HIP, Heidelberg

Customer

In the hip [Heidelberg Innovation Park], young companies with innovative ideas that develop products for medicine, industry or environmental protection are to be located on a 15-hectare site. The targeted allocation of building space will create a hotspot for innovations in the fields of IT, AI, digital and life sciences. The Green Data Centre is also part of the planning. With the help of the ice storage system, the data centre is powered 100 per cent by electricity from renewable energy sources.

Website: Heidelberg Innovation Park
 

Scope of delivery and services

Planning, production, installation and commissioning of two on-site ice storage units, a hydraulic module, steel construction and pipework for the cooling supply of a data centre and local cooling network.

Purpose of the system

Efficient and reliable cooling supply for a data centre and local cooling network. The ice storage unit is used for emergency cooling in order to meet the high availability requirements of the data centre. The servers operated there require permanent cooling to prevent failures and expensive data loss. If the regular cooling supply is interrupted, the storage unit takes over and thus ensures the seamless operation of the system.

The challenge

Uninterrupted operation of the cooling supply through ice storage and UPS system. In order to keep to the schedule and minimise the installation time on site, a pre-assembled hydraulic module was used to control the cooling supply. Installation of the module via heavy-duty platform due to small installation opening in the car park.

Client

Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie GmbH

Commissioning

2023