Decision-making approach for substation converged data center construction based on cost assessment

Abstract

With the large-scale development and utilization of new energy sources, the role of the network hub of the power grid connecting data and information is increasingly prominent, and the integration of substations and data center stations, photovoltaic power stations and other integrated substations will become an inevitable trend. In this paper, a decision model of converged data center is proposed with the objective of giving full play to the advantages of converged substation resources and improving data center utilization efficiency. By constructing a data center construction cost function and income and expenditure model, the construction of converged data center in substation is evaluated by combining a multi-index cost evaluation system. Finally, the calculation example analysis verifies the good feasibility of the decision method of substation convergence data center construction based on cost assessment considering the data center project requirements of the power grid company. The method provides technical support for the construction and evaluation of substation convergence data center and has important guiding significance.