Virgin Media O2 Partners with EkkoSense to Reduce Data Centre Cooling Costs

Reported by Srikapardhi September 18th, 2024 at 07:50 pm

AI-Driven Software Reduces Cooling Energy by 15 percent and Cuts 760 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Annually.

Highlights

760 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions cut annually using scope 2 accounting.
Real-time insights from IoT sensors optimise thermal, power, and capacity performance.
Virgin Media O2's Better Connections Plan targets net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

EkkoSense Helps Virgin Media O2 Reduce Data Centre Cooling Costs
UK's Virgin Media O2 said data centre optimisation software provider EkkoSense has worked with the company to help achieve significant energy savings, cutting data centre cooling costs by over GBP 1 million annually. EkkoSense's AI-driven software has enabled a 15 percent reduction in cooling energy, equivalent to 760 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, according to location-based scope 2 accounting, Virgin Media O2 said on Wednesday.

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Virgin Media O2 and EkkoSense Collaboration

Virgin Media O2 utilised EkkoSense's solution, which combines IoT sensors with advanced machine learning, to gain real-time insights into thermal, power, and capacity performance across 20 UK data centres.

Virgin Media O2 is working to reduce its energy usage across operations by leveraging technology and innovation to enhance energy efficiency and by sourcing renewable energy to minimise its environmental impact.

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Real-Time Data Insights

"In partnership with EkkoSense, we've optimised our data centres so they operate efficiently, using real-time data so we can make airflow and cooling improvements, resulting in significant cooling energy savings," Virgin Media O2 said.

"With our software collecting thousands of data points every five minutes – adding to the millions of data points already collected, we're able to continually refine the effectiveness of our machine learning algorithms for Virgin Media O2," said EkkoSense.

"Having access to this level of real-time insight means that Virgin Media O2's operations team are able to track how their data centres are performing from a cooling, power and capacity perspective. They are also able to identify further energy optimisation opportunities in terms of cooling energy usage and overall savings," added EkkoSense.

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Commitment to Sustainability

This collaboration is a key element of Virgin Media O2's Better Connections Plan, which aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040, the company said.

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