Iceotope Finalists for Network Computing Awards 2013 Datacentre Product of the Year Award.

Iceotope have been chosen as finalists in the Network Computing Awards 2013 for Datacentre Product of the Year.

The final decision is down to popular vote, so here's another chance to show your support for Iceotope. Simply follow the link below and cast your vote - it only takes a minute!

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Iceotope is a disruptive market entrant whose technology solves some of the most pressing challenges facing today’s datacentre operators. Following university collaboration on advanced fluid dynamics, the combination of IT and mechanical engineering, and an extensive beta testing phase – Iceotope has developed an integrated cooling system for datacentre and High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities that uses a fraction of the natural resources, such as energy and water, of other solutions.

Iceotope’s liquid cooling system is the only one of its kind in the world. It allows datacentres to run neutral in terms of heat, resulting in a reduction of cooling power costs of up to 97 percent. The Iceotope Solution doesn’t require fans, chiller equipment or any other complex and expensive supplementary systems as part of the cooling process. This cuts infrastructure and operating costs, as well as total energy bills and emissions. It uses just 80 watts of power to cool 20kW of ICT. This equates to an overall reduction in energy consumption of 50 percent.

Able to be located anywhere, the Iceotope Solution can be deployed in industrial spaces or populated areas. With input water temperatures of up to W4 on the ASHRAE water cooling tier (that’s 45°C maximum), full time free cooling in any climate becomes a reality, even in equatorial or hostile environments. Completely silent and clean in operation, the Iceotope Solution is also dust and humidity safe, meaning that servers can be located in environments that were previously considered unsuitable for datacentre use. This means that even the hottest environments, where cooling can be a real difficulty and ultimately an environmental hazard, can run efficiently.

Source: http://www.ecoconnect.org.uk/cleantech-innovate/iceotope/

Start-ups to follow in 2013 - Iceotope

Iceotope has designed an innovative liquid cooling system that has the potential to dramatically cut energy usage in computer centres and prevent millions of tons of CO₂ being released.

Iceotope was named New Company of the Year in the Elektra Electronics Industry Awards in December.

The Sheffield-based start-up claims it can dramatically cut, by over 90%, the cooling overhead of data centres, and increases the computational density of server racks, by moving to liquid cooling.

Conventional servers are cooled by air, with fans bowing over processor heatsinks.

Resulting hot air is cooled by a heat-exchanger in the back of the cabinet, or air conditioning units elsewhere in the server room.

On top of the power consumed by the server electronics "you have to add at least 20% because of the fans in the rack, and the air conditioning can bring this up to 120% of the electronic load", said Iceotope chief technology officer, Peter Hopton, speaking toElectronics Weekly last year.

"Some back-cooled air-cooled racks can get down 50-90% of processor power, but they struggle to get 20kW-worth of electronics inside the rack."

Hopton's claimed he can get 22kW worth of servers into a rack, and get that heat out to the environment, with only 4% extra energy.

Behind the Iceotope cooling technique are two main ideas: keep the heat in liquid, so that air never needs to be handled, and avoid refrigeration, with its power-hungry compressors. 

To implement liquid cooling, almost everything in an Iceotope server rack is different, and made in the UK.

The only thing that stays the same are off-the-shelf blade server motherboards, each of which is mounted inside its own sealed hot-swappable 'cartridge', which is flooded with primary coolant - a novel liquid from 3M called Novec.

Novec is both compatible with electronics and fireproof, but its most extreme characteristic is its capacity to remove heat through natural convection.

"Novec is very convective, said Hopton. "It has high thermal expansivity - 20x more than water - and low viscosity, which means it convects 20-40x better than water."

Its thermal capacity is lower than water, said Hopton, but the overall effect is 10-15x better heat removal than if the Novec was replaced with un-pumped water.

To take heat out of the Novec, there is a secondary circuit with water snaking through a channel inside one wall of the cartridge, supplied through two self-sealing fluid valve/connectors at the back.

One litre of water per minute gaining 5°C is enough to extract 400W of heat from the server motherboard, with only 20W escaping into surrounding air.

"The meander channel is large, so it has a low pressure drop, and the pressure drop of the valve is small too," said Hopton.

The rack's cooling water comes from a reservoir at the top of the rack (which Iceotope calls a plenum), flowing into a bottom reservoir through 60 parallel paths, one through each cartridge - 48 blades and 12 PSUs.

Overall pressure drop through each path is low enough, said Hopton, that gravity is sufficient to push the required litre per minute through the cartridges.

