DATA CENTRE SERVICES

COMPUTATION FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)SERVICES

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AINSWORTH INC OVERVIEW

AINSWORTH DATA CENTRE SERVICES

WHAT IS COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)?

WHY IS A CFD STUDY IMPERATIVE FOR ALL DATA CENTRES?

OUR 5 STEP CFD APPROACH

HOW DOES CFD BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS

PRICING AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

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AGENDA

AINSWORTH IS AN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

SERVING CUSTOMERS FOR OVER 75 YEARS

ESTABLISHED IN 1933

AN OMERS BUSINESS

ANNUAL SALES OF $200M, OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES

OPERATIONS COAST TO COAST (13 OFFICES)

ISO 9001 REGISTERED

PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE CONSUMER’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE FOR 8 CONSECUTIVE YEARS

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AINSWORTH – COMPANY PROFILE

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measure air temperature and air flow at critical points throughout the data centre

Identify hot spots and air flow restrictions

Perform a CFD analysis in problematic areas. This is a rigorous mean of evaluating airflow patterns and may include important variables such as air pressure, temperature and velocity.

WHAT IS CFD ? COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

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Evaluate and assess the data

Construct an “AS IS” floor plan identifying issues with air flow, obstruction and other areas of concern

The customer receives:

An in-depth account of airflow characteristics

A comprehensive report, including floor plans,

Which identifies problems and provides recommendations

With corresponding estimates

WHAT IS CFD ? COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

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WHY IS CFD IMPERATIVE FOR ALL DATA CENTRES

DATA CENTRES WERE CONSTRUCTED TO MEET A BASE CONFIGURATION – A CFD STUDYCONFIRMS IF THE BASE DESIGN IS STILL ADEQUATE FOR CURRENT USE.

COMPUTING DENSITIES HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE COOLINGREQUIREMENTS AND PROFILE OF YOUR DATA CENTRE HAS LIKELY CHANGEDDRAMATICALLY AS WELL.

WHAT WAS VALID YESTERDAY IS NOT VALID TODAY.

VALIDATES THAT THE DATA CENTRE IS READY FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURES AND PLANNEDPROJECTS.

ARE YOU SPENDING MORE THAN YOU SHOULD BE ON COOLING?

CONFIRMS WHERE YOU ARE COOLING THE DATA CENTRE VS WHERE THE COOLING ISREQUIRED.

CONFIRMS IF THE DATA CENTRE COOLING ARCHITECTURE IS OVER/UNDER DESIGNED?

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OUR 5-STEP APPROACH

Cooling of the rack is inefficient. Low areas may be cool while the higher areas remain untouched by cold air.

Cold airflow through perforated tiles is often weak and inconsistent.

Negative pressure from high velocity in the subfloor can pull air down through perforated tiles instead of forcing it up to the rack.

High velocity and low pressure creates unbalanced airflow through the subfloor.

CRAC unit fails to deliver a steady, efficient airflow with a balanced temperature.

This is what your data center looks like when all of these inefficiencies are occurring.

THE PROBLEM

Delivering efficient airflow to the entire face of the rack, and ultimately the equipment inside it.

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The FlowLogix system is an innovative combination of CFD modeling, airflow

management, and professional services to manage airflow in your data

center and distribute it to the heat load.

FlowLogix decreases your overall kW draw, providing significant energy

savings. In all cases this is accomplished without the installation of any

additional CRAC units.

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1) CFD Modeling

2) Subfloor Balancing

3) Cold Air Managemen

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4) Heat & Return Air Management

5) Environmental Monitoring

Annual Maintenance

Eliminate hot spots

Direct more cool air to the heat load

Completely balance your subfloor air

Improve A/C unit return air temperatures to maximize tonnage and efficiency

Reduce your energy costs on average by 23%

Monitor cold aisle temperatures in real time

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STEP ONE

On-site data gathering

CFM readings

Cable cutout leakage

Lowest/highest flowing tiles

Velocity/static pressure readings

Rack temperatures 3ft and 6ft

Return air temperatures/patterns to AC units

AC unit efficiency

Heat load patterns

Full CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)Analysis Before and After:

The CFD Analysis will show us how efficiently your room is operating from an airflow standpoint. Once the analysis is complete, we then engineer our FlowLogix solution to improve your data center conditions.

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STEP TWO

Results Every perforated tile within the data center will

produce a significantly higher volume of air Provide ability to cool all required areas of the data

center Helps eliminate hot spots Increased air stratification

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Between 100 – 600 CFM is leaked through a cable cutout opening causing limited static pressure and significant mixing of hot and cold air.

