PRI underground world

Fontevraud, France, 2014

Design of a new underground datacenter


Technical Specifications

Type

IT

Location

Fontevraud, France

project manager

Partners : Critical Building, Elioth, Celeste, SIgma, région Pays de la Loire, Caisse des Dépôt, agglomération du Saumurois

Team enia : Marc-Antoine Delbauffe


 

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By Encore

Program

To develop a prototype of a very low energy datacenter, based on the exploitation of the physical and thermal characteristics of the underground world, to ensure natural cooling of the servers.

Status

study

Date

2014

Construction of an underground data center: the extraction of the tuffeau stone, in the Saumurois Region, has led to the creation of thousands of kilometers of underground galeries, which remain unused till this day. The thermal conditions inside the passages offer a unique opportunity to establish highly secured data centers with a high energy performance. In association with Pays de Loire Region, Caisse des Dépôts (Deposits Fund), Saumurois conurbation, Critical Building, Celeste, Elioth, Sigma.