KPN is a leading fixed network telephone, Internet and television provider and the major ICT services provider in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
Challenge
- KPN needed to develop a new data centre model in response to existing customers’ growing needs and new customers coming to the company. This placed higher demand on computing resources, responsiveness and requests for new services
- Energy costs are rising inexorably and KPN not only wanted to cut down on its power consumption but also meet its own environmental goals to reduce CO2 emissions
- To ensure both cost and environmental efficiency the data centre needed to be operationally effective for at least 10 to 15 years
Solution
- KPN engaged with Intel for insight and advice. In turn, Intel arranged for a visit to Intel’s Data Centre of the Future in Oregon, USA
- KPN explored the benefits of end-to-end innovation at the Intel data centre and gained confirmation about the value of thermal planning, which it had also been evaluating in the Netherlands
- It designed a data centre based on Kyoto Cooling*, a cooling method which doesn’t require the use of power intensive compression/condenser units
- Intel helped KPN develop a ‘real-life’ data centre by providing servers that simulated load-bearing capacities and heat generation
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