KEPPEL DC REIT
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Supporting the sustainable future of Ireland
Keppel DC REIT’ s monitoring systems track the correlation between energy consumption and cooling performance. Staff also receive training on specific aspects of cooling system operation, which helps identify any components that may run when not needed.
This approach enables rapid response to system faults while maintaining optimal efficiency.
“ When we look at sustainability projects, we consider all aspects including the cost and return on investment,” Watson explains.“ I also insist the team calculate the return on carbon. We have to balance financial and environmental impact.”
Ensuring grid stability The growing demand for data processing has intensified focus on environmental performance.
Gary shares:“ There was and continues to be concerns that suggesting Ireland would have brownouts and blackouts due to too many data centres. It never happened. However, we’ re looking at how we can put battery energy storage in place so during peak times we can help the grid while maintaining 24x7 availability.”
Heat reuse is perhaps a solution to support the local communities where data centres are present. However, the strategy is presenting a challenge in Ireland’ s data centre sector, which Gary explains is a missed opportunity as there
128 April 2025