Data Center Simulator
Take control of a critical facility. Balance server workloads and cooling systems to maintain optimal PUE without overheating the hardware.
What is PUE?
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is the standard metric for measuring how efficiently a data center uses energy. It is the ratio of the total power consumed by the facility divided by the power delivered directly to the IT equipment (servers).
- A PUE of 1.0 is mathematically perfect�meaning 100% of electricity goes to compute power, and 0% is wasted on cooling, lighting, or power distribution losses.
- Older "Legacy" facilities often have a PUE around 2.0 or higher, meaning for every 1 Watt of compute, they spend 1 Watt cooling it down.
- Modern "Hyper-Scale" facilities (like Google or AWS) use advanced liquid cooling and AI-driven thermal management to achieve PUEs close to 1.10.
In this simulation, watch how turning up the cooling fans lowers your temperature but drastically hurts your PUE score as total facility power skyrockets!