GIB Services AG en Suisse. IBM a construit un datacenter «vert» axé sur l’optimisation de consommation d’énergie dans un ancien bunker militaire en dehors de Zurich, où l'énergie émise par le centre est réutilisée et sert à chauffer la piscine municipale de la ville. Cette énergie dédiée au service d’hébergement de GIB Services respecte donc l’environnement, facteur primordial en Suisse. GIB Services AG propose des services sur site de colocation et de location d’espaces dans le nouveau datacenter à des clients dont le niveau d’exigence en matière de protection et de disponibilité est très élevé.
Kika / Leiner en Autriche. IBM a construit un datacenter à consommation énergétique optimisée pour une entreprise réputée pour ses gammes de meubles « green ». Ce datacenter « vert » (le premier en Autriche) reflète l’attachement de Kika / Leiner au respect de l'environnement et leur fournit l'infrastructure nécessaire au développement de leurs activités.
Telecom Egypt. IBM a annoncé la construction d'un datacenter « vert » innovant pour Telecom Egypt intégrant les technologies respectueuses de l’environnement les plus sophistiquées du monde en termes d’efficacité énergétique. Il s'agit de l’engagement le plus important d’IBM Global Technology Services en Egypte, qui permet à Telecom Egypt de bénéficier de l'un des datacenters « verts » les plus puissants au monde et de répondre à la demande croissante de services que connaît la société.
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IBM Builds Green Data Center for GIB-Services; Innovative Technology to Heat Local Public Swimming Pool
Unique Energy Efficient Data Center Solution Promotes Heat Reclamation
ZURICH – April 2, 2008 – IBM (NYSE:IBM) and GIB-Services today announced a new energy efficient “green” data center at a former military bunker outside of Zurich. The new data center is a highly secure data storage facility where GIB will support its clients in Switzerland, and will offer a first-of-its-kind energy model where a direct heat exchange will take place between the data center and a public swimming pool in the town.
Located in Uitikon (Zurich), Switzerland, the data center is expected to create 2,800 megawatts of wasted heat per year when operating at full capacity – the same amount of energy needed to supply up to 80 houses with heating and warm water for one year. In order to repurpose some of this previously wasted energy, the town is looking to the needs of local civilians – ensuring a comfortable temperature for swimming in the town pool.
“We found a partner for this unique project in IBM, a company that distinguishes itself through its vast experience in building high availability data centers with the highest demands on security,” said Hans-Rudolf Schärer, president of the board of directors, GIB-Services. “Our decision to collaborate with IBM was easily made given IBM’s data center expertise, innovation and commitment to green technology.”
“This is a great example of an innovative client solution that not only provides a client with a secure and energy efficient data center, but is also a technology breakthrough to benefit the town,” says Steve Sams, vice president of IBM Global Site and Facilities Services. “Theoretically it is possible to reuse up to 90 percent of the electric power required for the operation of the data center as heat energy. Through reclaiming the heat, approximately 130 tons of carbon emissions can be saved. This corresponds to the CO2 discharge of mid-size cars driving 500,000 miles.”
The data center agreement was signed in 2007 and recently completed in the first quarter of 2008. The project to heat to the public indoor pool was signed the first quarter of 2008 and will be completed later in 2008.
About IBM Project Big Green
Announced in May 2007, Project Big Green is a $1 billion initiative to dramatically reduce energy use by IBM and its clients. The initiative includes new energy efficient IBM products and services and a five step approach to energy efficiency in the data center. If followed, this approach can sharply reduce data center energy consumption, transforming clients’ technology infrastructure into “green” data centers and provide energy savings of up to 42 percent for an average data center. More information about IBM Project Big Green is available at www.ibm.com/press/projectbiggreen.
About GIB-Services
The Swiss IT company GIB-Services AG offers site and co-location services, and will lease out space in the new data center bunker to customers with high demands on protection and availability. The company’s key business is to provide enterprises with a perfectly functioning IT infrastructure in times of increasing IT complexity and requirements, and where ever-increasing expertise is crucial. The portfolio of GIB-Services embraces products and services like server based computing, system tuning, system audits, operational support and technical consulting.
