Mechanical Technology may 2015

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Heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning

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Mechanical Technology — May 2015

Within this context, SAP issued a call

for tenders to select a provider that could

transform 80 m² of office space into a

data centre that would be operational

in less than six months. The specifica-

tions included a number of constraints:

The data centre had to have low energy

consumption, be intelligent, conform to

chneider Electric has worked

alongside SAP France to design

a new data centre to host its

information system and profes-

sional applications. Installed on the 14

floor of its new French headquarters in

Levallois-Perret, the new facility houses

an 18-rack integrated IT solution.

SAP, a leader in business applications,

is working steadily towards a green busi-

ness model – compatible with interna-

tional sustainable economy standards –

to meet the expectations of shareholders,

customers and employees. The company

is therefore committed to improving its

economic and environmental perfor-

mance in the long-term, for example,

by reducing its carbon emissions over

the next five years to pre-2000

levels.

Schneider Electric, a world specialist in energy management, has completed

the installation of the new data centre for SAP, which includes an intelligent

cooling management system to reduce the carbon impact and energy

consumption of SAP France’s IT room.

“Schneider Electric offered us a turnkey

solution including an innovative cooling

system, which was a decisive factor in the

selection process. But their ability to design

the server room in its entirety was a definite

asset. It was very advantageous to have a

single contact, as it gave us a global view of

the planning,” explains Joseph Cinquanta, IT

account manager at SAP France.

Main pic:

Schneider Electric’s EcoAisle solution ensures hot aisle containment, which increases the cooling efficiency.

Left:

Six new-generation InRow cool-

ing units with hot aisle containment and an Air Flow Controller system were installed in the main data centre, with a further 17 standard InRow cooling units

in the service areas.

Above:

For increased availability Active Airflow Controller senses changes in the contained aisle and ‘right sizes’ the airflow require-

ments. For visibility, the system operates a simple three colour coding system, green when the system is operating at the set point, blue if the racks are

becoming too cold and red if the racks are too hot.

SAP data centre adopts on-demand cooling

SAP’s environmental policy and, above

all, be ready for the arrival of 400 em-

ployees by July 2014.

Schneider Electric handled all of the

energy infrastructure, cooling, power

distribution and protection, the raised

floor, urbanisation of the white

space, as well as the

managemen t