Equinix and NUS Centre for Power Analysis & Expertise Accomplice to Advance Hydrogen Applied sciences for Knowledge Facilities

SINGAPORE and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Persevering with its efforts to advance the sustainability of digital infrastructure and attain its local weather impartial targets, aligned to science-based targets, by 2030, Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) right this moment introduced a partnership with the Centre for Power Analysis & Expertise (CERT) underneath the Nationwide College of Singapore’s (NUS) School of Design and Engineering to discover applied sciences that allow the usage of hydrogen as a inexperienced gasoline supply for mission-critical knowledge heart infrastructure.

Collectively, Equinix and CERT will launch the world’s first analysis undertaking to check the effectivity of proton-exchange membrane (PEM) gasoline cells and fuel-flexible linear generator applied sciences. PEM gasoline cells are a number one contender for hydrogen power, whereas fuel-flexible linear mills allow operators to simply change between numerous clear gasoline choices together with hydrogen, biogas and numerous renewable liquid fuels. Adoption of those applied sciences might enable knowledge facilities to cut back carbon emissions whereas assembly the rising demand for knowledge, colocation and interconnection companies.

The analysis collaboration between Equinix and CERT will contain a holistic evaluation of the suitability of those applied sciences for tropical knowledge facilities, contemplating native weather conditions, web site constraints, energy demand, provide chain, gasoline storage capabilities in addition to native regulatory insurance policies. 

This analysis initiative comes underneath a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier this yr between the 2 companions. Below the MOU, CERT will conduct a complete evaluation of applied sciences recognized in collaboration with Equinix, to find out the operational viability of the applied sciences at scale. Based mostly on the outcomes of the analysis, Equinix expects to develop proof-of-concept initiatives inside its world community of information facilities for real-world testing and to assist incorporation into future knowledge heart designs. By driving innovation in Singapore, the Equinix and CERT partnership goals to speed up disruptive applied sciences that may cut back the carbon footprint of worldwide knowledge facilities, significantly in tropical places.

This partnership varieties a part of Equinix’s Future First technique that underscores the corporate’s dedication to greening the digital economic system. Inexperienced hydrogen has been recognized as a viable supply of sustainable power for knowledge facilities. Nevertheless, hydrogen technology on an industrial scale stays a number of years away from being commercially viable, making it crucial to evaluate and undertake alternate options at the same time as world analysis and improvement continues.

Quotes:

Yee Could Leong, Managing Director, South Asia, Equinix
“Knowledge facilities function the conduit powering the digital economic system, and greening their operations can drive the rise of sustainable enterprise all through the broader financial panorama. Working with like-minded companions just like the Centre for Power Analysis & Expertise at NUS empowers us with the mixed expertise and experience to advance the expansion of digital economies according to environmental obligations, benefiting the information heart trade, world economies, and the planet.”

Affiliate Professor Lee Poh Seng, Director, Centre for Power Analysis and Expertise, NUS School of Design and Engineering
“Sustainability is a key pillar of the worldwide economic system. To enrich the efforts made by the general public sector, well timed progress additionally requires collaboration with stakeholders within the personal sector and academia. We’re eager to work with trade companions like Equinix, which is thought for its sustainability efforts and gives us entry to a worldwide community of information facilities that may function a testbed for a extra correct evaluation of operational viability. By this partnership, we stay up for enjoying a driving position for inexperienced knowledge heart improvements that may be utilized in Singapore and globally.”

Reaffirming Equinix’s dedication to making a extra sustainable future for the setting, the corporate has been acknowledged with a bunch of sustainability awards throughout the Asia-Pacific area. In 2022, Equinix was named Asia’s Inexperienced Firm of the Yr on the Asia Company Excellence & Sustainability Awards, the Singapore Knowledge Centre Companies Firm of the Yr by Frost & Sullivan, and acquired the Inexperienced Innovation Award underneath the MNC Class on the 2022 Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards.

Highlights / Key Information:

• Below this partnership, Equinix and NUS CERT shall be conducting a complete evaluation to check two clear on-site energy technology applied sciences for knowledge facilities of the longer term. These applied sciences embrace:
• PEM gasoline cells have gotten more and more standard as a result of their capacity to generate energy with hydrogen and oxygen. Some designs also can run the method in reverse to provide pure hydrogen for future use with simply water and electrical energy.
• Gasoline-flexible linear mills supply the flexibility to change between fuels like hydrogen, biogas and numerous renewable liquid fuels, enabling the set up of infrastructure that may be simply tailored to evolving market developments, empowering organizations with enhanced agility.
• Equinix was the primary within the knowledge heart trade to decide to changing into local weather impartial, aligned to permitted science-based targets, for emissions discount throughout world operations and provide chain by 2030. As well as, Equinix continues to guage for on-site photo voltaic alternatives, onsite technology from gasoline cells, and another distributed low-carbon know-how that matches with its general technique.

• Equinix’s renewable power protection has been over 90{c127157336ec838945c6ce4624047756c94c121afa63bab0c7fded5faf8ea679} since 2018. In 2021, the corporate achieved 95{c127157336ec838945c6ce4624047756c94c121afa63bab0c7fded5faf8ea679} renewable power protection. Yr-over-year, Equinix has elevated our procurement of renewables by 16{c127157336ec838945c6ce4624047756c94c121afa63bab0c7fded5faf8ea679} on a GWh-basis.

• Earlier this yr, Equinix introduced the opening of its first Co-Innovation Facility (CIF), positioned in its DC15 Worldwide Enterprise Alternate™ (IBX®) knowledge heart on the Equinix Ashburn Campus within the Washington, D.C. space. The CIF is a part of its Knowledge Middle of the Future Initiative and is a brand new functionality that permits progressive companions to work with Equinix on trialing and growing methodologies that could be used to assist outline the way forward for digital infrastructure and companies.

About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world’s digital infrastructure firm. Digital leaders harness Equinix’s trusted platform to convey collectively and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software program velocity. Equinix allows organizations to entry all the appropriate locations, companions and prospects to scale with agility, velocity the launch of digital companies, ship world-class experiences and multiply their worth, whereas supporting their sustainability objectives.

Ahead-Trying Statements
This press launch accommodates forward-looking statements that contain dangers and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based mostly on present expectations, together with, however not restricted to, statements concerning Equinix’s sustainability goal and objectives and the MOU with CERT. Precise outcomes might differ materially from expectations mentioned in such forward-looking statements. Components that may trigger such variations embrace, however are usually not restricted to, dangers to our enterprise and working outcomes associated to the COVID-19 pandemic; the present inflationary setting; international forex trade price fluctuations; elevated prices to acquire energy and the overall volatility within the world power market; the challenges of buying, working and setting up IBX and xScale® knowledge facilities and growing, deploying and delivering Equinix merchandise and options; unanticipated prices or difficulties referring to the combination of firms we now have acquired or will purchase into Equinix; a failure to obtain vital revenues from clients in just lately constructed out or acquired knowledge facilities; failure to finish any financing preparations contemplated now and again; competitors from current and new opponents; the flexibility to generate adequate money movement or in any other case acquire funds to repay new or excellent indebtedness; the loss or decline in enterprise from our key clients; dangers associated to our taxation as a REIT and different dangers described now and again in Equinix filings with the Securities and Alternate Fee. Particularly, see latest and upcoming Equinix quarterly and annual experiences filed with the Securities and Alternate Fee, copies of which can be found upon request from Equinix. Equinix doesn’t assume any obligation to replace the forward-looking info contained on this press launch.

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