Big Data Exchange partners with Red Dot Analytics to enhance sustainability across Asia Pacific datacenters.

Big Data Exchange (BDx), a Pan-Asian data center cluster, has entered into an agreement with Red Dot Analytics (RDA), a Singapore-based pioneer in the industrial artificial intelligence space, to digitally transform BDx's facilities and make them more efficient and sustainable. The three-year project will focus on cooling and PUE optimization at BDx's facilities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore, with the first phase already underway.

The agreement enables BDx to identify inefficiencies throughout its facilities by leveraging RDA's Data Center Solution, which integrates AI-driven applications and automation. Through this partnership, BDx will gain deep insight into its data center life cycle management, delivering lower energy costs, less human error and increased capacity utilization. Ultimately, BDx will reduce its carbon emissions and footprint, which is critical as the demand for digital continues to increase the need for data centers.

Singapore presents particular urgency for such optimization efforts. The nation is home to one of BDx's data centers and supplies approximately 60% of data center needs across the Asia Pacific region. However, a data center moratorium has been implemented while government officials address concerns over data center sustainability. Data centers comprise 7% of Singapore's total electricity consumption, due in large part to the cost of cooling data centers in order to protect equipment from the hot, humid environment.

According to Jeremy Yew, COO for BDx, "RDA's artificial intelligence-based technology will provide visibility into our systems to identify ways we can increase performance and sustainability without compromising the safety standards required for mission-critical infrastructure. This focus on energy and operational efficiency will help us advance our operations and increase our quality of service." Through its digital twin technology model, RDA creates critical infrastructure in the physical world and optimizes it with AI-based applications, enabling predictive maintenance and sustainability advancements.

Professor Yonggang Wen, Chief Scientist at RDA, stated that "BDx will have a stronger ability to identify and prevent potential hotspots and other thermal safety concerns within the data center. Cooling regulation and optimization will result in a PUE optimization of up to 5%. The increased efficiencies will lead to additional savings for BDx and its customers in a more sustainable environment."