Publication date : 04/16/2024

Course : Green Data Center, optimizing your energy performance

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. GAC
Price : 1410 € E.T.

Green Data Center, optimizing your energy performance




At the end of this course, you'll be able to identify the key areas for reducing a data center's power consumption, and implement solutions for improving energy and environmental performance.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. GAC
  2d - 14h00
1410 € E.T.




At the end of this course, you'll be able to identify the key areas for reducing a data center's power consumption, and implement solutions for improving energy and environmental performance.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Optimizing Green IT projects
Take stock of energy and environmental performance
Choosing the right IT solutions
Select infrastructure solutions

Intended audience
CIOs, data center managers, project managers.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Exercise
Case studies, practical work, feedback

Course schedule

1
Understanding the challenges of Green IT

  • The challenge of sustainable development.
  • The role of information systems in sustainable development.
  • The different scopes of Green IT.
Hands-on work
Identify the various Green IT projects already deployed in your company.

2
Understanding key data center issues

  • The current fleet is undersized.
  • Densification and related cooling requirements.
  • The change in business model from CAPEX to OPEX.

3
Mastering the regulatory context

  • European directives impacting computer hardware: EuP, RoHS, WEEE, "batteries".
  • Legal requirements for data centers in Europe.
  • Legal obligations for data centers in France.
  • Voluntary initiatives: code of conduct, etc.

4
Measure to identify areas for improvement

  • What tools (indicators, methodology, etc.) should be used to take stock?
  • The main energy and environmental performance indicators for data centers: PUE, CUE, - WUE, DCcE, etc.
  • Physical measurement.
Hands-on work
Calculate the PUE of a data center.

5
IT solutions

  • Implement application governance.
  • Manage the data lifecycle.
  • Hierarchical data storage, deduplication.
  • Consolidate and virtualize equipment.
  • Choose equipment adapted to energy efficiency issues.
  • Eco-labels and technical standards for selecting equipment.
Case study
Analysis of various materials using ecolabels and appropriate standards.

6
Infrastructure solutions

  • The impact of third-party availability on energy requirements.
  • Modular POD architecture.
  • Spatial organization of equipment in the data center: hot aisle, cold aisle.
  • Precision cooling.
  • Free cooling, water cooling.

7
Feedback

  • Study of feedback from companies that have already implemented these solutions


Customer reviews
4,4 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
HAMMADI G.
02/10/25
5 / 5

very good training to learn the basics
ANNICK L.
02/10/25
5 / 5

An interesting 2-day overview of digital responsibility in general and the data centre environment in particular
FÉLIX M.
02/10/25
5 / 5

The overall programme was very good and adapted to the format and number of people.



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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 18 June, 2 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 18 June, 2 Nov.