"The only need for a pump is to return 60 litres of water to the top plenum. One 40W pump would suffice. We have two pumps - 80W in total," said Hopton.

And this is the source of Iceotope's headline marketing claim that it can shift 22kW from a cabinet at the cost of only 80W.

Two pumps mean dual redundancy to keep the servers working after one failure.

For the same reason, there are two heat exchangers at the bottom of the cabinet, one per pump, to transfer heat from secondary loop to a tertiary and final water loop which takes heat out of the building.

"Water in from the external circuit can be at up to 45°C, and water out will be at a maximum of 50°C," said Hopton.

As returning water only has to be cooled to 45°C, this can be done by simple outdoor radiators almost any where in the world, providing that they are in the shade. There is no need for refrigeration and its attendant energy cost from compressors, said Hopton.

As external cooling is passive, the total energy budget is 22kW of heat per rack from the electronics, 80W/rack from the rack pumps, plus the energy required to pump the tertiary circuit.

According to Hopton, modelling by a third-party data centre simulation firm predicts that cooling is always possible for a total of 4% over the power budget of the electronics - including pumping twin tertiary loops, and sprayed water evaporative cooling water to boost the outside radiators in extreme weather.

"Even in Houston Texas in mid-summer, we can still get 45°C water back to cabinet with some evaporative cooling," he said.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/03/01/2013/55290/start-ups-to-follow-in-2013-iceotope.htm

Iceotope beats global competition to win the Tech Trailblazers Sustainability Award

18^th December 2012 – Iceotope is proud to announce its success in the first ever Tech Trailblazers Awards, an accolade which boasts some of the world’s most innovative new tech start-ups. In winning the Sustainable IT Trailblazer category, the Sheffield-based business fought off stiff competition from all over the globe. Its category alone saw entrants from South Africa, Iceland and the USA, all vying for the prize. The award tops off a stellar year for the fledgling business and follows a string of industry award wins in 2012, including successes in the Elektra, Techworld and RealBusiness Future 50 Awards.

As well as a public vote, the winning companies were chosen by an independent judging panel in a process that saw each member invest millions of ‘virtual dollars’ into their chosen businesses. The awards covered nine distinct categories and separate IT sectors including mobile, virtualisation and security.

The award was given to Iceotope in recognition of its capability to address some of the most pressing environmental issues in IT, including the sharp rise of energy usage and related CO2 emissions as a result of industry growth, as well as the spiralling costs of running a data centre. Launched earlier this year, Iceotope’s innovative liquid cooling system can provide full-time free cooling for IT anywhere on the planet and also bears the ‘Made in Sheffield’ mark, an accolade given to organisations continuing the region's tradition of manufacturing the highest quality goods and products.

“We are absolutely delighted to be recognised in this manner – it caps off a brilliant 2012 but also reflects the great work our research and development teams have been doing for some time”, said Iceotope CEO, Neil Bennett. “We’d like to thank the fantastic institutions like 3M™, AMD, Intel and the University of Leeds that have backed us throughout, the brilliant support we achieved during the public vote, as well as the awards organisers and sponsors who put this all together. Seeing Iceotope listed amongst some of the most ground-breaking and successful new start-ups, from every corner of the globe, is absolutely brilliant and emphasises just how far we believe we can reach in the future - as well as how far we’ve already come

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http://techtrailblazers.com/news/#/pressrelease/view/enterprise-tech-startup-rock-stars-announced-tech-trailblazers-awards-2012-winners-unveiled-822915

DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards 2012 Finalists

The most prestigious accolades in the data center industry will be presented at the 6th Annual DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards on December 13th at the Lancaster London Hotel. 

Special non-shortlisted awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry and Business Leader of the Year will also be presented at the ceremony.

 George Rockett, chief strategy officer at DatacenterDynamics, said: The DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards form part of the Global Awards Programme which recognises innovation and leadership across the data center industry. The judging process, conducted by industry experts from across the sector, will continue between now and the Gala ceremony on December 13th which will see this years people and projects join previous winners as the recognised leaders in the data center industry. Built up over the last six years the DatacenterDynamics Awards are the most sought after in the industry. The Global Awards Programme consists of separate awards which celebrate the people, companies and developments in markets including North America, LATAM, Brazil, China and South East Asia.

