Meeting Details

Energy Efficiency in Data Centers – 1.02 PUE Data Center Project LLC being built at AZLabs in Mesa

Date: Thursday, March 24^th, 2016

Location: SRP Information Services Building (ISB), 1600 N Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281

Speakers: Dr. Darrell L. Richardson, R4 Ventures ; Mike Reytblat, R4 Ventures

Topic: "Energy Efficiency in Data Centers – 1.02 PUE Data Center Project LLC being built at AZLabs in Mesa"

• Data Center project description: High density, wholesale colo, built
in Tempest and SCIF certified facility, some level of HEMP protection,
full cyber security overlay
• Power usage in data centers
• Self generating power in our 9.6 MW data center
• Employing new power distribution paradigm
• Process cooling vs. comforting cooling in data centers and respective
energy usage
• Real Time Data Center Cooling System
• Energy savings potential
• EMP Mitigation

Speaker Bios:
Dr. Darrell L. Richardson:
Dr. Darrell L. Richardson (D.MCO) Chief Executive Officer and Manager


Darrell has extensive experience in the financial, energy and environmental services industries. He worked at Merrill Lynch as a Financial Consultant working with with small and mid-sized businesses on financial structuring. At Honeywell, he established a National Accounts group in the Communication Services Division, developing a cross Product Marketing collaboration with the Energy Controls division and jointly developed a shared energy savings financing program designed to financing all Honeywell building solutions. As an entrepreneur, Darrell developed a custom Energy Savings Finance Program and unique Energy Saving Insurance policy for the energy efficiency and conservation market. He served on the Board of Directors of Global ePoint, Inc. from 2002 to 2005, a NASDAQ homeland security technology company providing computers, computing solutions, and digital video products to municipal, state and federal law enforcement and transportation agencies. While on the Board, he served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee.

More recently, Darrell has worked in the mission critical / data center industry with a focus on new data center cooling methods and technologies. Darrell has developed several new data center design concepts including the most recent multi-location high density data center projects known as the 1.02 PUE Data Center Projects to be built in Tempe, AZ and Princeton, NJ. The 1.02 PUE Data Center Project (1.02 PUE will be an ongoing target of the project) will consist of a high density wholesale data center facility focusing on delivering significant … disruptive new technologies providing energy efficiency improvements coupled with renewable / alternative energy power generation components. The objective of this Project is to significantly reduce the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratio and Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) ratio in data centers, The high density wholesale data center will provide a built in revenue stream from leasing high density racks of 10 to 30 kW per racks (Design Load of 20kW per rack) to Enterprise Companies or Colocation Data Centers needing high density services and who are not willing to expend the capital required to upgrade their existing facility’s power and cooling infrastructure to accommodate a small percentage of their customers.

R4 Ventures LLC has invited and AATC University has accepted a participating role in these projects. In addition to the Project focus on being a High Density Wholesale Data Center, it will also be coupled with the Intelligent / Smart Building Design Solutions Lab and Renewable / Alternative Energy Lab. The Projects will serve as homes to AATC University campuses providing Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degree programs in the field of Mission Critical / Data Center operations and Cyber Security through AATC University’s accreditation.

Darrell received an honorary doctoral degree in Mission Critical Operations (D.MCO) from AATC University in February 2015 and has an Executive MBA in Marketing/Operations Management from the Minnesota Management Institute through the Graduate School of Management at University of Minnesota. He was appointed Regent of AATC University and serves as Vice Chairman of the Research Department and Ad Hoc Committee. AATC University offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in Mission Critical / Data Center Curriculum. Darrell serviced in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War period and attained a Top Secret Crypto Security Clearance.

Mike Reytblat:
Mike, Inventor / Scientist, has over 40+ years of unique, extensive and diversified engineering expertise applying systematic approaches in development engineering, design, field engineering/troubleshooting, optimization and solving difficult and seemingly unsolvable problems for various industries, including:
• Industrial HVAC & Environmental Control Systems
• Technological Processes & Automation
• Process Equipment
• Thermal Processes
• Wastewater/wastes utilization
• Cogeneration & Energy Systems
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Variety types of Equipment
• Safety systems for special application
• Fresh Water from Air technologies.
Mike has 2 Masters Degrees from Institutions in the former Soviet Union, MSME in HVAC & Gas Systems Engineering. Mike was Chief Plant Mechanical Engineering/Scientist at Motorola semi-conductor manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona responsible for all environment aspects of Motorola’s worldwide semi-conductor fabrication plants and clean rooms. While at Motorola, Mike designed & successfully implemented over 1000 different energy related projects, and solved 100’s of HVAC & other problems.
Mike is leading our company in managing strategic partnerships including technology transfer patent licensing arrangements with his friends, colleagues and collaborators located in the former Soviet Union. He is focusing on technology development and technology transfer through the work and efforts of these highly regarded scientists and inventors holding 100s of international patents.