1 ICT, energy and data centers; a holistic view John Post Managing director Green IT Amsterdam region Board TKI SWITCH2SmartGrids

 Power and pollution, the bad and the ugly  European ambitions & reality  Dutch ambitions & reality  Consortium Green IT Amsterdam region  Greening of IT and greening by IT Agenda

1.Global fossil energy demand is growing, the supply is not. 2.Burning fossil fuels is bad for the environment 3.Energy and ICT are closely interlinked Three hard truths

Another hard truth Share of greenhouse gas emissions

Energy in Europe, two parallel trends  Larger energy companies.  Large power plants on large distance from energy consumer.  More exchange of energy across national borders.  Large number of small power plants (distributed generation, microgrids), renewables, new companies, often small and local.  New forms of cooperation, participation of end users. Europeanization:Localisation

The Dutch…. … a conducive innovation environment  Mindset of creativity, collaboration and reliability  Strong and open consultation and concensus model  Striving for open standards and open source Strong citizen involvement  Many citizen initiatives, Privacy conciousness, various living labs Unbundling of TSO, DSO, production/supply Well developed gas industry Integrative approach to energy cariers  Multi utility, Multi stakeholder Strong government involvement  Well developed PPPs: Amsterdam Smart City, innovation policy The Dutch characteristics

International grid, aka strong grid 7

Local smart grid 8 Issues:  Local balancing  New metering and financial systems  (un)predictability  Power to the people

Smart Grids: status in NL 9  Development of knowledge and products: PowerMatcher, Power Router, Smart Cable Guard, SASensor, etc.  First demonstration projects: Smart Storage, PowerMatching City, GROWders, etc.  Large-scale pilots are starting: Smart City A’dam, Easy Street, Couperus, Smart Energy Collective, etc.

Smart Grid Vehicle-to-Grid (V2X 10 Breakthrough to a broader societal and economical implementation of smart grids. Using electric vehicles powered by locally produced, renewable energy to create a balanced energy system and sustainable mobility Amsterdam participation in Smart Grids projects (1)

11 Amsterdam and data centers as a growing market

12 Ambitions Amsterdam householdsenterprisestraffic & transport

 Public-private network organisation (founded June 2010).  Contribute to reducing 40% CO2 in 2025 in Amsterdam  Ambitions realized by:  Greening of IT  Realising energy savings within the ICT sector  Greening by IT  Innovative use of ICT for the reduction of CO2 emissions in other sectors  Green IT Economy  Creating new business opportunities with Green IT Consortium Green IT Amsterdam region

Green Deal data centers  Agreement between the Dutch Government, the City of Amsterdam and Green IT Amsterdam Region  Creation of a data center improvement package  Coordinate with:  Nederland ICT  NL Agency (AgentschapNL): working group Datacenter Cooling  City of Amsterdam: EPP and PUE regulations  Activities:  Clustering of best practices (including feasibility aspects, planning, costs, etc)  Offering quick scans  Foundation for improving de-facto standard of data center energy efficiency in the Netherlands Source: GreenIT Amsterdam region Self-sufficient

Greening of IT Self-sufficient Incl. renewable energy The NYT DC ParticipationSmart grid

Deviation from a common trend Source: de kas als energiebron, stichting innovatie glastuinbouw On horticulture: Deviation in thinking on renewable energy can be found in turning around the supply of heath and cold processes to the horticulturist: Do not generate the energy needed for heating by degrading high value heath, but by upgrading low value heath with electrival water pumps in combination with short and long term storage” Smart grids

Thank you John Post Managing Director Consortium Green IT Amsterdam regio Board TKI SWITCH2SmartGrids Chairman Platform Open Data Nederland Twitter: