State-of-the-art facility will deliver 24 MW
of critical capacity, waterless cooling and ultra-efficient
operations to the booming tech region
NEW
YORK, Aug. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Edged
Energy announced today it will be expanding its North American
portfolio with a new world-class facility in New Albany, Ohio, the highly sought-after tech
region known as the Silicon Heartland. Edged Columbus will be built for high-density
Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads and equipped with advanced
waterless cooling and ultra-efficient energy systems. Construction
is underway and expected to be complete in July 2025.
Strategically located at 6525 New Albany Road East, less than 20
minutes from Downtown Columbus,
the sustainable data center will provide 24 MW of critical
capacity, conserve local water resources and dramatically reduce
energy usage. At a time of growing water scarcity when portions of
Ohio are already in severe
drought, Edged Columbus is expected to save nearly 95 million
gallons of water each year compared to conventional data centers
and deliver industry-leading energy efficiency (average Power Usage
Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 portfolio-wide).
"We are on a mission to build data centers for positive impact.
We are thrilled to be partnering with the New Albany community to support their thriving
digital economy in a way that is sustainable and conserves precious
local resources. Our highly differentiated platform of technologies
is optimized for energy efficiency, water conservation and top-tier
performance," said Bryant Farland,
Chief Executive Officer for Edged.
Ohio is quickly becoming an
established cloud computing hub, boasting a deep talent pool and
exceptional fiber connectivity, with high-speed connections from
coast to coast.
"Data centers are key assets to the New Albany community, allowing us to diversify
the types of companies within our business portfolio," said
New Albany Mayor Sloan Spalding. "With Edged Data Center's
impressive track record of reducing energy and water consumption in
addition to investing in local schools, the company's values
closely align with our community pillars of environmental
sustainability and lifelong learning. I believe Edged will be a
perfect fit for New Albany, and I
look forward to their involvement in the community."
The Edged facility in Columbus
will be outfitted with the ThermalWorks waterless cooling system,
designed to support the intense demands of generative AI and
advanced computing. The modular system supports densities of
up to 70 kW per rack with air cooling and 200 kW per rack with
plug-and-play liquid cooling integration. Unlike other waterless
cooling solutions, this advanced technology is ultra-efficient,
which helps Edged dramatically reduce energy overhead by 74%
compared with the global average PUE of 1.58 reported by
the Uptime Institute.
Edged is a subsidiary of Endeavour with nearly a dozen new data
centers operating or under construction across Europe and North
America and a gigawatt-scale project pipeline. Edged
Columbus will join a growing
network of data centers currently under construction across the
U.S., including in Atlanta,
Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Phoenix.
About Edged Energy
Edged Energy is a vertically integrated global platform of
on-demand data centers. Its operations are designed to be carbon
and water neutral. Edged Energy is an Endeavour company. For more
information, visit www.edged.us
About Endeavour
Endeavour is an innovation platform that builds sustainable
infrastructure companies to make clean water and renewable energy
affordable and accessible to all. For more information, visit
www.endeavourii.com
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