On May 28, 2022, Huawei Senior Vice President and CEO of Huawei Data Center Facility Team Charles Yang unveiled the groundbreaking definition of the Next-Generation Data Center Facility.
The four characteristics of next-generation data center facilities have been agreed upon by technical experts and industry authorities after extensive discussions: Sustainable, Simplified, Autonomous Driving, and Reliable.
At the heart of the Next-Generation Data Center Facility is sustainability. This means that data centers will be fully green and energy-efficient, maximizing the recycling of all data center materials. To measure data center sustainability, metrics such as Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE), Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE), and Grid Usage Effectiveness (GUE) will be used.
Another key aspect of the Next-Generation Data Center Facility is simplification. This includes simplified architecture, power supply, and cooling systems. Simplified architecture brings innovative forms of buildings and equipment rooms, reducing construction periods from over 18 months to 6-9 months. Simplified power supply reshapes components and links, shortening delivery periods from 2 months to 2 weeks. Simplified cooling maximizes heat exchange efficiency by changing multiple heat exchanges to one heat exchange, and shortening the cooling link.
The Next-Generation Data Center Facility also features autonomous driving, which includes O&M automation, energy efficiency optimization, and operation autonomy. O&M automation enables engineers to complete the inspection of 2000 racks in 5 minutes remotely. Energy efficiency optimization means an optimal cooling strategy can be delivered via 1.4 million original combinations within 1 minute, achieving smart cooling. Operation autonomy maximizes the value of resources.
Finally, the Next-Generation Data Center Facility is designed to be reliable. Proactive security and secure architecture ensure high quality and sustainable development of data centers. Proactive security means using big data and AI technologies to implement predictive maintenance from components to data centers, based on the visibility and perception of all domains in the data centers. Automatic fault response means it will take only 1 minute to spot a fault, 3 minutes to analyze, and 5 minutes to recover. Secure architecture means security will be ensured at various levels, such as components, devices, and systems.
At the event, Fei Zhenfu, CTO of Huawei Data Center Facility Team, unveiled a new generation of the power supply system, known as PowerPOD 3.0. The system reduces the footprint by 40%, cuts the energy consumption by 70%, shortens the delivery period from 2 months to 2 weeks, and lowers the SLA fault rate by 38%.
Looking towards the future, Huawei will continue to make breakthroughs in products and technologies through continuous investment in R&D and extensive cooperation with customers, ecosystem partners, and industry organizations.