Asetek, Inc. for RackCDU Liquid Cooling System For Data Center Efficiency

Iceotope for The Iceotope Liquid Cooling Solution

Munters Ltd for DigiPlex A2A Indirect Evaporative Cooling Modular Data Centre Solution University of Troms for Design And Implementation Of A Data Center Based On Hot Water Cooling Cable & Wireless Worldwide C&W Worldwide - Urban Blueprint

Digital Realty for Optimised Chilled-Water Cooling Solution At Digital Chessington

Lloyds Banking Group for Horizon Datacentre Programme

Mafi Mushkila Limited for Rack Mounted Server Emulator Development

Cannon Technologies for Cannon T4 Modular Data Centre

Euclyde Data Centers for Neoclyde Data Centre

Mercedes-Benz for Mercedes-Benz UK Primary Data Centre

NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds for NHS Bradford, Airedale & Leeds High Density Data Centre

ARM Ltd for New High Performance Computing (HPC) Data Centre

Colt Technology Services for Colt - A New Generation Of Data Centres

GSI for GSI MiniCube Data Center Powered By eCube

Sudlows for The BelleVue Data Centre - Sudlows


Ark Continuity for Ark Continuity's Spring Park Data Centre

HP for HP Suttons, Reading BCRS Facility Phase II.

MEEZA for M-VAULT 3

SBERBANK of Russia for Sberbank Mega Datacenter

Kent County Council for Kent Connects Regional Data Centres

MITA for MITA-01 Corporate Data Centre - Government Of Malta

Nottinghamshire County Council for Nottinghamshire County Council Data Centre

Trinity College Dublin for Trinity College Green Data Centre

De Novo for De Novo DC

Interoute for Interoute Virtual Data Centre

Linxdatacenter for Cloud Linxdatacenter Facility In Warsaw

Vtesse for Arup Move To Vtesse Cirrus

Equinix for Equinix Renewable Heating Project

Hetzner Online AG for Hetzner Online Data Center Parks

TelecityGroup for TelecityGroups AMS5 Data Centre Verne Global for Verne Globals Dual-Sourced,
Renewable Powered Datacentre


Green Datacenter AG for greenDatacenter Zurich West

Interxion for Seawater Cooling Project

LAMDA Hellix Data Centers SA for LAMDA Hellix Mission Critical Facility


TIZZON B.V. for PCM Control

Interoute for Interoute Virtual Data Centre Cloud Migration

Logica (now part of CGI) for Logica - Data Centre Consolidation Programme

Sleek Networks Ltd for Sleek Cloud Alignment


University of St Andrews for ICT Transformation At The University Of St Andrews

Asteros for The Oil Company "Bashneft" Corporate Data Center

Cannon Technologies for Cannon T4 Modular Data Centre

FORTRUST for FORTRUST IO Modular Data Centers

Minkels for Swiss Cold War Bunker Project

Arup: Chris Tolmie

IBM France: Emmanuel Tong-Viet

Red Engineering Design Ltd: Alex Nock

Romonet: Ehsaan Farsimadan

Colt Technology Services: Colt/Verne Global Delivery Team

Lloyds Banking Group: Horizon Prorgramme Team


MITA: MITA-01 Data Centre Migration Project - MALTA

UKFast: Migration Team

The DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards headline sponsor is infinity. DatacenterDynamics is grateful to infinity and to all the category sponsors for their continued support.

A limited number of tickets remain. To attend the event or for more information about the awards contact
paul.mangles@datacenterdynamics.com

http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/focus/archive/2012/11/datacenterdynamics-emea-awards-2012-

Tech Trailblazers Awards Finalists Announced

Which startups have the most promising technologies? Vote for your favorites now.
The first-annual Tech Trailblazers Awards for enterprise information technology startups today announced
shortlisted finalists across the nine categories: Big Data, Cloud, Emerging Markets, Infosecurity, Mobile, Networking, Storage, Sustainable IT and Virtualization.
The first outing of the awards received a considerable groundswell of high quality entrants making the judging
quite a challenge.
The winners of the Tech Trailblazers Awards 2012 will be determined by the voting public and the judging panel. Which startups have the most promising technologies? Discover the finalists and vote for your favorites now from the Tech Trailblazers website just click on the Vote Now tab.

