According to Uptime's in-depth research on the global data center industry conducted in 2017, a notable trend has already emerged: at that time, 10% of data centers had already prospectively adopted Li-ion batteries as their key backup energy solution, a percentage that marks the initial rise of Li-ion battery technology applications in the data center field. Now, with the continuous progress of technology and cost-effectiveness becoming more and more prominent, Schneider Electric, as the industry's leading energy management and automation solutions provider, is predicting that the average annual growth rate of lithium batteries in the field of data centers in the next three years will be more than a staggering 100%, indicating that lithium batteries are accelerating to become the mainstream choice of energy backup in data centers.
Zeconex, as an innovative enterprise focusing on high-efficiency energy storage and management technology, follows this trend of industry change and is committed to providing optimized lithium battery energy storage system solutions to meet the urgent needs of data centers for high reliability, long life, fast response and environmental protection and energy saving. Our solutions can not only effectively improve the energy efficiency of data centers and reduce the reliance on traditional lead-acid batteries, but also provide stable and reliable power support for data centers in emergencies, ensuring business continuity and data security.
By integrating advanced battery management systems (BMS) and intelligent monitoring technologies, Zeconex's Li-ion battery solutions are able to monitor battery status in real time, optimize charging and discharging strategies, extend battery life, and significantly reduce operation and maintenance costs. In addition, we also provide customized design services to create highly efficient and compact energy storage systems according to the specific needs and space layout of the data center, helping data centers achieve green, low-carbon and sustainable development.
(1)South Korea
In South Korea, thanks to Samsung / LG / SK and other lithium battery manufacturers to promote lithium batteries in the field of energy storage and data centers have long been widely used, it is understood that South Korea has nearly 80% of the newly built data centers UPS using lithium batteries. 2012 the world's first lithium battery data center - Shinhan Bank (Shinhan Bank) put into operation. Shinhan Bank (Shinhan Bank) put into use, which used 34 sets of Schneider Electric 500KVA UPS and more than 10,000 Samsung lithium batteries, so far without any battery failure.
(2) Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong
In Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and other areas where land is scarce, the user for the battery space and weight is more concerned about the energy density of lithium batteries is lead-acid batteries several times the space than lead-acid batteries to reduce the lead-acid batteries more than 60% of the valuable room space can be placed in the server room cabinets to rent out the profit (Figure 2). At the same time, the weight of lithium batteries than lead-acid batteries more than 70% lighter, so can greatly reduce the pressure on the floor load-bearing for office buildings converted into a data room, load-bearing transformation costs can be significantly reduced.
(3) India
In India, due to the unstable utility power supply leads to frequent battery charging and discharging, and high ambient temperatures, ordinary lead-acid batteries 2 ~ 3 years to be replaced, and the use of lithium batteries because of its ability to adapt to high temperatures, discharge can be quickly recharged, the number of cycles 4 times the lead-acid batteries, so in India, such as the price and its sensitive market, although lithium batteries are more than twice the price of lead-acid batteries, but still by the user and consulting firms. For example, the world's largest search engine companies, beverage companies and consumer goods companies in India's data center have adopted Schneider Electric VX UPS + lithium battery configuration.
(4) North American market
In the North American market, customers are more rationally concerned about the data center TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), because compared to the initial purchase price of the hardware, the equipment later maintenance and replacement costs (OPEX) cost more. Data center UPS design life is usually more than 10 years, and its supporting lead-acid batteries, although the nominal design life of 10 years, but usually in the first 5 to 6 years to be replaced, because the use of lead-acid batteries in the late use of its capacity will show a precipitous drop, lead-acid batteries in the remaining capacity to reach 80% is declared obsolete. And lithium batteries, even after 10 to 15 years of use , their residual capacity still reaches more than 80%, its capacity decline is a nearly linear gradual process. We suggest that lithium batteries can be used to at least 70% capacity. In view of the lithium battery's long life design and high cycle times, in the UPS 10-year life cycle are not required to replace, and lead-acid batteries need to be replaced at least once, the lithium battery can be offset by the lithium battery's capacity, which is more than 80% of its remaining capacity.
This alone can offset lithium batteries less than two times the cost pressure. Lithium batteries come with a three-level BMS (Battery Management System), so you can realize each cell, module, rack and system for online intelligent management. Only a computer can understand the electrical status and health trend of the battery in real time through the BMS, eliminating the need for service engineers to go to the site to measure the battery one by one, which is a laborious task. Lead-acid batteries require regular charging and discharging to activate battery performance and prevent plate passivation, while lithium batteries do not require these complex maintenance operations, thus reducing operating costs.
(5) China
In China, UPS to lithium battery trend will be more rapid. Lithium battery industry are highly automated production lines, production capacity determines the cost, which is a nearly winner-take-all industry. As the world's producer of lithium batteries, in recent years, manufacturers are vigorously expanding production, but the result is that the industry has a serious overcapacity, with the Chinese government for electric vehicles subsidies are shrinking, lithium battery industry urgently need to open up new applications for growth, such as wind energy storage, grid frequency regulation, communications power supply, UPS backup batteries and so on, will become a new favorite of the lithium battery market.
The application of lithium batteries in the global data center is in a period of rapid growth, and Zeconex, as a leader in this field, will continue to promote technological innovation to provide customers with more high-quality, efficient lithium battery energy storage solutions, and jointly promote the green transformation and upgrading of the data center industry.