Virtual Twin Solutions to Design Data Centers for Energy Efficiency

According to the IEA3, data centers alone consumed 200-250 TWh, which is equivalent to 1% of global electricity use. Continued improvements in efficiency will be necessary to stay competitive, as data usage increases ever faster. Integrating simulation from the start of the design process means that efficiency requirements can be considered at every stage of development, accelerating deployment times and reducing the risk of issues emerging later.

SIMULIA offers virtual solutions to let designers and engineers digitally create and modify an entire data center, optimizing the design before any physical structures are built. These virtual twins can be used for thermal, flow, and acoustics simulation as well as for electromagnetic compliance.

This webinar will cover HVAC design for data centers and show how simulation helps to improve data center performance for:

• Optimized use of data center facilities: taking advantage of all available space and using power more efficiently, while maintaining sufficient cooling.
• Ensuring physical and digital security to protect hardware and data from threats including fire, natural disaster, electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
• Hyperscaling: agile practices to scale rapidly and match the cooling and power supplies to the demand, moment-to-moment.
• For data center owner-operators, contractors and builders, managing cooling through Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and rack layout is an important challenges.