Strategies for Contemporary Data Centres
Phoenix Contact, a renowned global provider of electrical engineering solutions, offers a range of innovative technologies designed to improve the reliability, efficiency, and resilience of data centers. These solutions focus on power distribution, energy resilience, and monitoring/control.
Power Distribution Enhancements
Phoenix Contact's Heavycon Data Center connectors optimize power transmission from Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to IT racks with robust connections supporting up to 70 A. By reducing energy loss by up to 60%, these connectors also lower heat generation and consequently cooling demands. New pluggable terminal blocks with Push-X and Combi plug-in zone technology enable more efficient, effortless wiring in control cabinets, streamlining integration from the field level to preassembled components.
Energy Resilience and Safety
Phoenix Contact provides configurable safety modules (PSRmodular XC family) certified for use even in potentially explosive areas, supporting operational safety up to SIL 3 standards. The IFS PROFIsafe Gateway simplifies the network integration of motor starters into safety-driven PROFIsafe networks, enhancing resilience in critical motor controls.
Monitoring and Control
The mGuard Secure Cloud platform enables secure, remote access to machines and systems globally, allowing for continuous monitoring, remote diagnostics, and control to ensure operational continuity and faster fault response. Phoenix Contact integrates with PLCnext Technology and Smart Services that facilitate industrial data analysis and system monitoring, supporting real-time operational insights, predictive maintenance, and system optimization.
These technologies align with wider industry trends emphasizing efficient power management, advanced cooling, and remote monitoring critical to handling high-density, AI-driven workloads while reducing energy consumption and extending asset lifecycles.
Integration and Sustainability
Phoenix Contact's advanced solutions are seamlessly integrated into Power Distribution Units (PDUs). The energy monitoring and control solutions from Phoenix Contact reduce manual intervention, lower operating costs, and provide a more sustainable data center environment. Phoenix Contact partners with suppliers and end users to provide sustainable technologies that add value and ensure optimal efficiencies and reliability.
Commitment to a Sustainable Future
Phoenix Contact's solutions contribute to addressing growing environmental concerns in data centers. The company's goal is to meet its commitment of creating a sustainable world through the All-Electric Society with its proven knowledge and world-renowned product offering. Phoenix Contact specializes in power reliability solutions for data centers, ensuring reliable temperature control and reducing energy consumption.
By integrating renewable energy sources into data centers and providing data-driven insights for operational optimization, Phoenix Contact's solutions help data centers operate more efficiently and sustainably, contributing significantly to the improved reliability, efficiency, and energy resilience of modern data centers.
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- Phoenix Contact's advanced data-and-cloud-computing integration, such as the mGuard Secure Cloud platform and PLCnext Technology, promotes sustainability by enabling remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, and system optimization, thereby reducing energy consumption and extending asset lifecycles.
- The use of Phoenix Contact's efficient power distribution solutions, like Heavycon Data Center connectors and energy monitoring and control systems in Power Distribution Units (PDUs), contributes to infrastructure sustainability by improving energy resilience and decreasing manual intervention, leading to lower operating costs and a more environmentally friendly data center environment.
