CSR: Small:Collaborative Research: Data Center Demand Response: Coordinating the Cloud and the Smart Grid

CSR：小型：协作研究：数据中心需求响应：协调云和智能电网

• 批准号: 1319798
• 负责人: Amir-Hamed Mohsenian-Rad
• 金额: $ 17.3万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1319798&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSR; Small; Collaborative; Research; Data

Data centers have become both significant consumers of electricity and substantial sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and so a focus on energy-efficient computing has emerged. Until now, the most common approach for improving sustainability of data centers is a ?local? one, e.g., installing rooftop PV panels. This project takes a different, more ?global? approach: it allows data centers to contribute towards improving the sustainability of the electricity grid as a whole, in order to meet data centers' social responsibility as major energy consumers. Interestingly, engaging in such global sustainability efforts will, in turn, provide data centers with new opportunities to gain financial benefits.This project will coordinate data centers with the smart grid through programs such as demand response, which allow the utilities to signal consumers to reduce or increase consumption as needed in order to stabilize the grid and tackle the unpredictability of the renewable energy resources. New resource management algorithms for data centers will be developed to facilitate their participation in demand response and other electricity market programs; and the responsiveness that data centers can provide the smart grid through such participation will be quantified and optimized.This proposal is truly interdisciplinary as it requires a deep understanding not only about data centers and cloud computing but also about electricity markets and the smart grid. In particular, the results will help data centers in terms of both their choice of which electricity market programs to participate in and how to participate in such programs. Additionally, this project will help utility companies in the design of electricity market programs that encourage maximum data center responsiveness to better operate the grid and to reduce the price of electricity.

数据中心既已成为电力的重要消费者，也成为温室气体排放的大量消费者，因此出现了对节能计算的关注。到目前为止，提高数据中心可持续性的最常见方法是本地？一个，例如安装屋顶PV面板。这个项目需要不同，更多？全球？方法：它允许数据中心为改善整个电网的可持续性做出贡献，以便满足数据中心作为主要能源消费者的社会责任。有趣的是，从事此类全球可持续性努力将为数据中心提供新的机会来获得财务收益。该项目将通过诸如需求响应之类的计划将数据中心与智能电网进行协调，这使公用事业可以根据需要发出信号来减少或增加消费，以稳定电网并解决可再生能源资源的不可验证的能力。将开发针对数据中心的新资源管理算法，以促进他们参与需求响应和其他电力市场计划；并且数据中心可以通过此类参与提供智能电网的响应能力将被量化和优化。该提案确实是跨学科的，因为它不仅需要对数据中心和云计算有深刻的了解，而且还需要对电力市场和智能电网有深刻的了解。特别是，结果将在选择哪些电力市场计划参与以及如何参与此类计划方面有助于数据中心。此外，该项目将帮助公用事业公司设计电力市场计划，以鼓励最大的数据中心响应能力更好地运行电网并降低电力价格。