Problem: Electricity consumption of Server Rooms in tertiary buildings constituted a significant share of the total energy consumption in finance and public offices, and it was estimated at 4% of the electricity demand in the EU27+2 tertiary sector. Such demand has been growing in recent years and is expected to grow even more, following the increasing trend for the total EU electricity consumption of data centers. Many companies, school districts, hospitals, and universities are increasingly requiring bigger Server Rooms included in their premises to provide support of their critical Information Technology (IT) applications, as well as the smart managing of the asset itself. Solution: The purpose of HYCOOL-IT is to develop a set of processes supported by both digital and technical equipment innovative solutions for an efficient and reliable development of IT Server Rooms for advanced tertiary buildings, with a special focus on its replicability through standardisation. In parallel, a highly innovative Rack-integrated adsorption chiller for waste-heat powered server cooling is developed and optimized to carry out efficient liquid cooling of IT servers and, simultaneously, provide cooling to the server room itself in a compact, self-contained, and cost-effective way. Impacts: Innovative solutions for an efficient and reliable development of IT Server Rooms for advanced tertiary buildings, with a special focus on its replicability through standardisation. In parallel, a highly innovative Rack-integrated adsorption chiller for waste-heat powered server cooling is developed and optimized to carry out efficient liquid cooling of IT servers and, simultaneously, provide cooling to the server room itself in a compact, self-contained, and cost-effective way.

R2M is the innovation manager of the poject and leads the exploitation management activities. Next to that, R2M will develop generic use cases that guide the development of the HYCOOL solutions.