Distributed Data Centres (DDC)

分布式数据中心（DDC）

• 批准号: 105712
• 金额: $ 17.82万
• 依托单位: BIT WARMER LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105712
• 关键词: Distributed; Data; Centres; DDC

Bit Warmer has developed a disruptive innovation that re-imagines the data centre as a series of distributed cloud computing systems located inside people's homes. Bit Warmer's 'Hot Patch' unit is retrofitted onto domestic hot water tanks via a thermal contact plate (using a British Gas approved process), where it then performs remote compute tasks (e.g. video rendering) whilst the resulting heat generated is used for water heating. By capturing the significant heat produced by servers at the point of use, Hot Patch has the potential to save households up to £300p.a. on their energy, and to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of the Data Centre (DC) sector, which already accounts for over 2% of global emissions (GeSi, 2018). Having already carried out extensive work to develop an early prototype, Bit Warmer now wants to use this project to develop the first TRL8 operational Hot Patch system for trialling in a series of homes.

Bit Warmer开发了一项颠覆性创新，将数据中心重新想象为位于人们家中的一系列分布式云计算系统。Bit Warmer的“Hot Patch”单元通过热接触板（使用英国天然气批准的工艺）改装到家用热水箱上，然后在那里执行远程计算任务（例如视频渲染），同时产生的热量用于水加热。通过捕获服务器在使用时产生的大量热量，Hot Patch有可能为家庭节省高达300英镑的费用。并大幅提高数据中心（DC）部门的能源效率，该部门的排放量已占全球排放量的2%以上（GeSi，2018）。Bit Warmer已经进行了大量的工作来开发早期原型，现在希望利用这个项目来开发第一个TRL8操作热补丁系统，用于在一系列家庭中试用。