IBM rolls out First Solar Array
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has rolled out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage data centers, integrating AC- and DC-based servers, water-cooled computing systems and related electronics. The new array is spread over more than 6,000 square feet of rooftop. The solar array is capable of providing a 50-kilowatt supply of electricity for up to 330 days a year, for an average of five hours a day. IBM plans for the Bangalore solar-power system to connect directly into the data center's water-cooling and high-voltage DC systems. The integrated solution can provide a compute power of 25 to 30 teraflops using a POWER 775 system on a 50kW solar power supply. This solar deployment, currently powering almost 20 per cent of our own data center energy requirements, is the latest in the investments made at the India lab to design an efficient and smarter data center. Ready access to renewable energy in emerging markets presents significant op...