A Complete Model for Modular Simulation of Data Centre Power Load

Abstract

Data centres are very fast growing structures with significant contribution to the world's energy consumption. Reducing the energy consumption of data centres is easier when the components that comprise a data centre and their respective energy consumption are known. A complete model for a modular design of a data centre and a technique for simulating each module's energy consumption are presented. Detailed power consumption modelling for each component as well as their interactions are the merits of this model. Unlike existing research, the present modular simulation model can take different design structures of data centres into account and provide us with hourly power consumption profiles for each component. The impacts of environmental parameters such as temperature and humidity are also investigated and incorporated into the model. The flexibility, scalability, comprehensiveness and modularity of this model provides researchers and designers with a powerful tool for energy analysis, management and planning of data centres with different designs and locations.