The data center: an energy-efficient solution for trading workstations
Energy consumption is a hot topic for any trading floor. Trading workstations are highly energy-intensive, featuring sophisticated equipment engineered for high performance: think powerful computers, peripherals and multiple monitors to boot. Configurations vary, but the most complex workstations can consume a whopping 1,400 watts, sometimes through the CPU or graphics card alone — producing noise and heat that can cause damage and disruption if proper care is not taken. Opting for a data center setup can optimize cooling solutions for sustainable performance. Read on to find out how.
Keeping their cool on the trading floor
Dialing down the temperature in high-pressure trading environments isn’t always so simple. The obvious solution to prevent overheating is introducing cooling systems. However, the design of the working environment itself has a significant impact on how energy-efficient these operations can be. Cooling demand is high on trading floors where many energy-consuming appliances are in use at once.
Open-plan office spaces are tailored to ensure the comfort and safety of the people who work there, which often involves meeting strict standards. Cooling systems in these spaces are usually designed with human comfort in mind. Office air conditioning is designed to keep people cool, not computers, with limited room for the advanced technologies and analytics required to reduce heat dissipation and keep excessive energy consumption at bay.
Enter the data center
When the human element is removed, this makes it easier to optimize energy use and save resources. That’s where the data center comes in. In contrast to offices, data centers and separate server rooms often deploy airflow management, liquid cooling and hot/cold aisle containment to optimize cooling, among other advanced specialist technologies. Analytics is another useful weapon in the trading floor’s arsenal that can be used more readily in data centers.
Combining cutting-edge cooling technology and hardware engineered for energy effiency in a setup geared towards sustainability, a data center helps lower energy consumption across the board. It’s estimated that computers operated in data centers can improve efficiency by 20-40% in comparison to those based in office space. Recent developments have also seen data center technology undergo ongoing improvement. Data centers using renewable energy sources or with beneficial rates can also offer sustainability in tandem with cost efficiency. Data centers with KVM remoting technologies using WEYTEC components can offer custom solutions designed to take the sting out of trading station energy consumption.
Beyond energy efficiency
Trading operations can benefit from data center configurations in ways that reach beyond mere energy efficiency. Data centers incorporating WEYTEC solutions offer reliability and failover capabilities that supply protection in an emergency and back up crucial operations. These setups are designed to operate high-performance hardware more effectively than office environments. If high noise levels are a concern in addition to heat, locating equipment in data centers is a good way to minimize disruption in the workplace so teams can focus on mission-critical decision-making in comfort.
Improve your performance with data center solutions
Even slight adjustments to the cooling setup can reap dividends for trading floors looking to optimize energy consumption and combine sustainability with high performance. Data centers can offer an environment that is much more conducive to cooling efficiency than the surroundings of an open-plan office. Learn more about how to take the heat out of fast-paced trading environments with solutions from WEYTEC. Contact our knowledgeable team for more information on steps you can take to enhance energy efficiency for your trading workstations — no matter how powerful.
