Optimizing component integration in modular data centres

数据中心(DC)是关键信息技术(IT)服务背后的物理基础设施，这些服务**支持我们的数字生活。因此，他们构成了21世纪社会不可或缺的一部分。建立这些大规模基础设施的最先进的**过程是一项乏味和冗长的手工练习，导致固有的**设计效率低下，导致最终用户不必要的高资本和运营成本。我们的行业**合作伙伴信诺关键任务公司推出了名为Smart**关键任务X(SMC-XTM)的创新产品系列，这些产品是工厂建造的机柜，用于容纳IT设备，其中包含运行这些设备所需的所有**支持设备。然而，由于缺乏严格的科学设计方法**来了解大量元件选择、**布局和互连的性能影响，SMC-XTM还无法与用于大容量应用的**定制DC的能效和成本竞争。开发一种严格的方法并不是一件容易的事，因为**组件间的复杂耦合和输入条件的离散变化源于其模块化性质**。为了克服这些挑战，我们将开发和验证一种新颖的设计优化方法**，将下一代SMC-X转变为全球1000亿美元以上**DC行业中具有全球竞争力的产品线。我们提出的建模和优化方法的新组合是相当普遍的。**它可以扩展到设计其他组件之间具有强多物理耦合的模块化系统，例如**开关设备和计算机硬件。该项目将开发所需的技术和工具，以**将这一概念转变为面向1000亿美元以上DC行业的具有全球竞争力的产品线。结果**有望为加拿大带来可观的商业收入，创造2000多个制造/组装工作岗位，以及**大量的能源节约。

Data Centres (DCs) are the physical infrastructure behind critical information technology (IT) services that**support our digital lives. Thus, they form an indispensable part of 21st century society. The state-of-the-art**process of establishing these massive infrastructure is a tedious and lengthy manual exercise leading to inherent**design inefficiencies resulting in unnecessarily high capital and operating costs for end-users. Our industry**partner Cinnos Mission Critical Incorporated has introduced an innovative family of products, called the Smart**Mission Critical X (SMC-XTM), which are factory-built cabinets to house IT equipment, containing all the**supporting equipment required to run them. However, due to lack of rigorous scientific design methodologies**to understand the performance implications of the overwhelming number of choices of component selection,**layout, and inter-connections, SMC-XTM cannot yet compete with the energy efficiency and costs of**custom-built DCs used for large volume applications. Developing a rigorous methodology is non-trivial due to**the complex inter-component coupling and discrete variations in input conditions that arise from its modular**nature. To overcome these challenges, we will develop and validate a novel design optimization methodology**to transform the next generation of SMC-Xs into a globally competitive product line in the worldwide $100B+**DC industry. The proposed novel combination of our modelling and optimization approaches is quite general.**It can be extended to design other modular systems with strong multiphysics coupling between components, for**instance, in switchgears and computer hardware. This project will develop the technology and tools required to**transform this concept into a globally competitive product line catering to the $100B+ DC industry. The results**promise considerable commercial revenues to Canada, the creation of 2,000+ manufacturing/assembly jobs, as**well as a substantial amount of energy savings.