End User Focus
Every penny counts
With energy prices hitting high levels, companies across the globe are seeking
innovative ways to reduce their overall energy expenditures. DCS spoke with
Chris Flanagan, DataCentre Development Manager of Fujitsu Services.
Fujitsu Services, the European IT advanced and reliable solutions as its KoldLok product is very easy to
services arm of the US$43.2 billion customers rely upon Fujitsu Services install. Also, the fact that this is an off-
(£21.8 billion) Fujitsu Group, was to provide the most efficient and the-shelf product allows us to reduce
quick to recognize the value of reliable data centre environment, so our rolling stock whilst still maintaining
conserving energy within its own data ensuring precise management of the a continual supply,” says Chris
centres. By implementing best airflow within the data centre was Flanagan, Data Centre Development
practices within its new UK data vital. Manager of Fujitsu Services.
centre facility, Fujitsu not only reduced Approximately 400 KoldLok
the environmental impact of the With a depth of experience, the Grommets are installed across two of
facility, but also addressed the Fujitsu data centre team knows the Fujitsu Services’ 30 data centres, but
financial implications of rising fuel importance of ensuring its clients’ Flanagan is confident that this number
costs on its business. By tackling data systems were cooled appropriately, will increase significantly in the next
centre hotspots, inefficient cooling realized that relying upon over- one to two years.
capacity, and increases in power provisioning invariably leads to
consumption, Fujitsu Services sets the inefficiencies, and ultimately to “Ensuring there’s no wasted cooling is
benchmark for other companies increased costs for both Fujitsu and vital,” he says. “Accurate control of
looking reduce its IT carbon footprint its customers. Fujitsu Services knew the airflow through KoldLok
while minimising the impact soaring there had to be a better way. Grommets allows us to consider
energy costs could have on its bottom energy-savings strategies such as
line. By pursuing detailed, diagnostic increasing CRAC set points.”
surveys of its data centre
With an annual turnover of £2.46 environments through extensive In less than six months, Fujitsu
billion ($4.92 billion), the company— temperature and airflow monitoring, Services has saved £10,000 ($19,700)
headquartered in London—employs Fujitsu Services was able to pinpoint on its energy bill for just one of its
more than 19,000 people across 20 specific issues, such as wasted data centres where KoldLok
countries. Its data centre management cooling through unsealed holes and Grommets are installed. Fujitsu’s
services business helps its customers low airflow in the cold aisle. Now it return on investment was evidenced
realise the value of information had a baseline to work from and a within the first six months.
technology through the application of detailed action plan to implement.
consulting, systems integration, and In its new data centres, Chris
managed service contracts. It serves Flanagan expects that KoldLok
over 200 mid-sized businesses and Before discovering KoldLok
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Integral Grommets will ensure exceptional
multinational clients in the private and Raised Floor Grommets, designed and levels of energy efficiency and a
public sectors across Europe, manufactured by Upsite Technologies reduced carbon footprint, both of
including retail, financial services, to optimize current cooling which mean significant cost savings.
utilities, healthcare, and Government. infrastructure, mitigate equipment “Every penny counts, even in a large
These clients demand efficient and heat loads, and increase data centre company such as Fujitsu. Our
reliable data centre environments, reliability, Fujitsu Services used improvements through KoldLok
which is achieved, in part, by the various other methods for sealing solutions ensure that the clients’ IT is
precise management of the airflow. holes in the raised floor, but none housed in a resilient and energy-
When Fujitsu Services began to build were completely satisfactory. efficient data centre. With a healthy
its new facility, it set out to create the data centre Fujitsu can deliver highly
first Tier III-rated data centre in In addition to slightly inferior airflow- reliable Data Centre Managed
Europe, based on the Uptime blocking qualities, installation times Services, but cost effectively and with
Institute
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standards. Fujitsu Services were excessive, as were lead times a reduced environmental impact.
knew that it had to seek the most when ordering.“We find that the Everyone wins.”
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