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Depending on customer requirements , ESR can make considerable improvements in energy efficiency , cooling much of the workload without the need for chillers even in tropical climates such as Singapore and Malaysia .
“ As the market is still developing , we also need to maintain flexibility to ensure that we can support a full range of products and requirements for our customers . The ease of capturing waste heat improves greatly if we can get this liquid cooling in , as we start to run the data halls and the water warmer ,” Richard notes . “ That ’ s a better-quality heat . It ’ s more economical , more efficient to reuse those warmer temperatures off the liquid cooling in particular .”
ESR sees an opportunity to create integrated energy ecosystems within its business parks across Asia . By co-locating data centres with other commercial buildings , the company can implement district heating systems that utilise waste heat from the data centres .
“ It gives us both efficiency for the data centre and obviously it also gives our customers a relatively cheap and green source of heating for their facilities on our business parks ,” Richard explains .
ESR ’ s innovative solutions for renewable energy The entire data centre industry is trying to overcome one critical challenge – supporting the digital economy while reducing environmental impact . Considering the demand for data , there is a need for the industry to use multiple sources of clean energy to be able to achieve 100 % renewable energy use goals .
“ At ESR , we combine on-site renewable energy generation with various other strategies , including uplifting the energy efficiency of our assets and choosing
104 December 2024