2. Inverters convert solar energy into standard electricity
3. Batteries store the electricity
4. Servers are powered from the electricity
Power is generated using 120 solar panels located on two large sets of arrays (1), one on each side of the data center. The solar panel arrays face due south, which will generate the most possible amount of electricity. The power from the solar panels is DC, which is converted to AC through sunny boy inverters (2). After it is converted using the inverters it is stored in the battery bank (3), which will be replaced soon with a more efficient option, (more information coming soon). It then leaves the battery bank and runs throughout the data center, including the air conditioners (4). In case of an emergency there is a backup generator but it is not necessary.
Little Web Feet uses server space from a data centre that was designed and built specifically to be 100% solar powered and therefore designed and built to be way more energy efficient than your average data centre or even your average building. From the start the data centre was designed using the latest green design techniques and built to use the lowest amount of energy possible. No other data centre could do this without starting from scratch and redesigning the building, the lighting, the heating/cooling system, and buying new servers.
Read more about our green data centre
Read more about our green office.
The data centre is a member of The Green Building Council
