Photos: How cool is this? Datacenter at Arctic Circle's edge
Because of the Hydro 66 datacenter's location at Boden in northern Sweden, the site is naturally chilly. Even in the warmest summer month of July, the thermometer rarely rises above 16C (61F).
All the data hub's power is generated by a 78MW capacity hydro-electric dam and power station 500m from the facility on the local Luleälven river.
A new electricity substation has been built next to Hydro 66, with an initial 120MW capacity, expandable to 250MW, and four paths to the regional and national grids from the facility's dedicated resilient feed.
The main buildings
Here's an aerial view of the datacenter itself, showing the main building linked to the central spine, from which the two 500m2 1.6MW data halls run off at right angles.
The current buildings are merely the first stage of construction. In a series of additional phases running through until 2018, the spine will be extended and a further 12 data halls built, creating a 12,000m2 technical area and a total capacity of 40MW.
Adding to the site's green credentials, the buildings have been constructed from local materials with a net negative carbon footprint.
PUE and cooling
In the foreground, you can see the inlet air vents for Data Hall 1, with the main building in the distance.
Because of the datacenter's naturally cold environment, coupled with its refrigerant-free air-cooling, its owners claim a power-usage effectiveness, or PUE, of less than 1.05.
That figure compares with an industry average, self-reported PUE of 1.7 in 2015, according to services advisory group the Uptime Institute.
The cold aisle
Here's a view of a contained cold aisle, with the inlet to the equipment racks, looking towards the air-conditioning unit.
The datacenter is designed to take advantage of free-air cooling all year round, with supplemental adiabatic cooling required for a few days of the year when external temperatures rise.
The hot aisle
To the right of the hot aisle is the heat exit for the equipment racks. The racks are 1,000mm by 600mm but options for 800mm, custom racks or cages are also available.
For connectivity, the datacenter offers four resilient fiber pathways, with bandwidths from 1Gbps to 1Tbps immediately accessible, and 10Tbps-plus available on three months' notice.
In this image, the adiabatic air-conditioning units are visible to the right of the hot aisle.
A and B feeds
Above the equipment cabinets, the overhead red and blue busbars are apparent, providing fully independent A and B feeds to every rack.
The datacenter's spine behind the main building contains the flywheel uninterruptible power supply and low-voltage switchgear.
Here's a close-up of the electrical equipment housed in the spine.
Smoke detection, fire suppression
Together with UPS systems and LV switchgear, the common services found in Hydro 66's central spine also include VESDA, or very early smoke detection apparatus, and IG55 fire suppression.
Hydro 66 services offered by
Here are the installation's main transformer fuses.
Services offered by Hydro 66 include colocation, and facilities for businesses to host their own servers or storage, or takes suites, or even entire halls.
Main transformer fuses
The main transformer fuses in close-up.
Picha: Je, hii ni baridi kama nini? Kituo cha data cha Hydro 66 katika Boden, Sweden, ni kituo cha data cha Arctic. Hata katika mwezi wa joto zaidi wa majira ya joto, thermometer mara chache huinuka juu ya 16C (61F). Nguvu zote za kituo cha data hutengenezwa na bwawa la umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme wa umeme. Kituo kipya cha umeme kimejengwa karibu na Hydro 66, na uwezo wa awali wa 120MW, unaoweza kupanuliwa hadi 250MW, na njia nne za kuunganisha mitandao ya kikanda na ya kitaifa kutoka kwa chakula cha kipekee cha kipekee cha kituo hicho. Hizi ni picha za anga za datacenter yenyewe, kuonyesha jengo kuu linalounganishwa na mgongo wa kati, kutoka ambapo vyumba viwili vya data vya 500m2 na 1.6MW vinaendesha kwa pembe za kulia. Majengo ya sasa ni hatua ya kwanza tu ya ujenzi. Katika mfululizo wa awamu za ziada zinazoendelea hadi 2018, mgongo utapanuliwa na majumba mengine 12 ya data yalijengwa, kuunda eneo la kiufundi la 12,000m2 na uwezo wa jumla wa 40MW. Kuongeza kwa vyeti vya kijani vya tovuti, majengo yamejengwa kutoka kwa vifaa vya ndani na alama hasi ya kaboni. Katika picha ya mbele, unaweza kuona vents za hewa za kuingia kwa Data Hall 1, na jengo kuu kwa mbali. Kwa sababu ya mazingira ya asili ya data ya data, pamoja na baridi ya hewa isiyo na baridi, wamiliki wake wanadai ufanisi wa matumizi ya nguvu, au PUE, ya chini ya 1.5. Kwa mujibu wa ripoti ya uptime ya Taasisi ya Uptime, PUE ya kawaida ya sekta hiyo ni 1.7, kulingana na kikundi cha ushauri cha huduma. Barabara baridi Hapa ni mtazamo wa baridi baridi zilizomo, na mlango wa kuingia kwa racks vifaa, kuangalia kuelekea kitengo cha hali ya hewa. Kituo cha data kimebuniwa kuchukua faida ya baridi ya hewa ya bure mwaka mzima, na baridi ya ziada ya adiabatic inahitajika kwa siku chache za mwaka wakati joto la nje linaongezeka. njia ya moto Upande wa kulia wa njia ya moto ni joto exit kwa ajili ya vifaa racks. Rack ni 1,000mm kwa 600mm, lakini chaguzi kwa ajili ya 800mm, rack desturi au vibanda zinapatikana pia. Kwa kuunganisha, kituo cha data hutoa njia nne za nyuzi zenye nguvu, na upana wa bendi kutoka 1Gbps hadi 1Tbps inapatikana mara moja, na 10Tbps-plus inapatikana kwa taarifa ya miezi mitatu. Katika picha hii, adiabatic air-conditioning vitengo ni kuonekana kwa haki ya aisle moto. A na B feeds Juu ya makabati ya vifaa, busbars juu ya kichwa nyekundu na bluu ni dhahiri, kutoa huru kabisa A na B feeds kwa kila rack. Mshingo wa kituo cha data nyuma ya jengo kuu ina flywheel uninterruptible umeme na chini ya voltage switchgear. Hapa ni karibu-up ya vifaa vya umeme makazi katika uti wa mgongo. Ugunduzi wa moshi, kuzima moto Pamoja na mifumo ya UPS na vifaa vya LV, huduma za kawaida zilizopatikana katika uti wa mgongo wa kati wa Hydro 66 pia ni pamoja na VESDA, au kifaa cha mapema sana cha kugundua moshi, na kuzima moto wa IG55. Huduma za Hydro 66 zinazotolewa na Hapa ni fuses kuu za transformer ya ufungaji. Huduma za Hydro 66 ni pamoja na colocation, na vifaa kwa ajili ya biashara ya mwenyeji seva zao wenyewe au kuhifadhi, au inachukua suites, au hata majumba nzima. Fuses transformer kuu Fuses transformer kuu katika karibu-up.