Upsite Technologies Declares June As Data Center Airflow Management Awareness Month
Upsite to advocate the science behind and benefits of proper data center airflow management, enabling data center managers to cut costs and reduce energy consumption.
In an effort to increase public awareness of the benefits of proper data center airflow management, Upsite Technologies, Inc. has announced that June is Airflow Management Awareness Month.
The move is aimed to help promote the impressive reductions in energy consumed and corresponding environmental benefits that can occur through proper data center airflow management, which are among the most cost-effective adjustments with the largest rate of return for data centers. The announcement is being made at a critical time in the data center industry, as energy usage by data centers housed in the United States is forecast to increase to about 140 billion kilowatt-hours annually by 2020 while producing roughly 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution per year. [1] The U.S. Government has already taken steps to reduce energy usage in data centers utilized by federal agencies as laid-out in the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI), which includes reductions in Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) scores, requirements for energy metering, and goals for virtualization.