Look Closer at Power Efficiency

GE Critical Power Industrial Solutions

See how just a 1% gain saves

you millions in TCO.

Data Centers Use Approximately 3% of all Electricity Generated in the U.S.

When You Talk UPS Efficiency, You Have to Understand TCO

What is TCO? Total Cost of Ownership

To realize long-term benefits and cost savings of a TCO evaluation and purchase model, data center managers have an opportunity to align their CapEx-centric purchasing team to the OpEx goals of their operational teams.

HARRY HANDLIN Director of Critical Power Applications

GE’s Critical Power Business

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A TCO evaluation of the OpEx costs of operating a UPS over 10 years creates an operational savings of $1.4 million when energy efficiency improves a single percent − from 93 to 94 percent efficiency. With newer UPS technologies that offer up to

96.5 percent efficiency, that savings jumps to almost $3.4 million. Therefore, a one percent gain in energy

efficiency matters.

TCO vs. Efficiency

Total cost of ownership (TCO), the sum of capital expenditures (CapEx) and operational expenditures (OpEx), is a critical metric to understanding true and long-term costs when designing a new facility or selecting equipment. Yet with the explosion of data center expansion, identifying TCO variables when specifying, building and operating a data center may be more elusive, costing companies millions of dollars every year.

GE Businesses

Power Components Innovative technologies for a safe and reliable electrical infrastructure:

• Air, molded case and miniature circuit breakers

• General purpose controls

• Load centers

• Dry-type transformers

• Safety switches and disconnects

Industrial Solutions Business Units

Intelligent Platforms

High performance solutions that make the Industrial Internet real:

• Software and services: data

collection and analytic tools deliver operational intelligence and predictive analytics

• Control and communications for OEM, process, and high availability applications

• Embedded computing: rugged

electronics based upon open systems for industrial, defense and aerospace solutions

Critical Power End-to end portfolio of products and services to ensure reliable, efficient power:

• Large, medium, small power plants

• Uninterruptible Power Supplies

• Automatic transfer switches and paralleling switchgear

• Rectifiers and front ends

• AC/DC power and DC/DC power

Power Equipment

End-to-end electrical solutions to meet our customers’ needs:

• Low-Voltage Equipment:

switchgear, panelboards, motor control centers and enclosures

• Medium-Voltage Equipment: switchgear, motor control

centers and Vacuum Circuit Breaker

• Power Delivery Equipment:

power transformers, cast coil transformers, low- and medium-voltage busway

Industrial Services

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Power delivery services - Parts repair and services - Turnkey project management - Consultation and implementation services GE Internal and Confidential

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