Thermal management: a critical issue for modern data centers
Today, cooling accounts for between 30 % and 40 % of a data center's total energy consumption, depending on the density of the equipment, the efficiency of the systems deployed and the level of redundancy required. Optimized thermal management is no longer an option, but a necessity:
- Guaranteeing service availability to avoid overheating, prevent hardware failure and reduce the risk of service interruptions; ;
- Optimize operating costs to limit energy consumption and control costs, while improving PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness); ;
- Extending equipment service life : reduce premature wear and tear on servers and critical components.
A pragmatic, proactive approach, based on accurate thermal data, not only eliminates hot spots, but also anticipates maintenance needs and refines cooling strategies.
Temperature sensors: the foundation of intelligent supervision
The performance of a thermal management system depends largely on the quality and granularity of the data collected. Temperature sensors, integrated into centralized supervision systems, play a key role:
- Real-time thermal mapping: immediate identification of anomalies and dynamic adjustment of cooling flows; ;
- Feeding simulation tools (CFD): optimizing designs and validating thermal scenarios before deployment; ;
- Support for predictive strategies: preventive maintenance and continuous adaptation to load changes.
The choice and positioning of sensors must meet stringent requirements in terms of accuracy, robustness and integration, in order to provide easily usable data.
The thermal imperative in an era of digital hypergrowth
The accelerating adoption of generative AI, the continuing expansion of the cloud and the massive digitization of business processes and lifestyles, are leading to a multiplication of data centers. These developments, essential to business competitiveness, come with a major challenge: controlling their energy footprint. Among the levers for optimization, thermal management has become a strategic pillar, conditioning the performance, resilience and economic viability of infrastructures.
Innovation and choice of sensors
L’innovation in cooling, as practiced by OVHcloud with its proprietary watercooling, is based on exhaustive and reliable data collection. This data collection feeds advanced monitoring and simulation algorithms, accelerating R&D and the development of new cooling systems.
Mesurex, an instrumentation expert since 1972, is proud to collaborate with OVHcloud, providing them with instrumented temperature sensors, perfectly adapted to the constraints and requirements of datacenter thermal applications.
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