- Peer Learning
- Optional Data Center Tours
- Optional Tutorials
- Keynote Address
- Cloud Computing Track
- Data Center Management Track
- End User Case Studies Track
- Facilities Management Track
- Roundtable Discussions
- Product Information Sessions
- Open Forum Closing Session
- Event Overview
- Technologies
- Exhibiting Companies by Name
- Exhibiting Companies by Classification
- Floor Plan
- Strategic Partners
- Data Center World Sponsors
- Data Center World Raffle
- Data Center World End-User Expo Only Pass
Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your education. These presentations will give you a birdseye view of the inside of two world-class data centers. The Virtual Data Center Tours will take place Sunday, October 3, from 2:30–4:45pm.
Cost: $200 (for both tours)
VDCT01: Inside Emerson's LEED Gold Certified Global Data Center
Dave Sonner, Senior Director Product Marketing, Emerson Network Power
David Sonner leads the Product Management team for the Liebert AC Power Business, which includes three phase and single-phase UPS platforms and AC power distribution products across the Enterprise. David has more than 25 years experience in the data center power and cooling business with Emerson/ Liebert, having held various technical sales, operations, and product management positions. He is a member of AFCOM and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering from DeVry University.
John Berendzen AIA, LEED AP, Partner, Fox Architects
John Berendzen AIA, LEED AP is a partner at Fox Architects, St. Louis Missouri. He has more than 21 years of professional experience and specializes in the design of energy efficient, sustainable data centers. John is a past president of the St. Louis Chapter of American Institute of Architects, a trustee of the chapter's scholarship fund and an advisory board member for the Ville Marketplace, a redevelopment of a historic African American neighborhood in St. Louis.
Keith Gislason, IT Strategic Planner Emerson Corporate, Emerson
Keith Gislason is an IT strategic planner for Emerson and program manager for the Emerson Global Data Center Initiative. In his current role, Keith is responsible for all aspects of analysis, design and construction of new data center facilities and the consolidation of existing facilities. Prior to joining Emerson, Keith worked as a software developer and IT consultant. He has a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Manitoba and an MBA from Notre Dame.
Take a virtual tour of Emerson's new 35,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, energy-efficient global data center. See the latest strategies for creating an energy-efficient, highly available and concurrently maintainable physical infrastructure containing industry-leading features, including an AC power infrastructure offering three layers of redundancy; high-density precision cooling systems capable of cooling capacities upwards of 300 W per square foot; infrastructure management and monitoring technologies that enable remote management of the entire facility; and energy-saving features predicted to provide savings of 30 percent compared to a traditional data center. Discover the innovative strategies and technologies employed that earned the facility two high-profile industry recognitions for environmental responsibility: LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and a 2009 Beyond Green High Performance Building Award from the Sustainable Buildings Industry.
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Imagine building complete redundancy into the data center support infrastructure to the point that someone could take a chainsaw and cut down the middle of the room and none of the systems would go down. Yes, Keith Gislason, director of product management for Emerson Network Power, had the confidence to say this, but you'll have to ask him yourself if he's ever put it to the test. Find out more about this LEED Gold Certified facility in one of four optional Data Center Virtual Tours at Data Center World.
VDCT02: Microsoft's Redmond Ridge 1 - R&D Test Data Center
Rick Gauthier, Senior IT Director, Microsoft
Rick Gauthier has provided operations leadership to Microsoft for 11 years and has 19 years experience in the IT industry. As senior director for Microsoft IT's Research and Development Services (RDS), Rick oversees a team providing infrastructure and support for IT Engineering and Product Group development teams across Microsoft RDS supported infrastructure in the development, testing and deployment of products and services including Windows, Office and Xbox Live. The RDS team hosts and maintains over 40,000 Windows servers in multiple U.S. and International locations.
Microsoft recently designed and built a new R&D Test Data Center close to our Redmond, WA Campus. The facility is designed to be a high density, power efficient facility and when fully operational it will hold approximately 30,000 servers near 18MW. The design has significant advantages in terms of space and power efficiency, while being friendly to the environment. Come learn the drivers for designing the facility and how Microsoft implemented its design in this Virtual Data Center Tour.
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It's hard to imagine running a facility with no air conditioning, refrigeration, chillers or CRAC units. In fact, when AFCOM recently interviewed Microsoft's data center manager, Rick Gauthier, Senior IT Director for Microsoft, he called it the "coolest," most unique aspect of his facility.
Find out what options he went with and how it saved $17 million in mechanical capital costs in this exclusive Q&A.