Rittal Corporation
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Increasing power requirements for new servers have created the need to support higher density computing platforms in existing data centers. With kW per rack averages increasing from 3kW/rack to, in some extreme cases, more than 30kW/rack, the need for providing more efficient ways of cooling IT equipment is imperative.

A number of rack manufacturers, and data center operators alike, are now advocating the use of “air containment” systems for meeting this challenge. By preventing the mixing of hot and cold air streams, data center cooling can be made more efficient and Computer Room Air Conditioner (CRAC) performance can be significantly improved. When deployed in well-designed and operated facilities, these containment systems look promising.

This report documents the testing of a cold aisle containment system in a “live” data center. The goal of the test program was to benchmark the performance of Rittal’s Cold Aisle Containment (CAC) system by comparing data collected in the same data center operating under identical conditions with and without containment.

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