The focus for IT and data center managers over the last decade has been on decreasing PUE, increasing the temperature of IT spaces, and defining new approaches to cooling in-rack equipment. However, challenges persist as power consumption within rack environments continues to accelerate.
Based on recent conversations with IT and data center managers, it’s clear they expect power consumption to creep higher, with 12 kW to 17 kW being the new normal range in many enterprise IT racks.