Each of us generates a huge amount of data every day, and it’s growing at a rapid pace as we contribute to every activity we do online, whether it’s sending an email, listening to music, watching movies on different platforms, or configuring smart home systems. Add to this the data that companies generate about consumers, to manage business processes or human resources, not to mention products that work on the basis of data transmission or monitoring (telephony, medical devices, etc.). All these trillions of gigabytes of data must be hosted, analyzed and stored securely in special centers.

The growing volume of data, 70% of which is generated by individual users, requires the creation or expansion of data centers that account for 1-1.5% of global energy consumption, equivalent to the aviation industry. Estimates show that this percentage will reach 8% by 2030 if no action is taken in this regard.

“Net zero” data center emissions, provided by Innova Engineering

In this context, the Innova Engineering team, the largest integrator of data centers in Romania, is the only one in our country capable of designing, building, maintaining and operating data centers up to level IV, according to the rules of the “EU Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers” , created for sustainable management of energy consumption. The industry’s highest standard, Tier IV certification, guarantees a center uptime of 99.995% per year, meaning only a maximum of 26.3 minutes of downtime per year.

The company has also included among its achievements the most important critical infrastructure projects in Romania, its client portfolio is impressive and covers almost all market segments: telecommunications, financial system, industry, central and local administration. Another outstanding achievement of the company is how it has always managed to adapt to the rapid pace of development, evolution and technological challenges in IT&C.

The challenges that Innova professionals face in the future stem from the Paris Agreement and refer to the new European directives on environmental policy and strategy, reducing the carbon footprint and the DNSH (Do No Significat Harm) principle.

According to the DNSH principle, according to the European Green Deal, research and innovation activities must not support or represent initiatives that cause significant harm to any of the six environmental goals: mitigation of climate change, sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources , prevention and pollution. control, adaptation to climate change, transition to a circular economy, protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems.

The company’s team of senior professionals offers solutions to its clients’ energy efficiency challenges, guaranteeing sustainability, redundancy and climate resilience of data centers both in Romania and in the countries of the South East Europe region. And, as a result of the participation and successful completion of some large-scale projects in our region, the company’s management approved and started the opening of its branches in Hungary, Greece and the Republic of Moldova.

“Our goal for the coming years is to play an active role in achieving the goal of net zero emissions in the field of data processing centers. And everything will work out for us!” convinced Walter Kor Hagigalinis, CEO of Innova Engineering.

Looking ahead, continued demand for autonomous vehicle technology, virtual reality, the metaverse, and more will drive demand for low-carbon data centers. Innova Engineering is looking forward to this chapter, for which it is already well prepared.

The article was developed by Innova Engineering