Next Generation Data Center: A Case Study in Transformation of Chevron Indonesia Data Center into Energy Efficient Data Center

• Main Author: CHAIDAR STUDIAILMI RADJAB (NIM: 29107153) ; Pembimbing: Lusie Indrawati Susantono, SH, MBA, LL, RIZQI
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/17064
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Since the declaration of Kyoto Protocol on December 1997 and after years of being viewed by many as a concern for a relative few, environmental issues are now front-page news around the world. Faced with increasingly urgent warnings about the consequences of the projected rise in both energy demands and greenhouse gas emissions, governments and businesses alike are now focusing more attention than ever on the need to improve energy efficiency. Kyoto Protocol is a continuing effort by United Nations to stabilize and reconstruct the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to the level that can avoid human being from the danger of climate change. The protocol has international legal binding whereas more than 183 participating countries (including Indonesia who signed it in 1998 and ratified it in 2004) who have strong commitment to conserve and efficiently utilizing energy in order to bring an average reduction of 5.2% in carbon emission and greenhouse gases from 1992 level until year 2012. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> To reach the target, energy efficient program has become one of primary work targets for many companies in the world that covering all business functions within the companies; including Information Technology Department who, one of its functions, develops and operates company’s data center. Corporate data centers are well known as one of significant power users. If the company’s data center cannot accommodate new servers or storage because of power availability or infrastructure (cooling system) constraints, bringing new capabilities online can become a major challenge in terms of both time and money. Although labor costs still dominate the expenses of operating a modern data center, energy costs, in the form of electrical power bill, typically are the second-largest expense. The continuing increase in computing demand drives energy costs — both direct power consumption by servers and other IT equipment, and indirect consumption by facilities. The IT groups, who are responsible for building and managing data centers, feel a growing responsibility to transform data centers operations into a more efficient and environmentally-friendly footing and advance toward a green data center. A green data center can be described as the physical structure designed for the storage, management and dissemination of data where the mechanical, lighting, electrical and computer systems are designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Transforming or retrofitting an existing data center into energy efficient data center can be a challenging task. It all requires well interaction with demanding customers, a constant effective communication with management people that have no such area of expertise, an extra care in solving difficult problem, and high passion under rigorous yet stressful environment. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This paper is to provide an overview of energy efficient or green data center and to discuss whether such initiative is applicable in term of technology and costs to transform an old data center at Chevron Indonesia Company.