DeepData is a very low PUE-value data centre; it uses the natural thermal properties of underground quarries for server cooling. The prototype, running since June 2016, achieved a PUE value of around 1.10 without optimisation.
Hidden from view in the disused underground quarries near Saumur in the Loire Valley, DeepData benefits from a naturally secure site.
Sustainable
Low carbon footprint, reduced energy consumption, water consumption and surface area requirements. DeepData meets the challenging ecological requirements of our time.
Economic
With a PUE value of between 1.10 and 1.05, DeepData offers major savings on IT infrastructure set-up and running costs.
Modularity
Combining availability of space with a data centre housed in shipping containers, DeepData provides a modularity that is flexible and able to adapt to upcoming IT requirements.
The consortium
At the initiative of the Pays de la Loire regional council, a nationwide consortium of companies has been working for nearly three years on the technical validation of this new generation of data centre.
The Pays de la Loire regional council initiated the DeepData project, with the aim of encouraging the economic development of the region by exploiting its particular geographic, economic and historic characteristics. Underground activity is in the DNA of the Saumur area.
Set up in 2003, enia architectes is run by three associate architects with multi-disciplinary qualifications, with a team of some 40 people. Among their very wide variety of different projects, data centres occupy a particular place: with more than twenty IT centres and two international patents to their name, enia architectes is France’s most experienced practice for this type of programme.
Established in 2006, Critical Building is an independent French contractor specialised in data centres. They assist major French companies and international web providers in technical auditing and project management (from scheduling to occupied completion of sites), feasibility and sketch design, detailed design and tender, and site management.
Elioth is a consultancy of some twenty design engineers interested in the quality of building and respectful of architectural intentions. Their areas of expertise are facades and the building envelope, special structures and environmental design.
CELESTE is a broadband Internet Service Provider for enterprises in France.
CELESTE runs the Marilyn datacenter, vertical and ecological ; and offers StarDC, all-in-one datacenter ready to install at your premises, unique one-of-a-kind design.
The SIGMA group specialises in publishing software and the integration and externalisation of information systems. Founded in 1972, the SIGMA group registered a turnover of 62 million euros in 2015. Headquartered in Nantes, they also have offices in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Toulouse, working with clients around the world
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The DeepData project was developed at the initiative of the Pays de la Loire regional council. Saumur Loire regional development agency and the Maine-et-Loire local council also contributed.
Lucet quarries also worked on the technical aspects of the project.
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