MovinCool’s CMW30 water-cooled, ceiling-mount air conditioner is designed for server rooms and other applications with dense heat loads, but where a MovinCool air-cooled model cannot be used due to the lack of available space in which to direct hot exhaust air.
MovinCool’s CMW30 water-cooled, ceiling-mount air conditioner is designed for server rooms and other applications with dense heat loads, but where a MovinCool air-cooled model cannot be used due to the lack of available space to direct hot exhaust air into.
IT technology has increased in density over the
past decade to the point where individual racks can now require more than
30,000 watts of energy. In 2007, an article by John Niemann, product line
manager at APC-MGE, reported that new server technologies were driving power
densities in excess of 30 kilowatts per cabinet.
A 2006 AFCOM membership survey revealed that one
out of every four data centers will experience a business disruption serious
enough to affect the company’s ability to continue business-as-usual.
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.
Most people usually make most of their predications for next year at year’s end. This year, however, there are so many game changers this year I wanted to make my forecasts early in time to be incorporated into our plans and projects scheduled for 2011.