Green IT

At LuxConnect, “green” and “sustainable” are far from being buzz words. They drive our day-to-day business and, as part of our social responsibility, translate our continuous commitment to the community.

  1. To address the major energy drain, of which cooling represents the main part in a Data Center, LuxConnect exclusively uses free cooling when outside temperatures are below 8°C, thus substantially reducing the energy bill. When temperatures are above 8°C, LuxConnect reverts to hybrid cooling towers. This technology does not require the additional supply of cooling water for temperatures ranging from 8°C to 27°C, resulting in a low ecological impact. As LuxConnect is committed to continuously improving its general efficiency, LuxConnect’s next generation of Data Centers will use waterless cooling stations.
     
  2. The Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) and transformer infrastructure has been designed and optimized to support variable loads and capacities at the lowest possible energy consumption levels, without impacting Data Center operations.
     
  3. The building management system includes a separate redundant power management system, which provides continuous monitoring and recording of energy conversion and distribution. An abnormality in efficiency and/or quality of power could be traced down to the single rack and immediately acted upon.
     
  4. Heat required within the Data Center is largely self-produced, reverting to a heat conversion system with a capacity of 105 kW.
     
  5. Lighting and lighting control ranks among the least suspected savings factors in Green-IT. Yet, with the measures undertaken by LuxConnect, lighting and its associated costs are decreased to 30 to 50% of normal operation.
     
  6. LuxConnect has teamed up with Luxenergie S.A. (Luxembourg’s premier operator of cogeneration, heat and cold production infrastructures) in a joint-venture named DataCenterEnergy (DCE). DCE not only operates the energy, heat and cold production facilities of LuxConnect but also continuously optimizes technology and processes in view of achieving ever higher energy efficiency. At DC 2.0, this optimization process has led to an innovative energy concept, which will reduce Luxembourg's CO2 emissions by an estimated 10,000 t/year.