Energy-Efficient Data Centre Cooling for ODATA’s SP2 Facility in Brazil
The ODATA SP2 project is delivering a next-generation data centre in Hortolândia, Brazil, located approximately 100 km from São Paulo. Designed to support growing digital infrastructure across Latin America, the facility requires a highly reliable and energy-efficient HVAC system to ensure continuous operation.
ODATA provides advanced IT infrastructure and data centre solutions for global organisations. As part of its expansion, the company is developing a new facility with a critical IT load of 8 MW. The 7,000 sqm data centre will house high-density server racks, requiring robust and efficient cooling to manage the significant heat generated.
To meet these demands, the site will be equipped with nine Daikin EWADC10TZXSB2 chillers, delivering a total cooling capacity of 11,250 kW. This high-performance chiller plant has been specifically selected to optimise data centre cooling efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and maintain precise temperature control.
Maximising HVAC Efficiency in Data Centres
Energy consumption is one of the biggest challenges in modern data centres. Implementing an energy-efficient HVAC system is essential to reduce operational costs and improve overall sustainability.
Daikin’s in-house developed screw inverter technology enables precise load matching and optimised performance, ensuring the chiller plant operates at maximum efficiency under varying conditions. This advanced technology helps ODATA achieve its efficiency targets while maintaining consistent cooling performance.
Ensuring Data Centre Reliability and Uptime
Reliability is critical in data centre environments, where even minimal downtime can have significant operational and financial impacts. The ODATA SP2 facility is designed to meet Tier III certification standards, allowing a maximum of just 93 minutes of downtime per year.
To achieve this, the HVAC system incorporates built-in redundancy, ensuring continuous operation during maintenance or unexpected unit downtime. Additional features, such as rapid restart capability, enable the chillers to quickly return to full load, preventing temperature fluctuations and protecting critical IT infrastructure.
During the development phase, Mr Leon Cristalino and Mr Kelvin Tamura from ODATA’s Engineering & Deployment Team visited Daikin Applied Europe to test three of the nine units. They emphasised the importance of efficiency and reliability:
“Being able to provide our services at a lower price than competitors, makes us more attractive for clients. The more efficient is the chiller plant in our data center, the more competitive will be our offer to the market. Also, reliability is crucial for data centers. Our plant is going to be Tier 3 certified - a certification that only allows 93 min of downtime a year - and to meet its requirements, we are going to have a number of chillers and then redundancy, so we have back up in case of maintenance or units’ downtime. Even though we have redundancy, we want to be a 100% prepared for outages, the rapid restart option is a way to prevent the increase of temperature, helping bringing the chillers back to full load capacity”