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Data Center Operators Look to Cooling Strategies for Greater Efficiency

By Paul Gillin - January 15, 2021 1 Comment

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A closer look at data center cooling strategies, including tips on balancing power efficiency and water usage — a process that is unique to each data center and is affected by continual technology change.

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, data center sustainability, Liquid Cooling, Vertiv

Questions to Ask Your Data Center Partner to Ensure the Smartest Cooling Strategies

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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When you are selecting a data center partner, ask about the cooling approaches they use. The answers can provide insights into the data center’s ability to meet your expectations and your company’s sustainability goals. This new white paper from Trane explores the ins and outs of data center cooling, and how to ensure the most efficient solution.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Cooling, Data Center Design, Trane

The Connection Between Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Cooling

By Sarah Rubenoff - December 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Amid the global pandemic, societal habits have increased demand for data usage at an “unprecedented rate.” A new white paper from Siemens looks into the details for dynamically match cooling to IT load in real time. The paper contends that artificial intelligence is playing a key role in cooling today’s data centers.

Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Data Center Cooling, Data Center Operations, siemens

Cooling Edge Data Centers: It Requires More Thought

By Voices of the Industry - November 18, 2020 1 Comment

The team at TAS Energy highlights a variety of different approaches to cooling for edge data centers, from direct expansion cooling systems, to chilled water solutions, free cooling and more.

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, Edge Data Centers, TAS energy

Applying Sustainability Practices that will Reach Data Center Net-Zero Energy Goals

By Voices of the Industry - November 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Kris Holla, Group Vice President, Channel Sales for Nortek Data Center Cooling, highlights how focus on renewable energy alone will not help data centers reach sustainability net-zero goals. 

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, data center energy, data center sustainability, Nortek

New Report Explores ‘Key Steps’ for Optimizing Data Center Cooling Performance

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

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A new white paper, by Chatsworth Products (CPI) and Innovative Research Inc. (IRI), provides an overview of the key steps for optimizing the cooling performance of air-cooled data centers. This includes employing a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling software tool for analysis and exercising airflow management best practices that will help data center managers understand the what and how of optimizing airflow and, consequently, cooling performance.

Tagged With: Airflow Containment, Chatsworth Products, Data Center Cooling, Data Center Design

Waste Heat Utilization is the Data Center Industry’s Next Step Toward Net-Zero Energy

By Voices of the Industry - August 21, 2020 1 Comment

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Kris Holla, Group Vice President, Channel Sales for Nortek Air Solutions, explains how waste heat utilization or heat recycling can work to further data centers quest for energy efficiency and change the industry’s reputation as high energy consumers. However, not all data center cooling technology is suitable for waste heat recovery.

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, Energy, Heat Recycling, Nortek, reduce waste

How Prefab Modular Data Center Solutions Fell in Love with Thermal Control

By Voices of the Industry - June 25, 2020 1 Comment

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Data Aire’s Eric Jensen explores the growing relationship and connections between the prefab modular data center and thermal control. 

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, Modular Data Centers, Prefabricated Data Centers, thermal control

New Data Center Cooling Methods to Tackle Water, Power Challenges

By Sarah Rubenoff - June 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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There are two major challenges facing the data industry today. A new report from Nortek describes these hurdles are finite water and power resources. A new white paper explores a new data center cooling method called the StatePoint Liquid Cooling (SPLC)4 system from Nortek Solutions, and highlights a case study in Singapore.

Tagged With: Data Center Cooling, Data Center Power, Liquid Cooling, Nortek

Data Centers Feeling the Heat! The History and Future of Data Center Cooling

By Voices of the Industry - May 7, 2020 1 Comment

Dror Shenkar, Senior Architect of Intel Data Center Management Solutions, Intel,  and Shahar Belkin, VP R&D at Zuta-Core, explore the past, current and future landscape of data center cooling. What’s next? 

Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Data Center Cooling, Intel

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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The Basics of Selecting Rack-Mount Power Distribution Units and Power Strips

Almost every Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) equipment rack used to store compute, storage or network equipment requires a rack-mount Power Distribution Unit (PDU) or power strip to distribute power to equipment. But, if you are unfamiliar with electrical power distribution systems or even the differences in industry jargon, selecting a PDU or power strip can be challenging. This white paper, by Chatsworth Products (CPI), presents an overview of the basics of selecting Rack-Mount Power Distribution Units and power strips.

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