{"id":38495,"date":"2009-01-09T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T16:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmengine.net\/2009\/01\/09\/green-it-data-center-of-a-bank-entirely-powered-by-fuel-cells\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:06:55","slug":"green-it-data-center-of-a-bank-entirely-powered-by-fuel-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/2009\/01\/09\/green-it-data-center-of-a-bank-entirely-powered-by-fuel-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Green IT: Data Center of a Bank entirely powered by Fuel Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:it--><a href=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/fuelcell1-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105\" title=\"Fuel Cell\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.vmengine.net\/vmengineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/fuelcell1-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel Cell\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/fuelcell1-292x300.jpg 292w, http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/fuelcell1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO &#8211; Nebraska, USA) wanted to insure its data center against any power outage. So they built a new &#8220;underground&#8221; data center in Omaha, lined with concrete. The facility is powered by hydrogen fuel cells, fully operational &#8220;off the grid&#8221;, not connected to the national electricity grid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the entire city of Omaha loses electrical power, we don&#8217;t lose it,&#8221; says CIO and SVP Ken Kucera.<\/p>\n<p>The FNBO data center&#8217;s servers and cooling equipment are supported by four phosphoric acid fuel cells that generate up to 225 kW of power.<\/p>\n<p>FNBO is among the few data centers in the United States that are wholly or partially powered by hydrogen fuel cells, which is more expensive than traditional sources of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>APC recently introduced &#8220;Fuel Cell Extended Run (FCXR),&#8221; a hydrogen fuel cell-based energy backup solution that integrates with InfraStruXure&#8217;s rack and enclosure system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apc.com\/products\/infrastruxure\/index.cfm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106\" title=\"Infrastruxure\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cattura1.jpg\" alt=\"Infrastruxure\" width=\"500\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cattura1.jpg 576w, http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cattura1-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main obstacle to fuel cell adoption is cost. According to the EPA, most companies take nearly 16 years to get a return on fuel cell plants, even with government grants and tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>First National Bank of Omaha paid $2.6 million for its four fuel cell generators, for an equivalent of 15 cents per kWh, as opposed to the local cost of 3.5 cents. But the company has a different logic of supporting its investment. Ken Kucera claims that FNBO &#8220;gets the ROI in part from not needing to build and maintain a new $75 million backup center.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO &#8211; Nebraska, USA) wanted to insure its data center against any power outage. So they built a new &#8220;underground&#8221; data center in Omaha, lined with concrete. 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