As the cornerstone of the rapid development of China’s digital economy, data centers have high energy consumption attributes, and while shouldering the social responsibility of energy conservation and carbon reduction, they still need to continue to optimize their own development path and construction goals, so as to adapt to the continuous growth of data application demand and the drastic change of energy structure. In the face of many challenges, the integration of energy and computing power has become the only way to build data centers.

01 Promote digital innovation and accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of data centers

In the “National Integrated Big Data Center Collaborative Innovation System Computing Hub Implementation Plan” issued in 2021, nine core tasks are proposed for data centers from “strengthening energy supply security” to “deepening data intelligent application” and “improving computing service level”, indicating the future development direction of data centers.

Driven by the drive for high-quality development, the green low-carbon transformation and intelligent innovation of data centers are imperative, with the goal of solving the imbalance between energy and computing power, reshaping the supply structure of energy and computing power of data centers, comprehensively supporting the intelligent application of data with new technological paths, and leading the new trend of healthy development.

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In this process, digital innovation is key. Only through innovative technologies that combine electrification, automation and digitalization can we cope with the increasing growth of data centers and the goal of carbon neutrality in the industry, and digitalization of data center infrastructure is one of the most fundamental innovation directions.

Zhao Yongzhan, president of ABB Electric China, said in an interview with the media: “ABB has continuously cultivated and accumulated technical reserves over the years to orderly enable the sustainable development of data centers. From data center automation management systems to interconnected digital power distribution facilities, ABB focuses on both asset management and energy management to continuously improve power supply reliability and energy efficiency through digital innovation technology, creating value for green, safe, smart, efficient and sustainable data centers.”

02ABB Smart power holographic management, new blueprint for data center development

In order to meet the needs of the era of data center development, ABB created the Ability smart power holographic management platform, focusing on the four core functions of intelligent power monitoring, resource health management, energy optimization management, and low carbon footprint monitoring, to achieve green and intelligent management of the whole life cycle of the digital center.

Energy optimization management, adjust the energy structure in the planning, improve the proportion of clean energy access, optimize the efficient matching of charge and storage resources of the source network through comprehensive flexible energy scheduling, improve the absorption rate of new energy, and help energy decarbonization. In the operation process, realize the visualization of energy trajectory, use multidimensional algorithms to strengthen the in-depth analysis of energy value, identify energy-saving opportunities, and optimize energy-saving strategies. Verify energy-saving achievements; Contribute to green, low-carbon and sustainable development.