News: Iceotope wins Green Enterprise IT Award
Iceotope, the hi-tech firm based on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham, has picked up another award for its energy efficient servers, this time in the United States.
Working with the University of Leeds, the enterprise is developing a new system that reduces the power consumed in data centres by using liquid rather than air to provide cooling, eliminating the need for power-hungry fans.
Iceotope and its project partners have been selected for the prestigious 2013 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards by the Uptime Institute in the United States. The awards recognise organisations that are pioneering projects and innovations which significantly improve energy productivity and use of resources in IT.
The Iceotope solution typically reduces data centre cooling costs by 97%, ICT power load by 20% and overall ICT infrastructure costs by 50%.
A case study on the patented new approach that sees components encapsulated in 3M Novec, an inert and environmentally sound coolant, will be given at the eighth annual Uptime Institute Symposium taking place in Santa Clara, California, in May.
Peter Hopton, founder of Iceotope (picture above, far right), said: "To be recognised in this manner, for what is just our first production system, really validates the work we're doing with the likes of the University of Leeds and the environmental impact of this technology.
"The data centre industry is in something of an energy crisis. The financial and environmental costs involved in powering a single facility are staggering and cooling inefficiencies are a significant factor. We believe that the Iceotope solution has the potential to drive change in the data centre industry for the better."
Iceotope has previously been named as the Startup Product of the Year at the Techworld Awards, New Company of the Year at the Elektra Awards and named as a Sustainable IT Trailblazer at the Tech Trailblazers in 2012.
Iceotope website
Images: Iceotope
Working with the University of Leeds, the enterprise is developing a new system that reduces the power consumed in data centres by using liquid rather than air to provide cooling, eliminating the need for power-hungry fans.
Iceotope and its project partners have been selected for the prestigious 2013 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards by the Uptime Institute in the United States. The awards recognise organisations that are pioneering projects and innovations which significantly improve energy productivity and use of resources in IT.
The Iceotope solution typically reduces data centre cooling costs by 97%, ICT power load by 20% and overall ICT infrastructure costs by 50%.
A case study on the patented new approach that sees components encapsulated in 3M Novec, an inert and environmentally sound coolant, will be given at the eighth annual Uptime Institute Symposium taking place in Santa Clara, California, in May.
Peter Hopton, founder of Iceotope (picture above, far right), said: "To be recognised in this manner, for what is just our first production system, really validates the work we're doing with the likes of the University of Leeds and the environmental impact of this technology.
"The data centre industry is in something of an energy crisis. The financial and environmental costs involved in powering a single facility are staggering and cooling inefficiencies are a significant factor. We believe that the Iceotope solution has the potential to drive change in the data centre industry for the better."
Iceotope has previously been named as the Startup Product of the Year at the Techworld Awards, New Company of the Year at the Elektra Awards and named as a Sustainable IT Trailblazer at the Tech Trailblazers in 2012.
Iceotope website
Images: Iceotope
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