NAUTILUS DATA TECHNOLOGIES
2013
Year Founded
25 + Number of Staff
Connaughton adds the Nautilus approach also means the removal of refrigerants from the cooling process , which are ozonedepleting substances and states such chemicals are not needed any more . Another advantage to the Nautilus system , he says , is the removal of noise owing to not having big chilling systems running . “ All of this is a huge leap forward in terms of environmental benefit ,” he states .
Most notable aspects of Nautilus technology One of the reasons the company is unique in its outlook is the fact that it delivered its first data centre project on a barge . And this was because , the company wanted to demonstrate that it not only could cool with water , but that it could also prefabricate an entire data centre and deliver it to anywhere in the world – and they could locate to the water beside the shore , or on land near a water source .
“ The computers don ’ t exactly care , do they ?” jokes Connaughton . “ So we can find these optimal solutions for rapid deployment into both developed countries , but also to bring digital infrastructure into emerging markets where access to digital transformation is lacking and that is very important to us ,” he adds .
Scaling up the benefits Its data centres are prefabricated , as mentioned , and tested and the components commissioned , then delivered either on floating platforms or on land . When it comes to land-based centres , Connaughton says all they need is the concrete pad . He added that meant greater density , being able to handle two to 20 times the computational power for the same footprint .
“ We are able to plug in quite sizable computing capacity into very small geographies , which in turn enables us to fit into the edge , as edge computing continues to grow . And the edge is core to what we do . It means we can continue to grow these big regional and global hubs that are more remote and repurpose infrastructure in locations where there are massive exchanges and everything in between ,” explained Connaughton . He added that the technology ’ s scalability comes with the ability to have a global supply chain , which is what Nautilus has . “ We have been able to identify capable and competitive
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DATA CENTRE WATER CONSUMPTION
Data centres consume water directly for cooling , in some cases 57 % sourced from potable water , and indirectly through the water requirements of non-renewable electricity generation . Although in the USA , data centre water consumption ( 1.7 billion litres / day ) is small compared to total water consumption ( 1218 billion litres / day ), there are issues of transparency with less than a third of data centre operators measuring water consumption .
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