PRESENTATION
2017 - Users Conference - San Francisco - Facilities, Water and Industry Management
Demystifying the Data Center
PI Coresight was renamed PI Vision in 2017
Digital Realty Colocation (formerly Telx) is a leading provider of interconnection and colocation services. Digital realty’s Engineering Data Warehouse (EDW) uses OSIsoft’s PI Server™ to collect and store over 50,000 critical space data points to the system daily. The backbone of the Data Warehouse is Asset Framework (AF) Model, which provides an asset structure that helps drive asset analytics and critical Key Performance Indicator (KPI) visualizations. Developed by Casne Engineering Inc., this model calculates and drives real time data displays created using PI Coresight™, and provides crucial forecasting data with regards to each of its facilities Power Utilizations Efficiency (PUE) quotients. The highlight of the EDW is the Energy Management’s Capacity Planning Platform used to track and determine the most efficient space to bring in new assets while maintaining the ideal margins of power to ensure the continuity of power supply to their entire customer portfolio.
Industry
- Facilities & Data Centers
- General
Company
CASNE Engineering
Speaker
Brandon Lake
Working with PI for over 10 years in all types of roles from OSIsoft Field Service, to EA customer and now Partner. Brandon is a promoter of data intelligence.
Company
Digital Realty
Speaker
Stephanie Gupana
Stephanie Gupana supports the energy management team for interconnection and data center company, Digital Realty (DLR). In this role, she is responsible for managing strategic energy management initiatives in 22 colocation data center facilities located across 13 US markets. Prior to joining DLR, Stephanie was a senior consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy and worked exclusively with energy efficiency standards for consumer electronics.
Stephanie began her career in research, focusing on naval missions, during her time at The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). Upon leaving ARL, she worked as an engineer for global security and aerospace corporation, Lockheed Martin, and is a graduate of the company's Engineering Leadership Development Program. Stephanie holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University and a Master's in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University.
An avid marathon runner, traveler and hiker, Stephanie recently traveled to Tanzania and successfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro. When not exploring the globe, she resides in Brooklyn, NY with her German Shorthaired Pointer rescue, Everett.