Optimizing Data Center Efficiency with Photovoltaic Power: A Game-Changer for Internet users in Nouville

2023-10-07 20:00:02

In Nouville, OPT has three data centers, data management and storage centers used every day by Caledonian Internet users. Billions of content pass through it every day. Videos in particular. One of them is now powered by a photovoltaic plant.

Bernard Lassauce (edited by Cécile Rubichon) • Published on October 8, 2023 at 7:00 a.m., updated on October 8, 2023 at 7:19 a.m.

At the start of the week, the OPT inaugurated a photovoltaic power plant in Nouville. 150 m2 of photovoltaic panels producing 124 kW. A drop in the ocean on the scale of New Caledonian production. But they will be used to power a key part of the data management and storage system used every day by New Caledonian Internet users. In this case, one of the main data centers of the OPT.

One of the OPT data centers is equipped with a photovoltaic power plant. • ©Claude Lindor / NC la 1ère

Billions of content from all over the world pass through its cabinets. “The content that is most used, in particular video content, Netflix for example, is hosted in Caledonia.explains Olivier Amat, director of telecommunications at OPT.

The center of Nouville also houses the two submarine cables, which connect New Caledonia to Fiji and Sydney. They are also very energy intensive.

On average, 1.5 million kilowatts are consumed each month by this data center. For an annual bill of 12 million francs. The photovoltaic installation will reduce the bill by 25% for the OPT, which has equipped all its agencies and almost all of its buildings with panels.

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