguing organisations could use it to reduce the carbon footprint of their existing IT infrastructure or power sites in areas without a reliable electricity supply. The company claims the 6,000 square foot array in Bangalore, India can power 50 kilowatts of computer equipment for 330 days per year, running five hours per day. The rooftop array currently supplies nearly 20 percent of the power requirements of IBM’s India Software Lab – which consumes around 25 to 30 teraflops of compute power. (Read Full Article)

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