Green Practice in Data Storage
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 367
Special Issue Editors
Interests: systems analysis; information systems and technologies; education systems; project management; project management of development and implementation of information systems, diagnostics of technical systems
Interests: development of information systems, diagnostics of technical systems, development of models and predictive analytics systems, design of information systems and databases; image processing; three-dimensional modeling; health care systems; project management
Interests: information systems and technologies; systems analysis; organization development; education systems, project management
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Today’s society faces various problems related to the worldwide demand for energy, which is growing extremely quickly, and of which the main consumers are large enterprises that actively use information technologies in their activities. Prof. Lloyd Alter from the University of Toronto, in his article “Data Storage Could Soon Be 8 Percent of the World's Energy Use” (Lloyd Alter, 2020), points out that today, data centers consume about 2% of the world’s electricity; however, there are forecasts that this indicator will reach 8% by 2030. The volume of accumulated information continues to grow, but according to research from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, only about 6% of all data ever created are in use today. Systems of enterprises, warehouses and smart cities are working around the clock, collecting and processing information; and a cloud computing model is used, that increases energy use in data centers.
The features of the modern data management systems mentioned above confirm the significance of such areas of research and development including efficient data processing, the sustainability of data storages and data centers, and designing green energy systems based on alternative energy sources and battery energy storage systems. For example, in August, 2020, the world’s leading energy storage companies Leclanché SA (Switzerland) and S4 Energy completed an innovative energy storage project for the energy management provider S4 Ancillary Services in Almelo (The Netherlands), where the battery energy storage system is used. In August, 2020 LS Power (USA) unveiled the 250 MW Gateway Energy Storage project (East Otay Mesa community in San Diego County, California).
In recent decades, national governments start the programs such as the program “Energy” in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA; or “REMAP 2030. Renewable Energy Prospects for the Russian Federation”. The solutions in the field of green energy are elaborated by corporations such as Siemens and Huawei Enterprise. One of the most important international organizations operating in this area is the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Solving the problems of uninterrupted efficient power supply is becoming extremely important for modern data storage systems and ensuring their stable operation.
Consequently, the proposal of this monograph contributes to the development of ideas of the techniques, methods and solutions for designing modern storage systems focused on supplying energy.
The aim of the prospected monograph was to collect research and practical studies, which contribute to the problems of sustainable data storage and data center design on the basis of green energy.
Scientific papers that make a scientific contribution to the proposed topics or present significant practical results on them will be considered:
- Design of sustainable data storage and data centers;
- Problems of using green energy in data centers’ power supply systems;
- Designing a sustainable workplace with the use of green data centers;
- Sustainable smart cities development based on a smart grid.
We are looking forward to receiving your manuscripts.
Kind regards,
Prof. Svetlana Vladimirovna Shirokova
Prof. Marina V. Bolsunovskaya
Prof. Aleksandra V. Loginova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- next-generation data storage and data centers
- green data centers
- sustainable workplaces and sustainable enterprises
- green energy
- smart grid and the effective management of enterprises’ power supply
- green business initiatives and their relationship to data storage
- transmission and processing
- sustainable smart cities