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IBM UNVEILS AUSTRIA’S FIRST “GREEN” DATA CENTER AT KIKA/LEINER
From “Green Philosophy” to “Green IT” at kika/Leiner
ST. PÖLTEN, AUSTRIA – March 31, 2008 – IBM (NYSE:IBM) is constructing an energy efficient “green” data center for the kika/Leiner company that is anticipated to reduce electric power consumption by up to 40 percent when it opens in May. This complies with kika/Leiner’s “green philosophy” as a key part of their company’s mission.
As kika/Leiner is expanding aggressively in central Europe and the Middle East, their need for information technology (IT) services has increased considerably. To meet this increased demand, the Austrian market-leading furniture retailer is relying on “Green IT” with the new data center, which uses new technologies to dramatically increase energy efficiency.
For the planning and installation of the new data center, kika/Leiner worked together with IBM, who provided green IT expertise.
“In IBM we have an IT partner who meets our ideal expectations for sustainable business,” said Dr. Herbert Koch, manager of the kika/Leiner group.
IBM started out with a risk analysis, developed a data center concept, drafted the construction plans and as the general contractor established the entire data center infrastructure, ranging from the electrical system including emergency power supply to climate control. IBM will also support kika/Leiner in the moving of the equipment to the new location and will take over a major part of the IT operation.
The building is a free-standing cube with about 100 square meters of IT space that fulfils all state-of-the-art technical security requirements of a data center. It is locked and has no windows, and is equipped with an automatic fire-extinguishing system and is protected against flooding. The data center does not contain any working space and entrance is restricted. Free-cooling will be used in cold months, meaning the air conditioning for the data center will come directly from the cold outside air. Only on warm days will the cooling be switched on automatically.
“kika/Leiner perfectly combines ecology and economy”, said Leo Steiner, general manager of IBM Austria. “The additional work and expense for green technology already pays off within a few months, and the benefit for the environment pays off from the very first day.”
A separate area for “High Density Computing” plays a considerable part in this solution – a cube within the cube, which ensures the separation of IT equipment with high or low heat emissions and thereby optimizes the calculation, capacity and efficiency of the cooling. In this area of the data center, there are racks with the newest IBM BladeCenter server technology. The hot air from the IT equipment cannot escape is reduced to room temperature by water-cooled air conditioning units that are integrated into the rack network. This avoids heat accumulation and optimizes the cooling efficiency.
The high density area covers about a third of the IT space and, if required, can be extended. Another third is space for conventional computing (servers with low heat emissions). The last third will remain empty for future expansion.
kika/Leiner operates the IT for all locations in all countries centrally in St. Pölten. This covers merchandise management, the compilation of electronic catalogues, e-mail traffic, time recording, the data warehouse and much more. The various furniture stores and branches in the Eastern European countries and the Middle East are connected with the data center via Terminal-Server. On site, thin clients are used. This enables the quick opening of new locations and the fast fitting of these with IT. The local sites just connect them to the network, and they are ready to go – an instant-model for a quick expansion.
The new data center also contributes to increased IT security, because the old data center serves as a backup location to the new center.
Green Philosophies
IBM has been focusing strongly on “green IT”. With Project Big Green, IBM is investing a billion dollars per year in the development of products and services to increase energy efficiency for IBM and its clients. The IBM solutions range from consulting regarding the reduction of the carbon footprint, energy-efficient hardware and software, to Green IT Services and the construction of data centers. Due to countless customer projects, IBM has built more than 30 million square feet of data center space – that is equivalent to the surface area of the 5th and 6th Viennese districts together. The company is also converting its own IT to green, including the consolidation of several thousand servers worldwide to about 30 mainframe IBM System z running Linux, which reduces the energy consumption drastically.
Furthermore, IBM has already long committed itself to taking on a leading role in environmental protection in all business activities and regards environmental protection as integral part of the corporate policy.
