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Earth Day Innovations: Sustainable Solutions from nVent

Earth Day is a great day to think about how to better protect and preserve our planet. As we celebrate this important day, we are excited to share several of our innovative solutions that can drive sustainability and reduce environmental footprint for our customers. At nVent, we are committed to advancing technologies that enhance efficiency, reduce waste and contribute to a greener future. Read on to explore how nVent is working with our industry to enhance sustainable practices, from energy-efficient cooling systems to smart grid solutions.  

Liquid Cooling 

The adoption of next-generation technologies, such as AI, is increasing the demand for data and computing. More advanced chip technologies produce more heat, so the methods data centers deploy to cool equipment has enormous implications for sustainability.  

Effective and sustainable liquid cooling technology is a major need for the growing data center industry, and nVent is a leader in developing, manufacturing and installing this technology. Liquid cooling solutions can provide significantly greater energy efficiency than traditional air cooling methods because liquid cooling can get closer to the source of heat within an IT system, and liquids have a higher heat-transfer capacity than air. In fact, liquid cooling can provide an up to 45% improvement in power usage effectiveness (a measure of data center energy efficiency) compared to air cooling.  

Our liquid cooling designs can help data centers use less water because the liquid in our systems circulates in a closed loop within the IT infrastructure. Rejecting heat through closed-loop water systems can help ease the strain on air cooling systems while opening opportunities for heat reuse by repurposing the warm water in freeze protection and ice melting, heating, and even agricultural applications 

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Efficient Power Connections 

Our electrical connection products form a crucial backbone that helps to ensure safe and reliable electrical power to people all around the world. Creating safe and reliable electrical connections is essential to building a reliable clean energy grid. When energy is lost while being transmitted between different pieces of electrical equipment, such as inverters and transformers, it reduces the efficiency of the overall system.  

Energy storage can be used to alleviate strain on the electrical grid during peak use times and is critical for renewable energy. As electricity demand accelerates, energy storage technologies have an important role to play in managing power distribution effectively, contributing to improved grid resilience. Additionally, energy storage enables renewable energy expansion by allowing energy to be generated and used at different times. Our advanced electrical connections help our customers improve power density, reduce material use, reduce the weight and size of equipment, improve safety, and reduce downtime. Our connection solutions can be customized in the factory to meet exact customer specifications, which makes installation simpler and faster and reduces potential failure points within electrical systems. 

Power Management 

nVent’s power management solutions help data centers more efficiently manage energy use. Our intelligent power distribution units (PDUs) monitor power usage and provide alerts in the event of power surges or other issues. These remote, real-time insights help data center operators identify equipment using too much power or reaching breaker limits and mitigate those potential issues quickly and safely. 

Powering next-generation IT equipment efficiently and effectively can be a challenge as power requirements shift and the power density required for racks of high-tech equipment grows. As data centers continue to expand, data center operators need systems to deliver the right amount of electricity to equipment while remaining within the capabilities of cooling systems to handle those heat loads. Data centers also need to constantly manage power delivery to use energy efficiently and keep equipment protected. 

We address this challenge with high-power smart PDUs that sit within data center racks and actively monitor the data center environment, continually looking for threats from electrical circuit overloads and any physical or environmental conditions that might place critical IT computing loads at risk. Using smart power distribution can help data centers reduce their energy consumption up to 10%.  

Renewable Energy Protection 

Renewable energy producers are facing pressure to generate more energy than ever before. Our specialized enclosures protect renewable energy installations in harsh environments, including remote solar installations and onshore and offshore wind power plants. As the energy grid gets smarter, grid operators require more sensitive electrical equipment to regulate power production and distribution.  

We protect power generation and distribution infrastructure. The shift to renewable energy is requiring grid operators to draw on power coming from renewable energy that is farther away from where that energy will be consumed. This requires them to construct new transmission lines and substations to bring clean power from remote solar and wind installations to the communities that need it. We use our application expertise alongside our lightning protection and grounding solution portfolios to help keep transmission lines and electrical substations protected from natural and human-made disruptions such as lightning, rain and tampering. 

Learn more about nVent’s sustainability innovations in the Products section of our 2024 Sustainability Report

About nVent

We connect and protect with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions that help build a more sustainable and electrified world.  

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