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APC has set up an Energy Efficient Solutions Center at its new 25,000 sq ft premises at Techpoint, Ang Mo Kio, Singapore, the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia.
Business visitors and partners can now get a practical “handson” experience and easily visualize “what-if ” design scenarios, taking into consideration factors such as power consumption, costs, expected hardware usage and current regulations, before committing to any IT infrastructure investment in their own companies.
The Solutions Center integrates various solutions from Schneider Electric companies including APC InfraStruXure data centre solutions, TAC building management system, Schneider Electric power monitoring system and CLIPSAL lighting control system.
The April 3 official opening of the Center was graced by Jean- Luc Anglada President of the French Chamber of Commerce, and APC President and CEO Laurent Verney. George Kong, ASEAN Vice President, APC, said, “We look forward to bringing our expertise in building an energy efficient enterprise to companies in Southeast Asia through this Solutions Center. Our initiatives support the nation’s drive to improve energy efficiencies, such as the Energy Efficiency Programme Office set up by the National Environment Agency in Singapore. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating and we are providing the Solutions Center as a platform for companies to familiarize with advanced concepts in power and cooling management that will help them save energy costs by up to 30 percent and future-proof their hardware investments.”
According to Gartner, energy costs will emerge as the second highest operating cost (behind labor) in 70 percent of existing data center facilities by 2009.
