The project will fund the installation of the company’s enterprise energy management systems at twelve State of California, Department of General Services (DGS) data centers across the state.
Built around an artificial intelligence engine, the systems will monitor and control – using closed-loop feedback – the output of computer room air handler (CRAH) units.
This can reduce operating time while also ensuring that inlet air temperatures are within recommended levels. The system’s reporting, simulation and modeling capabilities puts tools in the hands of the data center managers as they decide how to optimize performance and achieve reliability goals.
Federspiel Controls’ systems are expected to save DGS 4,700,000kWh of energy per year, thus meeting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Green Building Executive Order S-20-04, that requires DGS and other state agencies to reduce energy usage in state facilities by at least 20% by 2015.
This in turn will also provide benefits to the California economy and its taxpayers through reduced energy consumption and carbon output.
Steven Chu, energy secretary of the US, said: “These Recovery Act projects will improve the efficiency of a strong and growing sector of the American economy. By reducing energy use and energy costs for the IT and telecommunications industries, this funding will help create jobs and ensure the sector remains competitive.
“The expected growth of these industries means that new technologies adopted today will yield benefits for many years to come.”
