Abstract
With the dramatic worldwide growth of information technology sectors, the traffic of data centres is projected to experience an increase of about 80% by 2020. Green data centres are proposed as a solution towards sustainable platform providing IT services. This paper presents an optimal microgrid configuration for a green data centre. The mathematical models for the costs and the green gas emissions associated with all components of the microgrid system as well as their interactions are taken into consideration in the optimisation model. The capital, operational, and degradation costs during a life-time of 20 years of the system are also considered. The optimum microgrid configuration is composed of 38% renewable energy generation that reduces the total cost by 37% and greenhouse gas emissions by 16%.
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