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Huawei powers up datacentre contribution with smart offering

By , ITWeb
Africa , 07 Jun 2022

As tech fields like 5G, artificial intelligence and big data continue to develop, datacentres will only grow in scale and importance.

This is according to Huawei which commented on these trends when it recently unveiled what it has called “the next-generation datacentre facility’ and simultaneously launched its new PowerPOD 3.0 power supply system.

The company believes the resources reflect its commitment to building low-carbon, smart datacentres and “underscores the fact that the next generation of datacentres will be sustainable, simplified, autonomous driving, and reliable.”

Huawei stated: “But at the same time, there is growing pressure on datacentres to use less electricity and operate more sustainably, especially as economies in Africa and other regions look to decarbonise. Critically, they will have to do so without compromising on performance or drastically increasing their physical footprints.”

According to the telecommunications and ICT multinational, the PowerPOD 3.0 enables datacentres “to do all of these things. It reduces the size of datacentres by 40%, cuts their energy consumption by 70%, shortens the delivery period from 2 months to 2 weeks, and lowers the service level agreement (SLA) fault rate by 38%.”

Jason Xia Hesheng, President of Huawei Digital Power Southern Africa, said, “At Huawei, we are ready and willing to contribute to green development in Africa. We have a proud tradition of ensuring that all our technologies are sustainable while pushing the boundaries of innovation. It will allow customers to pursue some of the most transformative technologies such as 5G and AI while protecting the planet.”

According to Huawei, energy presents a major challenge in Africa and this is why solutions like PowerPOD 3.0. Energy adds value.

“Datacentres consume anywhere between 2%-3% of the world’s power annually. This adds an additional strain on African countries’ grids. Additionally, the average annual Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of data centres in Africa is 1.8, meaning that they aren’t as efficient as they could be,” it added.

Huawei believes that with Africa set to have more than 600-million internet users and 360 million intelligent end-users by 2025, it will be critical that it not just use systems such as PowerPOD 3.0 to make its existing datacentres more efficient, but also as a way of embracing the next generation of datacentres.

“As the "heart" of the datacentre, the power supply system, should integrate and innovate all devices in the power supply chain,” the company stated.

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