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Emerson Network Power announced SmartDesign - an addition to its data center Smart Solutions offerings.

SmartDesign is a service which helps simplify data center design through using qualified personnel who apply best of breed power, cooling and management including those based on existing configurations established under the Smart Solutions offerings. The SmartDesign approach leverages data center best practices and configurations to ensure data center efficiency and cost effectiveness.

SmartDesign extends the Emerson Smart Solutions into data centers requiring room-scale power and cooling configurations, it said.
Emerson highlighted the following deliverables as possible  benefits: Maximize the return air temperature at the cooling units to improve capacity and efficiency; Match cooling capacity with IT loads; Utilize cooling designs that reduce energy consumption; Select the power system that optimizes your availability and efficiency; Design for flexibility using scalable architecture that minimizes footprint; Enable performance-enhancing data center infrastructure management, monitoring and control; Leverage local data center design expertise and technical assistance

The company hasa number of reference designs configured in various arrangements. Each includes operating expenditure (OPex), total cost of ownership (TCO) and power usage effectiveness (PUE) metrics along with the corresponding technology configuration. Users obtain directional comparisons with other SmartDesign scenarios in the areas of efficiency, availability, capacity and scalability. The initial reference designs cover 180 kW to 1,300 kW. 

Jeff Sturgeon, vice president/GM global solutions, Emerson Network Power, said: “Our goal with the SmartDesign approach is to give data center professionals and consulting engineers proven insight to more effectively and efficiently use the technologies and best practices available today to design the right data center for today and tomorrow. The beauty of this approach is that it encompasses the full range of power, cooling, racks and infrastructure management technologies available today, but it ensures a level of preparedness for future IT needs that is unmatched in today’s data center industry.”