Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia
In the context of the booming digital economy, the energy consumption of data centers (DC) is experiencing exponential growth, and achieving green transformation has become a crucial issue. This paper presents a coordinated spatio-temporal operation of wind–solar–storage-powered DCs considering buil...
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| author | Xuexue Qin Xiangyu Zhai Jiahui Zhang Xiaoyang Liu Xiang Bai Chuanjian Wu Longwen Chang Zening Li |
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| description | In the context of the booming digital economy, the energy consumption of data centers (DC) is experiencing exponential growth, and achieving green transformation has become a crucial issue. This paper presents a coordinated spatio-temporal operation of wind–solar–storage-powered DCs considering building thermal inertia. Firstly, based on users’ differentiated needs, the spatio-temporal flexibility of data loads is deeply explored to lower DC’s operation costs through load shifting. Secondly, a DC mathematical model considering building thermal inertia is established, revealing the quantitative relationship among air-conditioning power, data load rate, and building parameters. Finally, a coordinated spatio-temporal operation of wind–solar–storage-powered DCs considering building thermal inertia is proposed to promote renewable energy consumption and realize the green transformation of DC. The case study results show that the proposed strategy reduces the DC operation cost by 37.92% and significantly increases the renewable energy-consumption ratio. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2a7e8fa2627645afadbef61e8823f12f2025-08-20T03:46:48ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-05-011511178210.3390/buildings15111782Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal InertiaXuexue Qin0Xiangyu Zhai1Jiahui Zhang2Xiaoyang Liu3Xiang Bai4Chuanjian Wu5Longwen Chang6Zening Li7Energy Internet Key Laboratory of Shanxi Province, School of Electrical and Power Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaEnergy Internet Key Laboratory of Shanxi Province, School of Electrical and Power Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaShanxi Energy Internet Research Institute, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaShanxi Energy Internet Research Institute, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaShanxi Energy Internet Research Institute, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaState Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, Jinan 250002, ChinaEnergy Internet Key Laboratory of Shanxi Province, School of Electrical and Power Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaEnergy Internet Key Laboratory of Shanxi Province, School of Electrical and Power Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaIn the context of the booming digital economy, the energy consumption of data centers (DC) is experiencing exponential growth, and achieving green transformation has become a crucial issue. This paper presents a coordinated spatio-temporal operation of wind–solar–storage-powered DCs considering building thermal inertia. Firstly, based on users’ differentiated needs, the spatio-temporal flexibility of data loads is deeply explored to lower DC’s operation costs through load shifting. Secondly, a DC mathematical model considering building thermal inertia is established, revealing the quantitative relationship among air-conditioning power, data load rate, and building parameters. Finally, a coordinated spatio-temporal operation of wind–solar–storage-powered DCs considering building thermal inertia is proposed to promote renewable energy consumption and realize the green transformation of DC. The case study results show that the proposed strategy reduces the DC operation cost by 37.92% and significantly increases the renewable energy-consumption ratio.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/11/1782building thermal inertiadata centersenergy storagerenewable energy |
| spellingShingle | Xuexue Qin Xiangyu Zhai Jiahui Zhang Xiaoyang Liu Xiang Bai Chuanjian Wu Longwen Chang Zening Li Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia Buildings building thermal inertia data centers energy storage renewable energy |
| title | Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia |
| title_full | Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia |
| title_fullStr | Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia |
| title_short | Coordinated Spatio-Temporal Operation of Wind–Solar–Storage-Powered Data Centers Considering Building Thermal Inertia |
| title_sort | coordinated spatio temporal operation of wind solar storage powered data centers considering building thermal inertia |
| topic | building thermal inertia data centers energy storage renewable energy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/11/1782 |
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