DIGITAL REALTY
190 to bring the outside area into the facility .
“ We ’ re the only company in Australia that I ’ m aware of that ’ s using the BSE system and we pioneered that with Vertiv in the United States for our US systems . We ’ ve applied it in Australia because it ’ s a very good climate for us so we ’ re getting low PUEs across construction , high reliability with the BSE system and just overall energy efficiency .
“ The major variable with technology is generally cooling equipment based on different climates around the world . In Sydney , we ’ ve gone with the US-style
sort of Virginia-Dallas DSE units , whereas in Europe we use an indirect adiabatic solution because it ’ s got a cooler climate .”
Indirect adiabatic is essentially a cooling system that relies more on water than it does power . In European regions such as Dublin , for example , where you ’ ve got the maximum temperatures of 30 degrees , you ’ re able to use that with much less energy .
“ In Australia , we need to have provisions for the 45-46 degree days that we have every now and again ,” he adds .
JUNE 2019