Ever-incre\u00adasing volu\u00admes of data and the resul\u00adting rapid growth in com\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adcity are lea\u00adding to ever-hig\u00adher CO2 emis\u00adsi\u00adons. With its wind\u00adCORES brand, West\u00adfa\u00adlen\u00adWIND has long since found a sus\u00adtainable solu\u00adtion to this chall\u00adenge in the form of cli\u00admate-neu\u00adtral data cen\u00adters housed within wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes. Now ano\u00adther mile\u00adstone has been rea\u00adched: The wind\u00adCORES II faci\u00adli\u00adties at the Huser Klee wind farm near Lich\u00adtenau have been offi\u00adci\u00adally com\u00admis\u00adsio\u00adned. These are multi-story data cen\u00adters loca\u00adted inside the tower of a wind turbine. <\/p>\n
The idea is simple: The electricity\u2014usually sur\u00adplus elec\u00adtri\u00adcity that would other\u00adwise go unused\u2014is used where it is pro\u00addu\u00adced in a cli\u00admate-neu\u00adtral way any\u00adway. And that\u2019s right inside the wind tur\u00adbine. \u201cIn the spi\u00adrit of sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adlity, we sim\u00adply place the con\u00adsu\u00admer right within the gene\u00adra\u00adtor,\u201d says Dr. Fiete Dub\u00adberke, CEO of West\u00adfa\u00adlen\u00adWIND IT, suc\u00adcinctly explai\u00adning the wind\u00adCORES con\u00adcept. Suc\u00adcessfully estab\u00adlished on the mar\u00adket since its launch in 2018, the brand is uni\u00adque world\u00adwide. \u201cNow we\u2019re thril\u00adled and incre\u00addi\u00adbly proud that we\u2019ve rea\u00adched the next level of expan\u00adsion with wind\u00adCORES II,\u201d says Dub\u00adberke figuratively\u2014after all, the new data cen\u00adter spans seve\u00adral levels at a height of up to 20 meters. <\/p>\n
The grand ope\u00adning will be cele\u00adbra\u00adted this week as part of a four-day series of events with cus\u00adto\u00admers and busi\u00adness part\u00adners, as well as local repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adves from poli\u00adtics, govern\u00adment, and the local busi\u00adness com\u00admu\u00adnity. The pro\u00adgram includes expert pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and panel dis\u00adcus\u00adsions on Green IT and the future of rene\u00adwa\u00adble energy. Of course, guests will have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to expe\u00adri\u00adence wind\u00adCORES up close for the first time. Mona Neu\u00adbaur, Minis\u00adter for Eco\u00adno\u00admic Affairs, Indus\u00adtry, Cli\u00admate Pro\u00adtec\u00adtion, and Energy of the State of North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia, did not want to miss the tour and gladly accepted the invi\u00adta\u00adtion to the ope\u00adning on Wed\u00adnes\u00adday: \u201cFor the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, we will need ever more com\u00adpu\u00adting power in the future. To ope\u00adrate data centers\u2014with their high energy demands\u2014in a cli\u00admate-neu\u00adtral man\u00adner, inno\u00adva\u00adtive and smart solu\u00adti\u00adons are requi\u00adred. Energy effi\u00adci\u00adency will be cru\u00adcial here. With wind\u00adCORES, the energy city of Lich\u00adtenau demons\u00adtra\u00adtes how gene\u00adra\u00adtion and con\u00adsump\u00adtion can be lin\u00adked in a par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlarly intel\u00adli\u00adgent way: The com\u00adpany is instal\u00adling its com\u00adpu\u00adting power in the towers of the wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes and gene\u00adra\u00adting green elec\u00adtri\u00adcity directly at the source. As a pio\u00adneer in the expan\u00adsion of rene\u00adwa\u00adble energy, North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia offers the best con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons for ground\u00adbrea\u00adking pro\u00adjects like this one,\u201d said the minis\u00adter, wel\u00adco\u00adming the wind\u00adCORES II project. <\/p>\n
Exten\u00adsive preli\u00admi\u00adnary plan\u00adning and a con\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion period of just under one year were requi\u00adred to imple\u00adment this three-level model. The design was deve\u00adlo\u00adped in col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with Rit\u00adtal, the world\u2019s lea\u00adding pro\u00advi\u00adder of con\u00adtrol cabi\u00adnet sys\u00adtems, auto\u00adma\u00adtion, and IT infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. Rit\u00adtal was also com\u00admis\u00adsio\u00adned to handle the inte\u00adrior fit-out, which posed a par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar chall\u00adenge. \u201cIt\u2019s like a ship in a bottle\u2014all the equip\u00adment, inclu\u00adding the IT racks, had to fit through a small door,\u201d says Dr. Fiete Dub\u00adberke, describ\u00ading the work. <\/p>\n
West\u00adfa\u00adlen\u00adWIND IT\u2019s goal is now to attract more cus\u00adto\u00admers to its inno\u00adva\u00adtive data cen\u00adter. Dub\u00adberke is con\u00adfi\u00addent of suc\u00adcess, as demand for sus\u00adtainable cloud and colo\u00adca\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons is gro\u00adwing rapidly in the indus\u00adtry. wind\u00adCORES offers a decisive advan\u00adtage, not least in terms of infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. It can some\u00adti\u00admes take years to build a con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal data center\u2014in con\u00adtrast, the wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes are alre\u00adady in place, com\u00adplete with high-per\u00adfor\u00admance grid and data con\u00adnec\u00adtions. No addi\u00adtio\u00adnal land needs to be paved over. While con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal data cen\u00adters will emit 380 grams of CO2 per kilo\u00adwatt-hour of elec\u00adtri\u00adcity in 2023, wind\u00adCORES will emit just 10.75 grams. The con\u00adcept uni\u00adquely com\u00adbi\u00adnes East West\u00adpha\u00adlian inno\u00adva\u00adtive spi\u00adrit, state-of-the-art data cen\u00adter tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, and sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. Fiete Dub\u00adberke is con\u00advin\u00adced that the wind\u00adCORES II will have a posi\u00adtive impact on the region: \u201cWith the three-level model of our data cen\u00adter inside a wind tur\u00adbine, we are tur\u00adning the Pader\u00adborn district\u2014and the city of Lich\u00adtenau in particular\u2014into a hot\u00adspot for sus\u00adtainable digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion models.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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