Zinc Whiskers

Off-Grid Computing with On-Site Critical Cogeneration Power Plants

High availability data center and no grid

October 12, 2012

Over the last five years, the U.S. Department of Energy and the largest electrical utilities across the country have been working continuously to develop workable scenarios for meeting the future electrical power demand of our data centers.

Supercomputing Advances Will Change Our Power and Cooling Strategies

This field is developing answers to our challenging issues

Bruce Myatt

April 2, 2012

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In the Jan/Feb issue of Mission Critical, Zinc Whiskers focused on how the “cloud” operates as an automatically virtualized environment that creates very high power densities in processing areas.

Beyond PUE and onto HPC

Power and cooling efficiency is the order of the day

Bruce Myatt

February 6, 2012

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For the last five years, data center owners and operators across the globe have been very focused on improving the energy efficiency of our data center power and cooling systems and reducing PUE.

A Guide to Data Centers

Data centers come in four main types, and each brings its own special design and operations requirements

Bruce Myatt

October 1, 2011

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Designers of information technologies (IT) facilities today are challenged to keep up with several varieties of environments, some of which are mission critical and others that are not.

Data Center Air Cooling Solutions: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Bruce Myatt

June 1, 2011

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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.

In Search of the Optimal Data Center Module

Bruce Myatt

February 9, 2011

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Size isn’t everything

Integrating IT and Facilities at the Rack and Server Level

Bruce Myatt

November 1, 2010

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Plus a look at Chill Off 2

Going Beyond the Cloud

Bruce Myatt

July 1, 2010

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On to ultra-low power servers and next generation processors

Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay until Something Better Comes Along

Bruce Myatt

March 1, 2010

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The cloud is accelerating data center operating and energy efficiencies

DOE Awards $47 Million to High Tech Innovators

Bruce Myatt

February 1, 2010

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $47 million to 14 projects to improve energy efficiency in the information technology (IT) and communication