Implementation and demonstration of a building simulation based testbed for assessment of data centre multi-domain control strategies

The traditional data centre (DC) infrastructure is beingsignificantly extended by modern information technology(IT) trends on one side, and lasting calling for DCsustainability on the other. A holistic DC managementwill be necessary to coordinate different DC processesand to dock the DC environment into modern cities anddistrict infrastructure. A development of such a complexmanagement requires comprehensive testing possibilities.The testing is hardly possible on the real DC infrastructuredue to the mission critical nature. Building energymodelling methods offer a suitable platform for thedevelopment of a safe and reliable testing environment.This paper deals with new application of Building EnergySimulation (BES) method and introduces a workflow forvirtual closed-loop testing of enhanced multi-domainoperation for data centres