ABB MegaFlex DPA receives ecopassport® accreditation

Data center operators face
ambitious sustainability goals, with PEP, the industry's respected accrediting agency, offering the ability to safely assess the compliance of eco-efficient
electrical equipment with the
criteria.
The fact that large data center operators have signed the European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact with the aim of achieving net-zero emissions by 2030 has made it even more important for electrical equipment to have a sustainability reference in the race to be environmental. ABB has made its own contribution to this race by obtaining the highly prestigious PEP ecopassport® accreditation for the MegaFlex DPA device, which offers a power range of up to 6 MW in a single system.
PEP; It is an organization consisting of manufacturers, users, corporate and professional associations and is responsible for the manufacture, distribution, installation of products as well as the implementation of the PEP ecopassport® program, which evaluates with strict performance criteria throughout its lifetime. Offering an international frame of reference, this program provides reliable, transparent, comparable and proven environmental performance indicators for electrical and electronic devices, heating and cooling equipment.

ABB MegaFlex DPA offers best-in-class efficiency of 97.4%, while reducing carbon emissions by up to 641 tonnes over the product lifecycle; this is equivalent to the emissions caused by 200 vehicles over the course of a year. At the same time, thanks to its compact design, it saves up to 45% in footprint and significantly reduces the total cost of ownership with a service life of up to 15 years. The most reliable UPS of its kind on the market, this system provides easy and secure connectivity with its modular design based on ABB's decentralized parallel architecture (DPA). This innovative system offers all the basic functional units required for independent operation, maximizing reliability and availability, ensuring that each module has all the essential elements of a UPS.

Diana Garcia, Sustainability Leader in Power Protection in ABB Smart Power division, said: "We are proud to have received this accreditation, which enables a third party to verify the ecological properties of MegaFlex DPA. To meet the increased power demands of modern data storage solutions, durability is required throughout the system to ensure a clean and sustainable flow of power. Our MegaFlex DPA UPS solution also contributes to lower carbon global data center industries by combining the highest available efficiency rates with the lowest footprint."
Data centers' power needs can vary significantly, so the level of adaptation to manage energy use is required. MegaFlex DPA's intelligent system automatically adjusts the number of active modules according to power demand, minimizing losses and increasing productivity. Modules that are not needed enter standby mode, while they are ready to be reactivated in case the load increases.
MegaFlex DPA offers continuous monitoring for maintenance planning and reduction using cloud-based predictive maintenance, significantly reducing operational costs and material waste over the entire life cycle.
The fact that the solution received the "Efficient Solution" label from the Solar Impulse Foundation in 2020 was also an important indicator of ABB's efforts to reduce power losses.