Leo Chen

IDC Senior Architect
Alibaba Infrastructure Service

Leo Chen, is responsible for data center design and solution development. Prior to the role, he has worked globally for data center design and construction. In Alibaba Infrastructure Service, he leads the modular data center design and develops plans for different technologies applications.

Sessions

Sep 14 2016

10:00

ALL-CONFERENCE PANEL DISCUSSION: Infrastructure coping strategies for exponential data growth - the next set of hurdles for the data center industry

George Rockett, CEO & Co-Founder, DatacenterDynamics Leo Chen, IDC Senior Architect, Alibaba Infrastructure Service Yuval Bachar, Global Infrastructure Architecture, LinkedIn

How is infrastructure enabling the exponential data growth? Hear from webscale leaders as they share their challenges, capacity management strategies and evolution in their infrastructure design.

15:10

Chinese internet giants’ innovation in data center design and technology

Leo Chen, IDC Senior Architect, Alibaba Infrastructure Service

Chinese data center market is recognisably huge, with web/internet giants’ significant server deployments, including the top 3 BAT(Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) and some others such as Qihu360 and JD.com. This session covers a master understanding of the latest technology and best practices in China, including:

Power design with 240V and embedded battery in rack/server level without tradition tower AC UPS
Use of distributed and remote redundancy for N+1 design
Effective use of prefabricated design in remote data center sites
Energy efficient through innovative cooling best practices with different free cooling methods and airflow management design

Design + Build