Anyone involved with mission critical facilities understands that operating a data center is expensive. As energy and power costs rise, typical data centers pay millions of dollars in power bills in addition to other equipment and IT costs. The more data is used — from emails, to streaming video, to the internet, monitoring, security, etc., — the higher the cost of data center operations.
While data centers address the burden of increased operational and power expenses, there are ways to utilize infrastructure changes to allow for savings. One such strategy — used world over and only recently entering the U.S. market — is the use of low voltage UL approved Form 4b Type 7 design switchgear. With space a finite resource for data centers, every square foot consumed by gear in the power chain takes away from revenue-generating IT equipment. U.S. data center operators can better utilize their available space using Form 4b Type 7 design’s compact, fully compartmentalized and robust switchgear option for mission critical applications. Furthermore, this allows data centers to invest in superior power systems, system fault resilience, and enhanced operator safety. And with more space allotted to production, the more revenues can be generated from the facility.