Baltic Data Center, a leader in the management of data centers and information systems in the Baltic States, will install a data center in Vilnius that will be one of the most environment-friendly ones in Europe. Instead of conventional cooling systems, this centre will use outdoor air. The new data center will use KyotoCooling technologies that have not been yet applied in the region. These technologies are being implemented by intelligent engineering solutions company Fima.

LTL 5.8 million have been invested in the new data center, the cooling of which is based on a rotary heat exchanger. This technology is currently implemented in only two companies in the Netherlands. It will allow reducing electricity costs by even 8 times. Environmental friendliness and energy efficiency will also be ensured by the possibility to use hot air from the data center for heating the company’s office premises.

According to Saulius Markunas, Director of Baltic Data Center, a company belonging to TEO Group, climatic conditions in Lithuania are favourable for cooling the data center with outdoor air. The ecological aspect was also important when choosing the KyotoCooling technology – this innovation will allow saving as much electricity as is consumed on average by approximately 1000 families in their homes”, - S. Markunas says.

Valdas Vrubliauskas, Head of Automation and Data Networks Solutions Department of UAB Fima, the company which is installing the data center, says that the uniqueness of the system, which has only recently been started to be used in the world, is that it uses "free", outdoor air. “During the operation of this cooling system, ventilators intake cold air from the outdoors and “transmit” it to a rotary heat exchanger. It gets cooled from the outdoor air temperature, whilst at the same time cooling the server room as well. The system operates on this principle until the outdoor temperature rises to 22 degrees Celsius above zero – then traditional cooling solutions are put into use”, - the company’s representative says.

Conventional data centers are cooled by using freon systems, which consume up to three quarters of the electricity required for the operation of servers.

Last year, Baltic Data Center installed the first in the Baltic States liquid-cooled data center, allowing to save up to 3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.

About Baltic Data Center

Baltic Data Center, a company belonging to TEO LT, AB Group of companies, is a leader in the management of data centers and information systems in the Baltic States. The company owns five modern data centers, which meet the highest requirements of security, and is the first company in its sector in the Baltic States the activities of which have been evaluated with the international certificate of compliance with the ISO 27001 standard.

Baltic Data Center services are trusted and used by the largest Lithuanian and foreign companies. The main focus of the continuously-growing company is on ensuring customers’ business continuity, security, cost savings and competitiveness.

About UAB Fima

US capital company Fima is a leading developer of intelligent engineering solutions in Lithuania, providing telecommunications, security, automation and data center solutions as well as individually tailored solutions for transport and energy sectors.

The company provides intelligent engineering solutions for Lithuanian and foreign business companies and state enterprises. It constantly participates in projects with the application of technological innovations, hereby contributing to the engineering modernisation of Lithuania.

Fima is on the list of potential NATO tender companies.
 
During almost two decades of activity Fima had implemented several thousand projects of different scope and complexity in Lithuania and abroad. More than a half of 100 biggest companies in Lithuania are clients of Fima.
 
Fima has its head office in Vilnius, also offices in Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and a subsidiary in Latvia. The subdivision of technical support unit “Fima Service Center” provides its customers with 24/7 maintenance services of electronic engineering systems. 

For more information, please contact:

Antanas Bubnelis, Press Officer, TEO LT, AB
Tel. +370 5 236 7537, mob. tel. +370 615 83 854, e-mail: antanas.bubnelis@teo.lt

Jurgita Bukauskaite, Marketing Manager, UAB Fima
Tel. (8 5) 2363594, mob. tel. (8 685) 31811, e-mail: JBukauskaite@fima.lt

29 January 2010