Short cycling and improper perforated tile placement cause hot spots and inefficient airflow distribution to the rack face.

Cold Air Management

The data center space is never the same. Every environment is different requiring a professional custom approach. Some of the techniques used in step 3 may include the following:

Perforated tile management Addition of high-perforated tiles where needed Sealing of all unmanaged openings and cable cut-outs Cold aisle containment Blanking Panels

STEP THREE

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Through return air management, it has been proven that a 30-ton CRAC unit will produce more capacity when drawing back warmer air.

Heat and ReturnAir Management

A 30-ton down-flow CRAC unit may have a capacity of 27 tons when operated at 72°F, but only 23 tons when operated at 68°F, delivering 18% greater capacity at the higher operating temperature! From a cost perspective, it might be possible to eliminate one in five air handlers with the proper return air temperature.

Results have proved:By using innovative approaches in eliminating the warm air from re-circulating into the cold aisle, FlowLogix has delivered a 3-11 degree drop in temperature in the cold aisle on average.

STEP FOUR

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Before FlowLogix After FlowLogix

Environmental Monitoring

Wireless temperature monitoring at the rack level to gain visibility to real-time equipment temperatures

1) Sensors provide real-time temperatures every 20 seconds2) Set thresholds to stay within ASHRAE standards for critical servers.3) Through FlowLogix quarterly health check program, stay in control with

real-time equipment temperatures and maximize energy savings.

STEP FIVE

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More of the rack is cooled.

Cold air is distributed evenly and higher up the face of the rack.

Air velocity is lower while static pressure is increased, creating an even supply of cold air throughout the subfloor.

Now that the room is balanced with cold air, the CRAC unit set points can be raised to reduce energy costs. In some cases they can even be shut off.

CRAC units deliver a steady, efficient airflow with a balanced temperature.

This is what your data center looks like after FlowLogix has been implemented.

AFTER FLOWLOGIX

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FlowLogixReport

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All of the above information is given in a 25 page report stating all of the current problems in the data center you are assessing.How it also shows the improved data center after solution is applied.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMARY ROOM LAYOUT STATIC PRESSURE AIR VOLUME SERVER TEMPERATURE ROOM TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ANNUAL MAINTENANCE SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ENERGY SAVINGS PRICING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TECHNICAL DETAILS

Ainsworth Inc. includes annual maintenance in every FlowLogix installation. Our team of professionals stay proactive in not only maintaining, but continually working with you to maximize all efficiencies. We will run up to 1 additional CFD’s per month for the duration of the maintenance contract to insure airflow and energy efficiency is optimized. These additional analyses may be used for, but not limited to any of the following purposes:

Addition/removal of equipment in the data center

Energy/Airflow efficiency planning Data center layout alterations/planning

FLOWLOGIX ANNUAL CFD MAINTENANCE

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FLOWLOGIX QUARTERLY HEALTH CHECKSAinsworth Inc. recognizes that data center and facilities managers are short-staffed and their time is in high demand daily. We have introduced Quarterly Health Checks to add peace of mind, and essentially allow our clients to “outsource”

their airflow and energy efficiency requirements and updates to Ainsworth’s professionals.

The following outlines this new service:

Each quarter Ainsworth Inc. schedules onsite assessments with one of our cooling professionals

Cooling professionals thoroughly assesses the data center’s current state with the intent of making additional recommendations for efficiency improvements

Report is provided to client summarizing all findings from the assessment

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PROPER AMOUNT OF COOLING AT THE PROPER LOCATION

OVERALL REDUCTION IN COOLING REQUIREMENTS

REDUCES OPERATIONAL COSTS

ENERGY CONSERVATION

REDUCE RISK TO ITS EQUIPMENT FAILURE (ELIMINATE HOT SPOTS)

REDUCE RISK OF DOWNTIME TO END CUSTOMERS

PROBABLE DATA CENTRE CAPACITY INCREASE

REDUCE SET POINT OF CRAC UNITS

FAST ROI BASED ON OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS

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HOW DOES CFD BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS

PRICING

AINSWORTH 5-STEP APPROACH CDF PRICING INCLUDING DETAIL REPORT $5000.00

CDF STUDY COVERS UP TO 9500 FEET

ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

CUSTOMER INFORMATION: (NAME , ADDRESS, PROVINCE )

CONTACT INFORMATION : NAME, PHONE, EMAIL ADDRESS

STARTING DATE AND TIME

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PRICING AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

Some of Our Clients

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS