their virtual twin of the infrastructure using the Romonet software against the installed plant which will at full load achieve an annualised PUE below 1.3 .
“ As part of this European-wide programme we aim to power intensify vacant suites as the power requirements of customers today are often much higher than they were 5-10 years ago : 10kW racks are not uncommon and equate , depending on their layout of up to 3,000 watts per square metre .
As Winter explains , Global Switch is embracing redevelopment rather than solely focusing on new builds that are also underway , reducing unnecessary emissions and helping the company meet its sustainability goals .
“ In terms of sustainability , it is better to redevelop , reducing unnecessary emissions of already-built forms than replace them with new , which is why redevelopment should be showcased instead of just the new builds ,” he says . “ In this respect , we have been piloting a new BREEAM scheme for the fit-out of our data centres , which has in the past only been applied to new builds .”
A number of steps have been taken to meet Global Switch ’ s targets of reducing carbon emissions and environmental impact .
“ We have set a target to purchase 100 % renewable electricity across all our data centres by 2030 for both our infrastructure and the customer IT load and in 2022 , we purchased 78 % of renewable energy against our total electricity consumption ,” says Winter . “ We are presently reviewing a science-based target with the aim of limiting temperature to 1.5 ° based on an ICT sector methodology for Scope 1 and 2 to achieve a near-term target for 2030 and so we are well on our way to achieving this . Our next challenge is to further understand our Scope 3 emission reduction and we need to work closely with our partners to achieve this .”
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