TY - GEN
T1 - Cooling the Data Center
T2 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, Cluster 2021
AU - Robila, Stefan A.
AU - Grant, David
AU - DePrater, Chris
AU - Sorell, Vali
AU - Rodgers, Terry L.
AU - Martinez, David
AU - Novotny, Shlomo
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - As the power demands of supercomputers continue to grow, so do the demands of the mechanical cooling systems that support the infrastructure and building in which the supercomputers reside. Planning for the cooling systems and their mechanical controls are an intrinsic part of any new supercomputer installation. To support the design and commissioning of the mechanical control systems, the Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Working Group (EE HPC WG) Cooling Controls is developing a template for an OPR (Owner Project Requirements) document. The design of the template, while pursued by a small team, leveraged the expertise of the broad membership of the EE HPC WG through surveys and feedback sessions. As a result, the OPR template includes not only a suggested structure, and a checklist of topics that a site might consider including in the document, but also many real-world examples of how the topics were addressed in previous projects. Finally, the Mechanical Controls OPR template is being developed in parallel with other templates focused on other aspects of a supercomputer installation. These templates are intended to improve the efficiency and comprehensiveness of the programming (pre-design) phase of project execution and provide the engineering and design team with better clarity of the facility infrastructure capabilities, expandability, and performance requirements. The intended result is improved construction documents (Basis-of-Design, drawings and specifications) that support the project goals and objectives including reliability, resiliency, and energy efficiency expectations of the HPC facility.
AB - As the power demands of supercomputers continue to grow, so do the demands of the mechanical cooling systems that support the infrastructure and building in which the supercomputers reside. Planning for the cooling systems and their mechanical controls are an intrinsic part of any new supercomputer installation. To support the design and commissioning of the mechanical control systems, the Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Working Group (EE HPC WG) Cooling Controls is developing a template for an OPR (Owner Project Requirements) document. The design of the template, while pursued by a small team, leveraged the expertise of the broad membership of the EE HPC WG through surveys and feedback sessions. As a result, the OPR template includes not only a suggested structure, and a checklist of topics that a site might consider including in the document, but also many real-world examples of how the topics were addressed in previous projects. Finally, the Mechanical Controls OPR template is being developed in parallel with other templates focused on other aspects of a supercomputer installation. These templates are intended to improve the efficiency and comprehensiveness of the programming (pre-design) phase of project execution and provide the engineering and design team with better clarity of the facility infrastructure capabilities, expandability, and performance requirements. The intended result is improved construction documents (Basis-of-Design, drawings and specifications) that support the project goals and objectives including reliability, resiliency, and energy efficiency expectations of the HPC facility.
KW - Commissioning
KW - Cooling systems
KW - Data centers
KW - Energy efficiency
KW - High performance computing
KW - Mechanical controls
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126045845&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/Cluster48925.2021.00085
DO - 10.1109/Cluster48925.2021.00085
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85126045845
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC
SP - 591
EP - 595
BT - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, Cluster 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 7 September 2021 through 10 September 2021
ER -
