Comprehensive Energy
Management for
Data Centers

Ensure Power Quality and Improve Overall Operational Efficiency

Comprehensive Energy
Management for Data Centers

Ensure Power Quality and Improve Overall Operational Efficiency

  • Identify Power Quality Problems and Respond Proactively to Avoid
    Downtime and Equipment Damage
  • Identify the Most Energy Wasteful Facilities and Circuits to Maximize
    Energy Efficiency Improvements
  • Measure Data Center Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
  • Protect Data from Tampering with Proven Security and Encryption Technology
Electro Industries/GaugeTech

Comprehensive Energy Management for Data Centers

Ensure Power Quality and Improve Overall Operational Efficiency

  • Identify Power Quality Problems and Respond Proactively to Avoid Downtime and Equipment Damage
  • Identify the Most Energy Wasteful Facilities and Circuits to Maximize Energy Efficiency Improvements
  • Measure Data Center Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
  • Protect Data from Tampering with Proven Security and Encryption Technology
Electro Industries/GaugeTech

Comprehensive Energy Management for Data Centers

Ensure Power Quality and Improve Overall Operational Efficiency

  • Identify Power Quality Problems and Respond Proactively to Avoid Downtime and Equipment Damage
  • Identify the Most Energy Wasteful Facilities and Circuits to Maximize Energy Efficiency Improvements
  • Measure Data Center Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
  • Protect Data from Tampering with Proven Security and Encryption Technology
Introduction
Energy Management for Data Centers

Identify Power Quality Problems and Respond Proactively to Avoid Downtime and Equipment Damage

Industry studies show that up to 40% of all downtime is power quality related and 80% of these issues originate within the facility. Additionally, 50% of mission critical power outages are due to power quality issues. Just one instance of a power outage can cost a data center up to $1 million. Downtime results not just in lost revenue, but also possible liability issues.

EIG’s power and energy meters have advanced power quality monitoring features. When used with our energy management software – the HMIPQA+ SCADA application and the EnergyPQA.com® AI driven energy management system, data centers gain multiple ways to proactively identify potential power issues and optimize energy usage, reducing downtime, extending equipment lifespan, and improving overall operational efficiency. These metering devices and software solutions allow data center managers to pinpoint and address power quality problems before they cause critical disruptions.

  • View real time usage in a centralized location to gain control over all aspects of a data center’s energy use and power quality.
  • Perform customized reporting of critical energy management and power quality issues.
  • Generate alarms on programmed limits for energy and power quality.
  • Identify specific circuits to provide simple meaningful actions that improve reliability and safety of the data center’s power system.
  • Perform detailed root-cause analysis of downtime events.
  • Log historical data for trend analysis and capacity planning.
  • Enable early detection of issues to perform preventative maintenance before failures occur.
  • Identify inefficiencies and prioritize areas for energy savings opportunities.
  • Collect, process, and display information for various data center key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Analyze historical trends to help predict potential issues.

Identify Wasteful Facilities and Circuits to Improve Energy Efficiency

Energy costs are one of a data center’s biggest expenses. Manage data center energy resources and lower your energy costs with the EnergyPQA.com® energy management system’s smart analytics, which transforms traditional energy management by identifying the most energy wasteful facilities and circuits to maximize energy efficiency improvements. Using the data from EIG’s power and energy meters, this cloud-based system allows you to:

  • Automatically grade facilities for energy efficiency.
  • Identify potential savings by improving least efficient facilities and circuits.
  • Perform simple meaningful actions to save energy and costs by focusing on the most inefficient circuits.
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View Facility and Circuit Grading with Potential Cost Savings

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Measure Data Center Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is an important metric for data centers. PUE is determined by dividing the total energy usage of the data center by the energy used for powering IT equipment. The resultant number indicates how much of a data center’s budget is used for income generation (IT equipment) and how much is used for other systems, such as cooling, that do not generate income directly. A PUE of 1 indicates that the data center is using its energy resources efficiently. A PUE greater than 1 indicates that the data center needs to focus on improving its energy usage efficiency.

The EnergyPQA.com® AI driven energy management system automatically calculates current PUE, PUE for the past month and past six months, and PUE heatmap for the data center. With this information, data center management can keep track of their PUE and then take steps to improve it if necessary.

Protect Data from Tampering with Proven Security and Encryption Technology

A single hacking incident can cause immeasurable damage to your data and reputation. The EnergyPQA.com® energy management system has role-based authorization, SSL encryption, firewalls, and intrusion detection to protect your system’s data. It uses an encrypted one-way push of data to the cloud to ensure secure access from anywhere outside the network and it stores data redundantly, at the customer site and in the cloud.

The HMIPQA+ SCADA solution is industry ready and security hardened. Every platform release goes through penetration test and code scan to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. The solution follows the CIMPLICITY Secure Deployment Guide and has IEC 62443 cybersecurity certification. It meets ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, and CSA STAR. The master/runtime are compared to detect configuration changes. Alarm, data and system, and operator audit logs are stored in the application’s SQL database.

Energy Management for Data Centers

EIG’s Nexus® and Shark® power and energy meters offer advanced cyber security features, including Resilient Cyber Security, which adds digitally-signed firmware and customizable encryption keys for additional data protection.

Making Data Center Energy Usage Reliable, More Efficient, and Cost-effective

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Products

Data Center Products

Nexus® 1500+ meter

Critical Load Point

Example Installation: Utility Entry Points, Critical Loads, High Power Sensitivity Points
Ordering Part #: Nexus1500+-D2-60-20-V6-485P-NTRJ-X-X
Learn More: https://www.electroind.com/products/nexus-1500-power-quality-meter-with-phasor-measurement-unit/

Shark® 250 meter

Large Loads (400 A or more)

Example Installation: Typical Building Loads, Substations, Control Panels
Ordering Part #: Shark250-60-10-V2-D2-INP100S-X-X
Learn More: https://www.electroind.com/products/shark-250-power-meter/

MP200 multipoint metering system

Smaller Loads (200 A or less, high-density)

Example Installation Smaller Panel Boards, High-density Circuits
Ordering Part #: MP200-Y-60-10-V2-WIFI-MDSN
Learn More: https://www.electroind.com/products/shark-mp200-multi-point-energy-meter

HMIPQA+ Next Generation SCADA Solution

Simple, scalable, customizable application with open connectivity and multi-protocol support

Ordering Part #: Contact EIG_sales@hubbell.com
Learn More: https://www.electroind.com/products/hmipqa-power-monitoring-scada/

EnergyPQA.com® AI Driven Energy Management System

Provides energy analytics and predictions, reducing costs and improving power system reliability

Ordering Part #: ENERGYPQA-1Y
Learn More: https://www.electroind.com/products/energypqa-com-energy-management-system/

Downloads

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Solutions Guide

Energy Management for Data Centers