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Always an early innovator, Alliance Associate Teridian Semiconductor Corporation has been on the cutting edge of system-on-chip solutions for the energy measurement and management marketplace for over 20 years.
Today, Teridian has its sights set on a new target. “The next frontier of energy conservation is upon us,” explained Gerald Fitch, Teridian's president and CEO,”and it starts in the data center.”
Why bring high-efficiency to hi-tech? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's estimate, data centers are responsible for 1.5 percent of current U.S. energy consumption, a figure that is expected to double by 2011 unless steps are taken to increase efficiency. With the exception of the air-conditioning needed to prevent machinery from overheating and malfunctioning, the amount of energy needed to maintain data centers and servers is rarely considered, despite a growing demand for increased speed and virtualization in the IT sector.
Teridian, however, has adopted a new approach. “Energy usage tracking and measurement has typically been focused on the building and infrastructure, and now it is time to look inside the walls,” Fitch noted. The company is readying a new suite of circuits designed to allow companies to integrate measurement and efficiency into servers, power supplies, power distribution units and communications equipment. In short, it is working to make data centers efficient inside and out – and utilizing its expertise in measurement to inform data center operators so that they can crack down on waste.
“In line with the Alliance to Save Energy’s charter of helping to create a more energy-efficient world, Teridian is committed to the energy market and to enabling the measurement and understanding of the power consumed at each and every meter point on the electricity grid,” continued Filch. “Measurement is truly the key here - after all, you can’t manage what you can’t measure.”
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