This infographic, titled “Third Party Integration, Telemetry & APIs,” outlines a four-pillar framework for establishing secure, efficient, and standardized real-time data integration between IT and OT systems in facility and data center environments.
https://www.opencompute.org/documents/third-party-integration-telemetry-apis-final-pdf/
Detailed Image Breakdown
- Real-Time Telemetry Drives Operational Efficiency
- Visuals: Speedometer gauge labeled “OPTIMIZATION” and a microchip connected to a gear and power plug.
- Description: Automated collection of thermal and power metrics enables optimization of PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) and WUE (Water Usage Effectiveness), along with proactive fault detection.
- Bridging the Sensitive IT/OT Security Boundary
- Visuals: OT facility buildings (BMS/PMS), a central bridge structure, and tenant IT cloud networks.
- Description: Facility Operational Technology (OT) systems—such as BMS and PMS—must safely exchange real-time telemetry with tenant IT networks without compromising perimeter security.
- Enforcing Zero Trust Data Exchange
- Visuals: A secure shield lock, mTLS encryption keys, Open API connectors, and DMZ-isolated server brokers.
- Description: Secure communication channels require mutual TLS (mTLS) encryption, open standard APIs (MQTT, REST, Redfish), and DMZ-isolated message brokers.
- Call for Unified Industry Telemetry Standards
- Visuals: Standardized documentation with a global seal, a continuous lifecycle loop (Standardize Architectures $\rightarrow$ Data Schemas $\rightarrow$ Auditability Logging), and an upward trend chart labeled “SCALABLE EFFICIENCY”.
- Description: To achieve scalable efficiency, stakeholders across the industry must unify architectures, data schemas, and auditability logging standards.
Summary
Integrating real-time telemetry across the IT/OT divide is critical for optimizing facility resource efficiency (PUE/WUE). Doing so at scale requires implementing strict Zero Trust controls (mTLS, DMZ brokers, open APIs) alongside unified industry standards for data schemas, system architectures, and audit logging.
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