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Increased computing power, bandwidth: Data centres must make energy saving changes – Huawei
Rapid Developments in computing power and bandwidth requires that data centers, most of which are electricity-intensive, must begin to evolve and make energy-saving changes and reduce emissions to avoid contributing to climate change concerns, tech company Huawei has said.
“Today, the need for computing power extends to every corner of the digital economy, from smart banking to smart retail and from smart manufacturing to smart logistics. In the blink of an eye, the world realized it is critical to have robust computing power in all aspects of our daily lives.
Meanwhile, smarter and greener data centers are being constructed at an accelerated pace.
“As the demand for data centers grows and the scale of data center construction increases, conserving energy is becoming an increasingly pressing challenge,” the company said in a statement.
According to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), by the end of 2021, China’s data centers had a combined total of more than five million standard Rack Units (U). To put this into context, an ultra-large data center with more than 10,000U consumes 100 million kWh of electricity each year, and the annual power consumption of data centers around the world exceeds 200 billion kWh. All of this means that transforming data centers, with a focus on making them greener and low carbon, should be top of the agenda.
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) – the ratio of the total energy consumption of data center devices to the energy consumption of Information Technology (IT) devices — is a key indicator for measuring data centers’ energy consumption. A lower PUE rating means a more efficient data center.
In order to reduce PUE, a common practice in the industry is to use more renewable resources while continually improving infrastructure technologies, such as cooling and power distribution, to minimize power consumption.
“As both the computing power and network bandwidth of data centers keep increasing, so too does their energy consumption. Yet the significant increase in energy consumption cannot be fully offset by merely using renewable resources. To further save energy and reduce emissions for data centers, we need to think outside of the box. More specifically, we need to improve computing capability and reduce the energy consumption per unit of computing power to get the most out of each kilowatt-hour of electricity.
“This is part of what Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 Hyper-Converged DCN is designed for. The solution navigates green computing with higher-quality networks
“Using lossless Ethernet networks, Huawei’s CloudFabric 3.0 Hyper-Converged Data Center Network (DCN) Solution enhances network capabilities to maximize computing efficiency, while minimizing the energy consumption per unit of computing power, enabling green data center networks with optimal computing power,” it said.
Drawing on the iLossless 2.0 algorithm, Huawei’s CloudFabric 3.0 Hyper-Converged DCN Solution implements the industry’s first Ethernet with zero packet loss. In this way, it builds a large-scale, low-latency, and high-throughput computing power network, unleashing 100% of computing power. For example, in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) scenario, lossless Ethernet delivers 17% higher computing efficiency than an InfiniBand (IB) network, shortening the overall computing time.
The CloudEngine data center switches use more than 10 cutting-edge heat dissipation and power supply technologies, such as SuperCooling and SuperPower, delivering 54% lower per-bit power consumption than the industry average and 47% lower power consumption per unit of computing power than traditional Ethernet.
And lastly, based on the principle of “no use, less use, and reuse,” Huawei CloudEngine data center switches achieve sustainable low-carbon manufacturing. For example, to achieve a green and manufacturable design, Huawei has integrated the independent packaging of optical modules into six-in-one packaging, slashing the unpacking time by 85% and saving 18 tonnes of packaging materials.
“Huawei CloudEngine series data center switches are designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce noise pollution, all while adhering to green manufacturing practices. In the future, Huawei will continue to innovate, to help equip enterprise data centers with high computing power to accelerate their green transformation, injecting momentum into the campaign for global carbon neutrality,” the statement said.
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Alake Inaugurates Nigeria-US Solid Minerals Committee, Dismisses $700bn Claim, Says No Assets Sold
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, on Tuesday inaugurated the Nigeria-United States Committee on Strategic Cooperation in the Solid Minerals Sector in Abuja, dismissing reports that Nigeria sold $700 billion worth of solid minerals to the US.
The inauguration followed the strategic cooperation framework established between Nigeria and the United States during the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head PRESS and Public Relations Department Mrs. Kania Maliki Andeyaba stated that, Alake in the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed with the US is a government-to-government platform to facilitate business-to-business engagements between American investors and Nigerian local operators, not a sale of assets.
Harping on the importance of the solid minerals sector to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic diversification agenda, he noted that the administration was committed to reducing dependence on a mono-product economy through the sustainable development of Nigeria’s vast mineral resources.
According to him, the Nigeria–US partnership as a strategic initiative to attract investment, promote technology transfer, strengthen local mineral processing and create employment opportunities.
“There is no sale of any Nigerian asset. There’s nothing exchanging hands,” Alake declared.
“We created a platform to facilitate mingling of US investment ventures with Nigeria’s local operators. It is in the public domain. We signed it in public and published it in four or five national newspapers.”
The Minister said reports claiming the US was coming to take over Nigeria’s minerals and security architecture were untrue at best and products of riotous imagination at worst.
Explaining the policy thrust, Alake said Africa has historically held the short end of the stick in global economic transactions, and Nigeria is determined to change that model.
“We have the resources, the critical elements the world needs to transit to clean energy. So we are creating a new paradigm — you bring your capital, expertise and technology, to match with our natural resources and create a win-win situation . The investor gains, Nigeria gains.’’he said.
Nigeria, he stressed, had operated a mono-cultural economy dependent on oil, while solid minerals were exploited informally — with ores taken “from pit to port” without value addition.
Alake said government has now made local processing mandatory, refusing to grant mineral titles to investors without a clear pathway to processing in Nigeria.
He said the policy led to the springing up of processing factories, including the largest lithium processing plant in West Africa commissioned recently in Nasarawa by the Vice President, and informed the formation of the African Minerals Strategy Group.
Alake noted that investor confidence has returned due to macro-economic reforms by President Bola Tinubu that guarantee security of tenure and repatriation of profits.
He charged the committee to discharge its assignment responsibly, saying its work is strategic to achieving the President’s $1 trillion economy target.
To this end, he told the Committee to ensure effective coordination, identify investment opportunities and translate the framework into measurable outcomes capable of positioning Nigeria as a competitive player in the global solid minerals industry.
In his welcome address, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr. Faruk Yusuf Yabo, said the inauguration translates growing bilateral engagements into a structured framework for practical cooperation and investment mobilization
Economic Officer at the US Embassy, Jonathan Baas, said President Donald Trump has prioritized three areas for US embassies — energy, artificial intelligence/super intelligence, and critical minerals.
Baas said Washington’s direction is to work with partners to secure critical supply chains while ensuring partners capture value.
“We just signed a contract today on looking into building AI data centres in Nigeria at the Nigerian Economic Summit. That’s the direction Washington wants us to go,” he said.
In his vote of thanks, CEO/Managing Director of Nigeria Solid Minerals Company, NSMC said that the committee
is expected to coordinate implementation, facilitate investment and monitor progress towards achieving the objectives of the Nigeria–US cooperation framework.
The inauguration reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to repositioning the solid minerals sector as a key driver of economic diversification, industrial development and national prosperity under President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
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