In my last column I wrote about liquid cooling and thought I did a fair assessment of the current developments and various technologies (at least in my own opinion) and their thermal advantages.
The path to energy efficiency in data centers is increasingly becoming regulated by state and federal governments. Airflow containment is at the top of the list.
Airflow containment — the ability to isolate, redirect, and recycle hot exhaust air has revolutionized the idea of “free cooling” within the data center.
As the summer heat manifests its hold on the northern hemisphere and the temperatures rise, many data centers will test the limits of their cooling systems
We often measure data centers and other critical facilities in terms of capacity. Capacity is used to measure power, cooling, and of course space. Saying a facility has 50,000 sq ft of computer room space doesn’t really describe its actual capacity.
When Janna Bridges, Volusia County Schools data operations manager, first stepped into the district’s data center in Deland, FL, in 1998, she entered a room that contained one mainframe