To supply the IT equipment with a power of 60 kW, at least 150 kW are required.
Virtually, every watt expended in a server room in terms of processing power, power supplies, lighting, etc. is turned into heat
In 2015, Data Center power needs represent 1.62%of worldwide production. In 2020, it will be 1.9%.
In 2014 an estimated 350TWhwere consumed by data centers. It is 100TWh more than in 2010.
In 2014, around $143B was invested worldwide in new data center projects.
Content and application providers alone invest $40B annually into networks, facilities, and equipment - majority of that to hosting infrastructure.
60 new large data centers (>3,000 square meters) are expected in Western Europe by 2020
First SiCbased UPS for a datacenter has been recently launched by Toshiba (2015).
SiC-based UPS for data centers launched by Toshiba
SiC-based UPS equipment used in data centers
Roadmap
Wide-Band Gap devices on data centers
GaN devices entering PSUs
GaN based DC-DC demonstrators have also been developed by EPC, which could be used as Power Supply Unit (PSU) of servers.
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