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Green Project of the Year
Wednesday June 18th 2008. Posted: 08:00
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The data centre project was recognised for revolutionising its cooling system set-up
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BT Operate has won an award at the 2008 Techworld Awards in recognition of environmental aspects of the company’s 21st century network (21CN) data centre project.
BT Operate head of data centre strategy Harkeeret Singh was presented with the Green Project of the Year award in the inaugural project and users category at IndigO2 in London. Previously known as the Network Awards and running for more than 13 years, the Techworld Awards each year select the products and users from the European IT industry that have made a significant difference. The BT Operate 21CN data centre project was recognised for completely revolutionising its data centre cooling system set-up. Traditionally, data centres use refrigeration to maintain temperatures at 20-24 degrees Celsius for maximum equipment functioning. However, the problem inherent with cooling systems is that for every kilowatt of energy used for computing, more than 1.2 kilowatts are consumed in the cooling process. BT’s solution was to look into implementing physical changes to buildings housing the data centres, and engineering a fresh-air cooling system rather than traditional refrigeration. Key initiatives which led to BT winning the coveted Green Project of the Year award included its target to cut its carbon footprint in the UK by 80 per cent before 2016 and globally before 2020, compared with 1996 levels. The concepts so far have saved the company £3.8 million in electricity costs and reduced BT's overall power consumption by one per cent. Harkeeret,said: “Everyone involved with the 21CN data centre project is really proud of the recognition from industry for the thought leadership. Our goal is to tackle rising energy costs and reduce carbon emissions. “This recognition from Techworld is a testament to our vision and BT should reap the benefits of increased energy efficiency and cost savings through this innovative project.”
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