The ability to undertake rapid digital optioneering was particularly important as forecast demand volumes were uncertain and clinical manufacturing requirements for the drug were still being developed during the design phase.
These applications may place lower demands on processing and cooling and hold a lower facility price point.. Everyone in the room agreed that standing still is not an option..Some believe that we’re reaching the edges of technological development in cooling, certainly from current supply chains.
There are other cooling technologies (e.g.some developed for the defunct space shuttle programme), but these are currently 100x the cost.This rise in density is driving DCs to be all about the utilities, with processing space representing a very small percentage of each development.. With both a rapidly evolving technological marketplace and long project lead times, the same dilemma between customers and infrastructure builders about the timings of decision making is amplified..
The developer needs decisions as early as possible to design, secure power, step through regulatory hurdles and source long-lead components; while the customers want to be able to wait as long as possible to read the market.Maintaining optionality, speed and cost effectiveness is a problem requiring new solutions.. On top of these challenges there are further known unknowns in the picture: the impact of the move from training AI to the distribution of AI Quantum computing..
The power problem.
This situation is unlikely to change.Due to the growing pressure in the construction industry, many new developments claim they can achieve net zero carbon emissions.
In many cases, they refer to the possibility of achieving net zero carbon in operation only, which means that they do not account for the embodied carbon of the building over its lifecycle.A net zero carbon building is one that achieves both zero operational (regulated and unregulated) and zero embodied emissions.. Buildings should only be considered net zero carbon if the amount of carbon emissions associated with a building’s products/materials, construction stages, use (including operation) and deconstruction, is zero or negative.
This can be achieved via measures to reduce the use or the carbon of individual materials, the implementation of energy efficiency measures, the use of on-site renewables and finally a combination of carbon offset schemes and green Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)..It should be noted, that for most new developments nowadays it is not feasible to become net zero within the possibilities of the design (energy and material efficiency measures), so the use of carbon offset schemes and PPA is essential.. Why should we focus on sustainable construction and net zero carbon?.
(Editor: Magnetic Glasses)