Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00275, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Down, Douglas (McMaster University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : Data Centres (DCs) are the core infrastructure that supports the explosive growth of digital information. However, data centres are energy hungry and produce a huge amount of carbon emissions. It is expected that by 2020, data centres' carbon emissions will account for 12% of the global emissions. Most of the energy at the data centre is consumed by the cooling and power distribution systems. With the growing pressure from governments to decrease data centres' carbon foot print, energy conservation at data centres has become an increasingly important challenge. This has motivated research activities toward optimizing data center operations to reduce the total energy cost. This project proposes the development of an integrated data centre infrastructure management (iDCIM) tool that minimizes energy consumption by optimizing: (1) the workload assignment, optimally placing jobs at servers that minimize the overall energy consumption; (2) the cooling system operation, controlling the operation of the room cooling units and the server fans so that they work synergistically; (3) and; power distribution systems operation where the tool will resize the data center by turning off/on servers, network equipment and power distribution units according to workload changes. This project will develop the technology and tools required to transform this concept into a globally competitive product line catering to the $100B+ DC industry. The results promise considerable commercial revenues to Canada, the creation of 57 jobs, as well as a substantial amount of energy savings., program purpose french : Data Centres (DCs) are the core infrastructure that supports the explosive growth of digital information. However, data centres are energy hungry and produce a huge amount of carbon emissions. It is expected that by 2020, data centres' carbon emissions will account for 12% of the global emissions. Most of the energy at the data centre is consumed by the cooling and power distribution systems. With the growing pressure from governments to decrease data centres' carbon foot print, energy conservation at data centres has become an increasingly important challenge. This has motivated research activities toward optimizing data center operations to reduce the total energy cost. This project proposes the development of an integrated data centre infrastructure management (iDCIM) tool that minimizes energy consumption by optimizing: (1) the workload assignment, optimally placing jobs at servers that minimize the overall energy consumption; (2) the cooling system operation, controlling the operation of the room cooling units and the server fans so that they work synergistically; (3) and; power distribution systems operation where the tool will resize the data center by turning off/on servers, network equipment and power distribution units according to workload changes. This project will develop the technology and tools required to transform this concept into a globally competitive product line catering to the $100B+ DC industry. The results promise considerable commercial revenues to Canada, the creation of 57 jobs, as well as a substantial amount of energy savings., agreement title english : Integrated control of data centres, agreement title french : Integrated control of data centres, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 863000.0, agreement start date : 2017-04-25, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada