Data center designers and operators have a choice of strategies that can result in significant reduction in chiller plant connected power and consequently energy consumption. Two options involving relaxing some of the tight temperature ranges under which plants were traditionally designed and operated in particular, have proven effective:
These strategies, combined with proper aisle containment practices, will result in a 10 to 14 percent reduction in data center energy consumption at the low end and 15 to 18 percent at the high end.