Data Farm
Net-Zero Office | Studio Project
Spring 2021
Charlotte, NC
Instructor: Mona Azarbayjani
Partner : Anna Gelich
Designated as a hub for future high tech companies, our 30-story office tower which accumulated a medium data storage center aims to maximize the efficiency of building systems operation, to use waste heat WW to reduce carbon emissions and provide the office with the “green Internet”. Data Centers have become an essential part of every office reality. Many offices all over the world use local data storage systems. According to the International Energy Agency, data centers consume approximately 200 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, contributing to 0.3% of all global C02 emissions. Consisting of cables, servers, routers, tubes, coolers, and wires, these storages consume vast amounts of energy in an incongruously wasteful manner.