PHAETON NETWORKS — THE NEW ERA IN DATA CENTRES

Today, our lives rely on the availability of data centres. Every segment of our daily activity, such as energy, lighting, telecommunications, internet, transport, urban traffic, banks, security systems, public health, entertainment and even our physical integrity, are controlled by datacentres. A breakdown of these data centres would prevent us from sending a simple email to searching on Google. The corporation holds more than 700 trillion pages of information on thousands of data centres around the globe. With the growing number of internet users, we can no longer ignore the ever-increasing need for data centres. However, building new data centres come with a significant problem — energy consumption!

DATACENTRES — ESSENTIAL FACTS

Here are some essential facts on data centres.

• The current statistics show that half of the world’s population is connected to the internet. That is just under 4 billion people.
• The number of data centres worldwide has grown from 500,000 in 2012 to more than 8 million today. As a result, the amount of energy consumed by data centres continues to double every four years.
• The need for server farms will only increase as time passes and more people join the internet. So, in addition to the fact that the amount of data that each person creates is expanding exponentially, the pressure for data centres will grow.
• The launch of 5G, the new wave of IoT devices, and a thriving cryptocurrency scene will compound the problem. Moreover, as more devices become connected, more data will need to be processed than ever before.

POWER CONSUMPTION

The major problem with data centres is the high energy demand. Here are worrying facts.

• According to an article in Computerworld, in 2016, it was reported that the world’s data centres used more than Britain’s total electricity consumption — 416.2 terawatt-hours, significantly higher than the UK’s 300 terawatt-hours. At three per cent of the global electricity supply and accounting for about two per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, data centres have the same carbon footprint as the aviation industry.
• According to the Cambridge Canter for Alternative Finance (CCAF), Bitcoin currently consumes around 110 Terawatt Hours per year — 0.55% of global electricity production, or roughly equivalent to the annual energy draw of small countries like Malaysia or Sweden.
• Today, Google is purchasing renewable energy credits to match its data canter energy consumptions. By 2030, the company plans to be running all its operation on carbon-free power all the time. But that will mean doing something about its diesel generators, which kick on to keep the internet running if the electrical grid experiences an outage.
• As energy consumption by cooling data centre IT equipment can be over 40% of total energy consumption, efficient cooling for large data centres is essential for reducing operating costs.

PHAETON NETWORKS

Phaeton Networks, a partnership between Phaeton and Flow Resources, has created a way to sustainably address data centres’ energy demand. Here we explain the design of our Off-Grid Modular Datacentres (OMD) and address the energy problem. Our solution is based on the following principles:

Phaeton Networks will significantly change and disrupt how future data centres should be built. Powering data centres with renewable energy sources will create a more sustainable future for the future generations. By adding Phaeton Blockchain technology, we add layers of privacy, ownership, and transparency. Our goal is to set new social impact standards that others will follow.

For more information contact: hello@phaeton.io