Comparisson 1000 AMP 3, hosting 24 terrabox 1400B FPGA servers
An AMP 3 architecture would only require 20% of the space, 10% of the energy cost of the original air cooling systems and 7,500 servers less, since the remaining servers can run on full capacity without over-heating. Conservatively, the new technology, in a datacentre with the aforementioned floor size, leads to an annual gross saving of over 70 mln Euro resulting from savings on electricity (54 mln Euro), hardware (15 mln Euro) and real estate (1,5 mln Euro). Per tank unit the gross savings amounts to a minimum of 70,000 EUR / Yr, which means that the total investment is paid back by the savings within less than one year.
| Cooling with AMP 3 | Traditional aircooling | |
|---|---|---|
| Your datacentre will require a floorspace of approximately 1,500 m2 | Floorspace | Your data center will require a floorspace of approximately 7,500 m2 |
| You will be able to run your hardware on near maximum load without any problems. | Performance |
You will not be able to run a maximum load all the time making it necessary to buy more hardware to serve the same amount of computing power. |
| You would need to add a maximum of 5% in additional cooling | Power usage | You would need to add a minimum of 75% in additional air-cooling capability. |
| You are able to host AMP3 in any office building | Design | You would need to build a datacenter dedicated to hosting these types of servers |