THE DATA CENTRE INTERVIEW
As we spent time with the community developing the Open19 V2 spec , more and more anecdotal evidence emerged as we spoke with the team . The revelation that Open19 was just the start of the journey to evolve the thinking around sustainability , circularity and the path towards net zero . SSIA captures the real direction and thinking we wanted to embrace . Reduce is equally important as reuse and recycle .
Q . WHAT DOES THIS CHANGE MEAN FOR WHAT POSSIBILITIES LIE AHEAD ?
» The sustainability space in infrastructure has so many opportunities for impact . The Open19 form-factor allows us to decouple true infrastructure deployment from the IT asset with a clear demarcation boundary . The real interesting pieces appear when we think about the full system .
The decoupling of the infrastructure from the IT asset allows us to think about more innovation on the infrastructure side . An example of this is the new NEC Class-4 Fault Managed Power Systems ( FMPS ) specification released this year . Introducing a highvoltage , touch-safe power delivery system becomes very interesting when power supply units are not tied to the server .
The software and infrastructure insights , especially in the open source community , leaves a lot to be desired . Asking a simple question ‘ What is my operational carbon footprint ?’ inevitably leads to follow on questions around Scope 1 / 2 / 3 emissions , which explodes .
CREDIT : SSIA
“SSIA captures the real direction and thinking we wanted to embrace ”
18 December 2023