The most important question about data center design is, “Just what do I need to consider when designing and implementing a high density data center?” The key issues, in no particular order, continue to be power availability, heat removal capacity, cost factors (TCO, ROI, etc.), security (both physical and electronic), and green concerns. These issues are all vitally important and need to be addressed in any facility design.
By using best practices in data center design and hardware
consolidation, Sun was able to cut its its utility bill by over 60% and
earn over $1M in rebates. See just how Sun did it in this interactive
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA and DUBLIN - Digital Realty Trust, Inc. announced today the signing of two major leases totaling approximately 210,500 square feet at projects in Santa Clara, California, and Dublin, Ireland.
DANBURY, CT - FuelCell Energy released an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report showing positive operating results for one of the company’s Direct FuelCell (DFC) units. The power plant is installed at the State University of NY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse, New York.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced that it would develop a new supercomputing facility in Cheyenne, WY, with construction expected to be complete in 2010.