Finalists in the Tech Trailblazers Awards 2012

Big Data
-DataSift (@DataSift), www.datasift.com
-GoodData (@GoodData), www.gooddata.com
-GridStore (@GridStore), www.gridstore.com
-MapR (@MapR), www.mapr.com
-Verdigris Tech (@Verdigristech), www.verdigristech.com

Cloud
-Backupify (@Backupify), www.backupify.com
-CloudLock (@CloudLock), www.cloudlock.com
-SaaSID (@SaaSID), www.saasid.com
-Tiatros (@Tiatros), www.tiatros.com
-Virtustream (@Virtustream), www.virtustream.com
-Zadara Storage (@ZadaraStorage), www.zadarastorage.com

Emerging Markets
-ABCD Experts (@ABCDexperts), www.abcdexperts.com

-Chalet Tech (@ChaletTech), www.chalettech.com
-CloudByte (@CloudByteInc), www.cloudbyte.com
-SustainableIT (Twitter: @sustainableIT), www.sustainableit.co.za
-Infotectsecurity, www.infotectsecurity.com

Mobile
-Genwi (@Genwi), www.genwi.com
-GoCanvas (@GoCanvas), www.gocanvas.com
-ImageVisionLabs (@ImageVisionLabs), www.imagevision.com/
-Mezeo (@Mezeo), www.mezeo.com
-Moasis (@MoasisGlobal), www.moasisglobal.com

Networking
-Aryaka (@AryakaNetworks), www.aryaka.com
-Embrane (@Embrane), www.embrane.com
-Infineta (@Infineta), www.infineta.com

Security
-Chalet Tech (@ChaletTech), www.chalettech.com
-CipherCloud (@CipherCloud), www.ciphercloud.com
-Dome9 (@Dome9), www.dome9.com
-SaaSID (@SaaSID), www.saasid.com
-Vaultive (@Vaultive), www.vaultive.com
-Ventisys (@Ventisys), www.ventisys.com

Storage
-Actifio (@Actifio), www.actifio.com

-CTERA (@CTERA), www.ctera.com
-SMART Storage Systems (@SMARTSSD), www.smartstoragesys.com
-SolidFire (@SolidFire), www.solidfire.com
-Virtual Instruments (@Virtual_Inst), www.virtualinstruments.com

Sustainable IT
-Building Sustainability (@BSLEnergyTeam), www.buildingsustainability.net
-GreenQloud (@GreenQloud), www.greenqloud.com
-Iceotope (@Iceotope), www.iceotope.com
-Nutanix (@Nutanix), www.nutanix.com
-SustainableIT (@SustainableIT), www.sustainableit.co.za

Virtualization
-GreenBytes (@GetGreenBytes), www.getgreenbytes.com
-Nutanix (@Nutanix), www.nutanix.com
-Virtual Instruments (@Virtual_Inst), www.virtualinstruments.com
-VMTurbo (@VMTurbo), www.vmturbo.com
-Zerto (@ZertoCorp), www.zerto.com

Rose Ross, founder of the Tech Trailblazers Awards, commented, “The Tech Trailblazers Awards were designed to put a spotlight on the best-of-the-best of new technology startups from around the world. Our shortlists highlight some of the hidden gems of the global enterprise information technology industry, from Icelandto Israel, from Singapore to the Silicon Valley.” Ross added, “Our global community of judges had some hard work to do in selecting the shortlists from an impressive pool of contenders, but they did a great job. The 41 finalists in the Tech Trailblazers Awards represent some rising stars in the technology world-pioneers who are helping invent the systems that make business faster, more efficient, more secure, more environmentally friendly and, ultimately, more connected.”

All voters will be entered into a draw where winners will be selected at random to receive one of 5 exclusive Tech Trailblazers Awards t-shirts or one of 5 year subscriptions to Prezi.

http://www.thedatachain.com/news/2012/11/tech_trailblazers_awards_finalists_announced

Wonga Future 50: Iceotope

Proprietary technology that solves a clear problem in a mega, growing industry. This set of circumstances mark out a real market-busting entrepreneurial play.


Steve Jobs had a weird obsession: computer fans. The damn things whirr, eat electricity and get covered in cobwebs. He eliminated fans in Apple’s laptops whenever he could.

The datacentre industry has the same problem. The servers get seriously hot, and the current approach is to add more and more fans. They cost a ton of money, regularly need servicing, and powering them destroys any claim to being green.

The answer is Iceotope’s liquid cooling.

Developed with support from key partners including 3M and the University of Leeds, the Sheffield-based firm has a patented liquid cooling system which is far cheaper, far greener, and far more quiet than any fan configuration.

Is it a big deal?

Of course it is. The datacentre industry’s CO2 emissions are set to be on par with that of the airline industry within a few years' time and energy consumption continues to grow at 19 per cent per annum. Furthermore, the UK is believed to have the greatest concentration of datacentres on the planet at over seven million sq ft, consuming more than 6.4 GW of power per year (equivalent to six million households).

Founded in 2012, Iceotope is designed, engineered and manufactured in Great Britain.