Danfoss Fire Safety

Danfoss Fire SafetyCase story | SEM-SAFE® high-pressure water mist system Reliable fire suppression At Verne Global’s Icelandic data centre Danfoss Fire Safety A/S Verne Global data centre campus, Iceland The 100% renewable-powered data centre Verne Global operates a state-of-the-art 40-acre data centre campus in Iceland. Connected to the country’s stable and 100% renewable-powered electricity grid, the facility is the ideal location for organisations running computer applications with high power requirements, and is home to some of the world’s most exciting and innovative Artificial Intelligence projects. It is also a popular destination for companies focused on reducing the carbon footprint of their data centre operations. Designed to take advantage of Iceland’s unique climate Iceland’s temperate climate allows Verne Global to cool its data centre with fresh air 365 days of the year. Not only does this negate the need for costly air-conditioning units – savings that it is able to pass on to customers – it means carbon emissions are kept to a minimum. The facility has been specially designed to draw and filter air from the outside, before circulating it within the data halls in order to cool the equipment. Design requires an innovative approach to fire safety Ensuring that the data centre is always working optimally – with minimal downtime – is mission-critical to both Verne Global and its many customers, which makes fire safety a key priority. However, the facility’s design means that traditional approaches to fire suppression – using gas or sprinkler systems – are not appropriate. Gas would disperse too quickly in the fresh air while the cylinders used in these systems require a considerable amount of space, which is of a premium in data centre environments. Gas systems are also time consuming and costly to refill after discharge. Meanwhile sprinklers and low-pressure mist systems could cause considerable water damage to the equipment housed within the data centre . Protecting high-value equipment with SEM-SAFE® With Verne Global building a number of ultra-high density pods on its campus – each of which is custom-engineered to house supercomputers and other high-value technology solutions – it wanted to install an advanced suppression system that would not only protect this valuable equipment from fire, but also from water damage. Having assessed a number of commercially available solutions, it elected to install Danfoss Fire Safety’s SEM-SAFE® high-pressure water mist solution. www.semsafe.danfoss.comPage 2