Laboratory for Multimedia Communication in Telepresence GreenStar Network (GSN) September 1 st, 2011 Launch of the Chinese GreenStar Node Mohamed Cheriet, GSN Project Lead École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Québec

2 ICT Energy & Environment Climate Change is not reversible Urgently need to develop low carbon solutions ICT are a major consumer of power (8% in the US) and CO2 production which is growing at 6% per year The problem we face requires not only Energy Efficiency, BUT GHG Reduction using renewable sources The Goal is to provide ICT Services with renewable energy Canada can play leading role in greening ICT sector

3 ICT Energy & Environment The current Internet Bejing Olympic Data Center, 1,000,000 Sq Ft, 80 MVA Lakeside Technology Center, Chicago 1,100,000 Sq Ft, 100 MVA

4 4 ICT Energy & Environment Data Centers in the World 57 DCs 1005 DCs About 2,000 data centers over the world (Data Center Map)

5 5 ICT Energy & Environment Challenges - Solutions number one challenge What is the number one challenge your data center faces today? * *Source: IDC Inc. offer What do Canada and Québec offer ? Required temperature for data centers: 20 o C to 22 o C, or even lower (15 o C) Required temperature for data centers

6 Towards A Greener World A new way of green energy exportation OR ? Export raw natural resources China Export computing power and Sustainability + Bonus: jobs, technology China High speed optical network Data centers

7 To develop low-carbon technologies, including: - renewal energy like wind- and solar-powered networks, - virtualization, - carbon quantification procedures, and tools, To ensure ICT's carbon footprint remains under control and does not increase as the world becomes more and more reliant on information and communication technologies. GreenStar World’s First Zero Carbon Internet & Cloud The GreenStar Network Solution

8 The GreenStar Network Connection plan

9 A simulation video of how GreenStar Network works (by Fereydoun Farrahi Moghaddam) Also available on GreenStar Network website and YouTube: GreenStar Network in action The GreenStar Network Solution

10 How Real Reductions will be Achieved Carbon Protocol

11 Energy provision at low price : Available And GREEN Network infrastructure: High speed optical network linked to largest content providers Need to be upgraded (e.g., 100GB/s) Operating and Management technology: The GreenStar Network is worldwide leader Virtualization Cloud management Energy monitoring Optimization (performance, utilization, and energy consumption) Training, space, logistics, marketing: Need governmental and industrial supports A convergence of IT and energy industries A leader in green data centers ? Challenges

12 Academia Not-for-Profit Corporation Industry Government International (Associate Partners) iDeal inc. SIGMACO USA Belgium Spain USA Ireland The GreenStar Network Partners

13 Contact : Prof. Mohamed Cheriet, Eng., Ph.D., SMIEEE Director / Synchromedia Consortium Website: Thank you ! ©Synchromedia 2010