Solar Synergy: Innovative Strategies for Data Centers Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

TL;DR

This paper proposes a comprehensive analysis method for integrating solar energy into data centers, modeling power consumption, designing solar systems, and selecting battery capacities to enhance renewable energy use.

Contribution

It introduces a novel multi-phase analysis framework for optimizing solar energy integration in data centers with detailed modeling and capacity planning.

Findings

Power consumption variation modeled for data center traffic.

Solar system design tailored to energy needs.

Battery capacity selection for energy storage optimization.

Abstract

One of the current trends related to data centers is providing it with renewable energy sources. This paper suggests an analysis technique for a model uses solar panels energy to power a data center consists of 100 traditional servers, physical infrastructures, 5 backup batteries. The analysis passes through three phases: Initially, the power consumption model of the data center is proposed to show the variation in traffic and total energy consumed. Then, a solar system model is designed according to the power needed. At the last phase, the desired battery capacity is chosen as (10000Ah-48V) to accommodate the solar energy production.