Digital Realty said PowerVU is a packaged system for centralized monitoring and management of datacenter power consumption, energy efficiency and load analysis.
PowerVU tracks and displays energy usage by metered component, giving customers the ability to monitor actual power demand and usage in kW/hour from a dashboard.
PowerVU also provides PUE and IT load analysis by giving customers a graphical display of PUE and its two determinate components, utility input and UPS output. This enables customers to monitor their energy efficiency daily, monthly and annually, providing information for budgeting and planning, the company said.
PowerVU also enables customers to analyze usage down to component level so they can manage all their energy usage effecting components. PowerVU will become a standard component in all new Turn-Key Datacenters ordered after June 1, 2010.
Jim Smith, chief technology officer of Digital Realty Trust, said: “‘We developed PowerVU to give customers a packaged solution that consolidates critical information and helps them take the appropriate steps to effectively reduce energy consumption.”
