Data centre set to cut energy cost by $10m
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Rack Centre, Jasper Lankhorst, has said that his firm would be saving more than $10m a year in operating costs by switching its power source from diesel to gas.
He said this while restating the firm’s commitment to a green economy.
Speaking during a panel session themed ‘The Importance of Going Green for the future of Data Centres in Africa’ at the 2022 AfricaCom/Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, he explained that his firm was undertaking a range of measures tailored towards green design principles.
He said, “As a result of these moves, Rack Centre is forecast to be 35 per cent more energy-efficient than other regional data centres, and 16 per cent more energy-efficient than the global average.
“It will reduce water consumption by 41 per cent, and there will be a 45 per cent saving in embodied energy in materials used.”
He further noted that though customers are demanding a sustainable strategy for the business, the choice of going green, though capital-intensive, should be sustainable.
He added that data centres must be as energy efficient as possible and use reliable, low-carbon sources of power to ensure uninterrupted operations, which is in line with the prime aim to provide 100 per cent uptime.
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