Siemens deploys AI to Baltics’ newest energy-efficient data centre
Siemens has deployed integrated data centre management software, including the AI-powered WSCO, at an energy-efficient data centre in Tallinn, Estonia.
The new 14,500m2 data centre in Tallinn, Estonia, runs on renewable energy and is the first of three such facilities, contributing to boosting the Baltic region’s e-commerce and digital societies.
The building management software (BMS), energy and power management software (EPMS) and White Space Cooling Optimisation (WSCO) aim to help Greenergy Data Centres lower energy usage, ensure thermal protection and manage reliable critical infrastructure operations.
Providing the operational technology control platform of the new data centre is Desigo CC, an integrated building management platform from Siemens Smart Infrastructure, which connects and controls critical and non-critical building systems.
Desigo CC gives operators at the data centre a single pane of glass from which to visualise, monitor, control and optimise critical building management systems, energy performance and WSCO.
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Siemens’ building automation technologies also control the data centre’s ability to distribute excess heat to a district heating company, if required.
“This new complex conforms to all of the highest international security standards and aims to operate at 25% higher energy efficiency than the market’s average,” stated Kert Evert, chief development officer, Greenergy Data Centres.
“Working with Siemens we are able to have a single-vendor concept from A-Z, and together we have created the region’s most advanced and efficient data centre, creating more favourable conditions for both foreign and local companies to offer their services on the Estonian or Baltic markets.”
AI-powered optimisation
Thermal optimisation has reportedly improved by combining Desigo CC building management with Siemens’ WSCO, which is powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
It has increased the building’s energy efficiency and contributed to its target Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) value of 1.2, against an industry average of around 1.6.
The software also ensures thermal protection of server rooms by automatically adjusting the operation of the cooling systems.
A dense mesh of sensors across the centre’s white spaces provides the WSCO software with detailed temperature data. The system then uses an advanced machine-learning model to analyse the effect of cooling on specific areas, creating an influence map to optimise cooling distribution at rack-level, and limiting energy use to only what is necessary.
The solution responds automatically to events such as temperature fluctuations, minimising the risk of malfunction, mitigating overconsumption issues and ensuring the availability of equipment without interruption.
This solution is implemented in both greenfield and brownfield data centres.
“As demand for data centre services continues to rise globally, digital tools will play a key role in mitigating the environmental impact of data, while maintaining the high levels of security, resilience and redundancy required of critical infrastructure,” stated Dave Hopping, CEO, solutions and services, Siemens Smart Infrastructure.
“Greenergy Data Centres’ new facility in Tallinn is an excellent example of how digital building technology and services can combine to create a benchmark in smart, energy-efficient data centres.”
To ensure a reliable and safe power supply to the data centre, Siemens provided from concept to delivery, customised power distribution systems natively integrated into Desigo CC for energy performance monitoring from a single pane of glass.
This includes low-voltage Sivacon S8 switchgears and Sivacon 8PS busbars, Simosec medium voltage switchgears for the entire data center, and a high-voltage system from Siemens Energy.
