KAO DATA
“ The foundational blueprint of the design has been predicated on a very energy efficient approach , which has enabled us to achieve a market-leading low PUE of 1.2 , which we ’ re contractually committed to ”
SPENCER LAMB CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER , KAO DATA
NVIDIA Cambridge-1 , the UK ’ s fastest and most powerful supercomputer and therefore provide a fairly unique niche compared to the traditional sites in West London ,” says Lamb . “ This means our organisation is well-placed to support cloud and enterprise , while being technically advanced enough to support emerging innovations within HPC , supercomputing and even quantum computing .”
Customer colllaboration and the road to net zero With customer-centricity and sustainability at the heart of its business , Kao Data has created facilities that both meet the needs of many different businesses while helping to minimise their environmental impact . Part of this dedication was creating an innovative infrastructure platform that has the flexibility to provide industry-leading energy efficiency capabilities and support its customers ’ compute requirement sustainably , regardless of size or scale .
“ What we ' re trying to do is make sure that our data centres – the base infrastructure that sits behind the data hall – are intricately designed to drive operational and energy efficiency , no matter the type of deployment . The reason for that is twofold : firstly , it makes things far more efficient from a power and cooling perspective ; secondly , from an operational viewpoint , it means it ' s much simpler to install , build and manage . This makes it more cost-effective , meaning we can reduce the cost to our customers by being more energy efficient , powered by renewables , and optimised to offer them a lower TCO – a key point of discussion in the current climate .”
Lamb continues : “ When we look at things like cooling , we can complement our design quite simply with a direct cooling configuration that will sit easily within what we ' ve deployed to date . We ' re not seeking
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