That is completely in line with the philosophy of the kika/Leiner company group, in which environmental protection is also of great importance. For example, by implementing well directed lighting and by using energy-saving lamps, kika/Leiner managed to reduce its own electric power consumption by 18 percent in Austria in 2007. In the new stores in Brünn and Pilsen, a completely new lighting concept has been implemented and efficient lighting is used.
Also regarding the range of goods, kika/Leiner focuses on lasting management. With their “Grüne Linie” (Green Line) of furniture made with natural materials, the company provides one of the most distinguished and best known ecological furniture trademarks in Austria. With the certification of all “Grüne Linie” products with the internationally approved environmental seals of approval, including the “Österreichisches Umweltzeichen” (Austrian Environmental Seal of Approval) and the “Europäische Umweltzeichen” (European Environmental Seal of Approval), consumers are offered more transparency and it also raises the awareness for lasting products. The brand was re-launched recently, and the result is presented in the 50 kika and Leiner furnishing stores.
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IBM Builds State-of-the-Art Data Center for Telecom Egypt
Engagement is Biggest Ever for IBM Global Technology Services in Egypt
CAIRO, March 28, 2008 – IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Telecom Egypt today announced the construction of an innovative, state-of-the-art data center for Telecom Egypt that includes the world’s most sophisticated energy-efficient “green” technologies.
Telecom Egypt (TE) is the leading telecommunications provider in Egypt, and the largest provider of fixed-line services in the Middle East with more than 10.4 million customers. Striving to improve customer satisfaction as a key long term success factor, TE chose IBM in 2007 to design and build the most sophisticated and energy-efficient data center in Egypt. Construction was recently completed.
IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) site and facilities division designed the highly resilient data center environment that will be fully equipped to protect TE’s valuable information technology (IT) investments, taking into consideration all factors required for the project such as cabling systems, flooring trenches, switching systems, electromechanical systems and data center layout.
IBM will support TE in managing the operation of the data center that runs mission critical business and operational support systems, in addition to the maintenance of a variety of telecommunications equipment.
Egypt’s economy has been steadily growing over the past several years and Telecom Egypt needed to expand beyond its existing office space. To manage the increased demand on its telecommunications network and other mission-critical operations, TE found it imperative to ensure extremely high levels of reliability and availability. To address the challenge, it required a new state-of-the-art data center capable of housing its current IT solutions, yet flexible enough to support future growth.
“Telecom Egypt was convinced that IBM was the best choice because of IBM’s standards and methodologies and the experience of the IBM team who worked as a trusted consultant,” said Eng. Khaled Marmoush, CIO of Telecom Egypt. “IBM provided not only the information about data centers that Telecom Egypt was looking for, but also the technologies and services that are used in today’s data centers.”
“IBM's long history and expertise with data center implementations enabled us to create a solution to save energy and ensure efficient server performance for Telecom Egypt,” said Steven Sams, vice president of IBM Global Site and Facilities Services. “IBM’s solution is part of “Project Big Green” and provides an efficient, reliable and secure data center that will support Telecom Egypt in achieving their goals in maintaining and improving customer satisfaction, as well as helping them be more energy efficient.”
Announced in May 2007, IBM’s “Project Big Green” is a $1 billion initiative to dramatically reduce energy use by IBM and its clients. The initiative includes new energy efficient IBM products and services and a five step approach to energy efficiency in the data center. If followed, this approach can sharply reduce data center energy consumption, transforming clients’ technology infrastructure into “green” data centers and provide energy savings of up to 42 percent for an average data center. More information about IBM Project Big Green is available at www.ibm.com/press/projectbiggreen.
About Telecom Egypt
Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s incumbent telecommunications operator, was established in 1998 to replace the former Arab Republic of Egypt National Telecommunication Organization (ARENTO). The company has a fixed line subscriber base in excess of 10.4 million subscribers which makes it the largest fixed line provider in the Middle East and Africa.
More information about IBM is available at www.ibm.com.
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