Project description Data Centres in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly Internet Show the project objective Hide the project objective The GreenDataNet project aims at designing and validating a new, system-level optimisation solution allowing urban data centres to radically improve their energy and environmental performance. The objective is to develop a set of beyond state-of-the-art technologies that will allow urban data centres to reach 80% of renewable power and decrease their average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) from 1.6-2.0 today to less than 1.3. GreenDataNet will enable energy monitoring and optimisation of IT, power, cooling and storage at three levels: servers and racks, individual data centres, and networks of data centres. To further reduce the need for grid power, GreenDataNet will also work on the integration of local photovoltaic energy in combination with an innovative, large-scale storage solution that will facilitate the connection of data centres to smart grids. Within this project, second-life electric vehicle Li-ion batteries will be investigated as a more advantageous solution for data centres to become actual smart grid nodes.The whole solution will be implemented as an open-source platform to allow third parties to provide additional optimisation modules and ensure the long-term sustainability of the project. Three demonstration sites will be utilised to test and validate the GreenDataNet concept: a data centre from Credit Suisse in Switzerland, a data centre from CEA in France that includes a large photovoltaic area and a smart grid test platform, and a pilot site in the Netherlands that is being used by a Dutch consortium working on Green IT technologies. In addition, research on heat reuse vs. free cooling will be conducted in a new data centre built by ICTroom in Belgium. Performance indicators that go beyond PUE will be experimented in the project and will support the work of the consortium in standardisation bodies like CEN/CENELEC/ETSI. Based on the project outcome, GreenDataNet will release guidelines to help make data centres more sustainable in the future. Fields of science natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteriessocial sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehiclesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.6.2 - Data Centres in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly Internet Call for proposal FP7-SMARTCITIES-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator EATON INDUSTRIES (FRANCE) SAS EU contribution € 619 950,00 Address RUE BLAISE PASCAL 110 IMMEUBLE LE VISEO BATIMENT A INNOVALLEE 38330 Montbonnot Saint Martin France See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Isère Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Fabrice Roudet (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 490 300,00 Address BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact David Atienza (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CREDIT SUISSE SA Switzerland EU contribution € 90 000,00 Address PARADEPLATZ 8 8001 ZURICH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marcel Ledergerber (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Nissan International SA Switzerland EU contribution € 257 425,00 Address Zone d'Activités La Pièce 12 Bat B2 1180 Rolle See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Francisco Carranza (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France EU contribution € 674 394,00 Address RUE LEBLANC 25 75015 PARIS 15 See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gilles FANGET (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO Italy EU contribution € 353 312,00 Address VIA CALEPINA 14 38122 Trento See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Davide Brunelli (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ICTROOM COMPANY BV Netherlands EU contribution € 411 619,00 Address TOKYOSTRAAT 27 29 1175 RB LIJNDEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Boudewijn Weijers (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data