who make it all possible

Data centres

Many of our customers are data centres. These were traditionally the ones who wished to obtain insight into the power consumption of their clients. In the meantime, we supply various power measurement systems for data centres that can be incorporated into the distribution panel, in the junction boxes on the rail conduits or simply in the 19" cabinets. For data centres, it is important that the measurements are accurate enough for charging on the power costs, because some clients consume impressive amounts of kWhs.

ISPs

Internet Service Providers sometimes have their own data centre but often utilise the data centres of others. ISPs then also wish to be able to measure the power consumption of their clients. Moreover, Schleifenbauer gives them the possibility to offer 'remote power switching' to their clients. ISPs regularly use the measurements from the Schleifenbauer PDUs to check the electricity bills of their data centres. 

Telecom

Until recently, telecom operators were not very concerned about power consumption at cabinet level. New legislation and CSR (corporate social responsibility) have, however, ensured that it has also become necessary to be able to measure power consumption in as much detail as possible in this branch of industry. Not only because many telecom companies have gone into the co-location business, but also because they need the meters to support their own efforts to save power with proper measurement data.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure providers build (and maintain) data centres. Because power measurement has become an integral component of the electrical infrastructure, the people in this group of clients are extremely interested in good solutions. Because Schleifenbauer has the knowledge and experience to think along with these players about the technical challenges of a good electrical infrastructure, we are often asked for help because of our expertise in the field of power measurement, energy measurement and the protection of PDUs.

End-users

Last but not least, there is the group of end-users: clients with their own data centre, exclusively for their own use. Here too the need for energy measurement arises, to achieve savings in a sensible manner. Furthermore, Schleifenbauer offers the possibility for management of the data centre by switching the outlets remotely. By switching off all outlets in principle and only switching on the outlets that are used, uncontrolled growth is prevented from taking place in the data centre; the manager has the possibility to allow new equipment in only one specific place by only activating the power there. In this manner, energy consumption is better distributed over the data centre, due to which power is saved and shutdowns due to overloading are prevented.