A Spanish smart green data center will be among the leading attractions at our DCD Converged Madrid next week, on 9 April.

The Smart Green Data Center (SGDataCenter) project is building a prototype modular data center designed to increase efficiency. Next week  DCD Converged delegates will hear form David Cortés, of the Extremadura Center for Research, Technological Innovation and Supercomputing (CénitS), which developed the project, along with the Computer and Advanced Technologies Extremadura (COMPUTAEX) foundation.

Special paint

SGDataCenter is based on a “High Cube” container, larger than a standard ISO module, which can hold more IT kit. It has been placed out of doors at the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery of Cáceres. 

”We painted the container with a special paint to reduce the temperature inside the container, because in Extremadura temperatures are extreme,” says  Cortés.

As well as this, a novel rack cooling system allows single racks to be cooled. 

Computing goals…

DCD Converged Madrid also features the head of IT at UEFA, Daniel Marion, who will reveal how technology helps keep European football in play. 

James Monahan, head of critical engineering for eBay, will share some of the commerce giant’s best practices,including the use of fuel cells to simplify power delivery at its data centers. 

Other speakers come form Intel,Riverbed and Deutsche Bank. 

To learn more, go to Converged Madrid to take place in Kinepolis on April 9.

Read a full interview with David Cortés and his colleague José Luis González, by editor Virginia Toledo on DatacenterDynamics’s Spanish language site!