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WRITTEN BY: FRAN ROBERTS
PRODUCED BY: LEWIS VAUGHAN
RISE SICS AB is the leading research institute
for applied information and communication
technology in Sweden. Tor Björn Minde, CEO
of RISE SICS North, describes the Institute’s
new research data centre, located in Luleå
R
ISE SICS North is a new activities, which later facilitated his
subsidiary of RISE SICS, heading up of RISE SICS North. “The
established in Luleå. “It’s like nascent activity in Ericsson is called
the Swedish Fraunhofer. There are Ericsson Labs and that took me over
other countries that also have their to more computer platforms and now
own research institute organisations,” data centres,” Minde comments.
notes Tor Björn Minde, CEO of RISE “So, that’s the background of why
SICS North. “Here it’s called RISE – I’m CEO of this research institute.”
Research Institutes of Sweden.”
The SICS part of the Institute’s Continuous expansion
name stands for Swedish Institute of RISE SICS North was formed around
Computer Science, whilst the north the creation of a new research data
references its location in Luleå, around centre in Luleå. “We have projects
an hour drive from the Arctic Circle. on cloud platforms, hardware and
Minde’s work at RISE SICS North software for big data analytics. All of
is only part of what he does. “I work that we run in our two-modules-large
at Ericsson, the telecom company data centre,” advises Minde. “We have
where I had my 30th anniversary last 200KW installed right now and we are
year. My current position is Head of continuously expanding, so we will add
Research Strategies. Part-time I’m another 150KW during this autumn.
loaned out to this organisation, which “We call it ICE and ICE stands for
I’m running as a CEO,” he observes. infrastructure and cloud research
Originally focused on mobile audio, environment. So, we cover both
Minde transitioned into computing infrastructure and the software
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Module 1
enclosure
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Module
2 Inauguration
party in the
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to autonomous data centres, but to that it’s beyond big data at an analytics
get there you need to really measure level,” Minde explains. “We have some
and model data centres correctly. pre-studies on heat reuse and liquid
You need to have a data collection cooling and we hope to expand them.
software tool chain and database We’re looking into drying wood and
and you need to have all the tools in also liquid cooling. So that is what the
place for the sensors. The project is data centre is used for – different types
about trying to understand how to of projects to understand how you can
make the data centre autonomous create better data centres in the future.”
and how to optimise the holistic view
on automation – it’s Head in the cloud
a very big project The first module of the
with Ericsson and data centre, a room-in-
ABB involved. room module, has been
“We have one project
about how to use
natural convection
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running since February
2016. “This first module
is used for big data
and draught in data Employees at analytics, it’s used for
centres so you can RISE SICS North some cloud applications
reduce the fan use. and that is running in
It’s a real thermodynamic project,” the servers. We have 200 servers there,
continues Minde. “The third project is some GPU [graphics processing unit]
to look into how a data centre can be accelerated,” Minde advises. “Then we
a part of the smart grid in the future. A use the data centre to do modelling.”
data centre has lots of battery, it has “The second module is more a
a water tank for cooling and it has an lab and we have built it so we can
intrinsic possibility to be a big battery. It do a slab floor or a raised floor. We
can then be a load balancer in the grid. can change equipment easily with
“The fourth project is really about much bigger doors and we can
using analytics in new applications, so move equipment in and out. We can
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RISE SICS
exchange coolers and racks, we can centre is being located just next door.
exchange lots of different equipment Facebook has donated equipment
there. Module three, that we’re going to the research data centre, and
to install this autumn, will be an open plans are in the making for setting up
computer lab,” Minde explains. projects together,” explains Minde.
Outside the modules the space “Another important partner is the
will be used for smaller experiments Luleå University of Technology. We
in a wind tunnel, a cube for have only been around for one and
thermodynamics, a water tank, solar a half years, so we will expand the
panels on the roof and renewable number of companies involved, but
energy storage. All to be built during we have counted the companies
the autumn. On the roof there is also we count as being part of our
a cooling tower that will be used. network, and it’s nearly 60-plus.”
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Control/
management
works space in
the data center
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