Data Centre efficiency - it’s in the design
Paul Bryce,Vice President, Data Center Technology & Engineering Group
Lex Coors has been managing complex engineering and design and build challenges since the early 1980s. As Interxion’s Director of Engineering, and latterly VP Data Centre Technology & Engineering Group, he has supervised the design, build and upgrade of nearly 50,000m² of data centre space in 22 locations in 12 countries.
A founder member of the Uptime Institute, Lex is also a member of European Commission DG Joint Research Committee on Sustainability and the European Data Centre Code of Conduct Metrics Group. He studied Mechanical Engineering and then Management and Economics in Rotterdam.
During his time with Interxion, Lex has pioneered several new approaches to data centre design and management, including the improvement of power ratio efficiency between server load and transformer load, and the industry’s first ever modular approach to data centre design.
Session Synopsis
The father of the pioneering modular approach building out data centres Lex Coors presentation will outline how organizations can optimize data centre efficiency by improving PUE ratios (power usage efficiency).
A founder member of the Uptime Institute, Lex is also a member of European Commission DG Joint Research Committee on Sustainability and the European Data Centre Code of Conduct Metrics Group Lex is well placed to provide valuable insight into industry best practice.
Session date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 9:45am
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