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KlingStubbin's Bruce Myatt looks at new technologies and policies, especially those that originate on the West Coast, that drive improvements in data center design and operations.

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Supercomputing Advances Will Change Our Power and Cooling Strategies

This field is developing answers to our challenging issues
April 02, 2012
Bruce Myatt
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In the Jan/Feb issue of Mission Critical, Zinc Whiskers focused on how the “cloud” operates as an automatically virtualized environment that creates very high power densities in processing areas.


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Beyond PUE and onto HPC

Power and cooling efficiency is the order of the day
February 06, 2012
Bruce Myatt
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For the last five years, data center owners and operators across the globe have been very focused on improving the energy efficiency of our data center power and cooling systems and reducing PUE.


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A Guide to Data Centers

Data centers come in four main types, and each brings its own special design and operations requirements
October 01, 2011
Bruce Myatt
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Designers of information technologies (IT) facilities today are challenged to keep up with several varieties of environments, some of which are mission critical and others that are not. 


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Data Center Air Cooling Solutions: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

June 01, 2011
Bruce Myatt
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Why we still don’t understand contained aisles and why we need to take more care in their design. 2011 ASHRAE guidelines are the beginning of a new era in data center air cooling.


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In Search of the Optimal Data Center Module

February 09, 2011
Bruce Myatt
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Size isn’t everything


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Integrating IT and Facilities at the Rack and Server Level

November 01, 2010
Bruce Myatt
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Plus a look at Chill Off 2


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Going Beyond the Cloud

July 01, 2010
Bruce Myatt
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On to ultra-low power servers and next generation processors


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Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay until Something Better Comes Along

March 01, 2010
Bruce Myatt
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The cloud is accelerating data center operating and energy efficiencies


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DOE Awards $47 Million to High Tech Innovators

February 01, 2010
Bruce Myatt
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $47 million to 14 projects to improve energy efficiency in the information technology (IT) and communication
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Zinc Whiskers: Low-Cost Data Center Energy Efficiency Programs in Action

October 01, 2009
Bruce Myatt
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When cutting power, space and cooling is your only option
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