Network

WSTAR Data Centre, Vaasa
With the WSTAR Data Centre as a launch pad our goal is to initiate a new, national WSTAR data center research HUB for sustainable data center research and development. WSTAR HUB will be the Finnish access point to data center R&D, connecting universities, industry and regions, functioning as the first contact point for companies and researchers.
WSTAR will embrace local ecosystem but act nationwide, allowing access to wider funding and collaboration opportunities.

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New ideas, new projects
Why network:

• Access to the latest innovations
• New business opportunities
• Utilizing research infrastructures and research resources
• Testing and integration
• Sustainability and green technology
• Collaboration to achieve joint goals
• Connection to Energy Vaasa and external organizations

Goals
The general objective is to make data centers more sustainable:

• Increase demand in side management and flexibility
• Improve heat reuse
• Develop energy (electricity and heat) storage
• Model and simulate data center components
• Increase computing efficiency by optimizing data center operations.
• Increase in data center knowledge in Universities and Industry

How to get involved?
Contact the WSTAR Main Coordinator prof. Petri Välisuo
petri.valisuo@uwasa.fi / +358 29 449 8330