Day: February 23, 2022

Behind the Lifecycle Green and Low-Carbon Network

Huawei Green Power Target Network features low carbon emissions throughout the lifecycle, from construction, operation, to O&M.

1. Low-Carbon Network Construction

Huawei proposes to simplify site construction, replace equipment rooms with cabinets and cabinets with poles. This solution reduces the civil engineering cost, carbon emission during construction and reconstruction, as well as the power consumption of air conditioners for heat dissipation.

2.  Low-Carbon Operation

Huawei Green Power Target Network can reshape the power from generation, conversion, storage, to consumption, bringing low-carbon networks.

Huawei uses green and renewable energies such as solar and wind for sites and equipment rooms, reducing carbon emissions from the power source. The solution jointly developed by Huawei, China Mobile, Hangzhou, and China Mobile Group Design Institute is a textbook case. The power supply, devices, and batteries originally distributed in six cabinets are integrated into one, saving 80% of the floor area for Huawei’s Smart PV system. It is estimated that the electricity cost will be reduced by about 58% and the carbon emissions will be slashed by 8 tons after site reconstruction.

To tackle the low energy consumption efficiency of sites during power conversion, Huawei uses efficient modules and a single system to replace traditional inefficient modules and multiple power systems, boosts the voltage for power supply to reduce transmission loss, and reduces carbon emissions during power conversion.

While the industry is transforming from lead-acid batteries to lithium batteries, Huawei has evolved to a new era of the cloud-based, intelligent lithium battery. This kind of battery can provide backup power and allocate the backup power precisely through collaboration with power sources and loads, upgrading the traditional backup power unit to an intelligent energy storage system (ESS).

Energy consumption management has troubled the industry constantly. Huawei’s innovative intelligent power consumption management improves management efficiency through precise metering, energy slicing, software definition, and power consumption audit. The power consumption of each load at a site can be calculated separately, the power consumption of each route can be accurately measured by tenant, frequency band, and sector, improving energy efficiency precisely.

3.  Low-Carbon O&M

Traditional site O&M is inefficient and requires labor input for preventive maintenance inspection, fault locating, spare part replacement, emergency power generation, cooling adjustment, and electricity fee checking. Based on site digitalization, and AI and IoT technologies, Huawei implements intelligent power and O&M of all links remotely. In addition, portable lithium batteries can replace gensets for emergency backup, achieving a low carbon footprint.

The Unique Huawei Green Power Target Network

As the name suggests, Huawei Green Power Target Network is to “begin working with the goals in mind”, always thinking about the big picture. On the one hand, the Target Network adopts top-level design from sites to equipment rooms, and from deployment to operation to O&M, in a unified and systematic manner. On the other hand, the Target Network connects all scenarios over the entire lifecycle, achieving efficient collaboration and laying a foundation for full-link intelligence.

Intelligence is another feature of Huawei Green Power Target Network.

Huawei iCooling@AI solution illustrates the energy efficiency optimization in data centers. One-third of the power consumed by a data center is used for non-IT facilities such as air conditioners, which devour the most power. Huawei iCooling solution efficiently and accurately collects data related to data center energy efficiency and uses the deep neural network for modeling, precisely fitting the running status of the data center to optimize the efficiency by the hour.

Climate change caused by carbon emissions is a tough challenge for the sustainable development of all mankind, and this also puts the ICT industry under pressure. However, Huawei Green Power Target Network brings us hope. Innovative technologies are the key to the “Sword of Damocles” hanging over the ICT industry. New infrastructure construction such as 5G and big data, and green and low carbon are not mutually exclusive, but are coexisting concepts.

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Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province, is at the forefront of digital economy growth as China’s master plan for Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle issued last October guides the city in the development of world-class industries, such as IT and electronics. Digital transformation has wiped away the dust and fog of Chengdu and brought it a brighter sky. The booming data center industry is an inseparable part of the city’s digitalization efforts.

In the past two years, Chengdu has been selected as the National Pilot Area for Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development and the Chengdu-Chongqing Node of the National Integrated Big Data Center.

To achieve fast rollout and E2E life cycle low carbon, the Chengdu AI computing data center uses Huawei’s prefabricated modular data center solution to integrate smart and green facilities like PowerPod, SmartLi, and iCooling.etc.

The facilities are prefabricated in the factory and carried out in parallel with the construction. The “Lego-style” fast stacking simplifies the on-site job and effectively shortens the construction period. Compared with traditional construction, the modular construction period is reduced by more than 50%, and the energy consumption is reduced by 40 million kWh in 10 years, which is equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 19,000 tons and planting 26,000 trees.

On the site of the data center, the dust caused by traditional data center construction was eliminated, and construction waste was reduced by 80%. It is the low-carbon prefabricated modular construction and the green AI industry that allows us to visibly see the snow-covered mountains in the distance and drives the city’s low-carbon, high-quality development.

In the future, the inclusive AI computing power provided by the Chengdu AI computing center will be like the ocean water carrying thousands of application ships for a wide range of industries. It brings a bright vision for a green and prosperous economy. Looking forward, people not only live a good life with modern science and technology but also use cutting-edge technologies to meet their aspiration of living in harmony with nature.

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