According to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), less than half the power used by a typical data center powers its IT equipment. The other half is used to support infrastructure that includes cooling systems, uninterruptible power supply inefficiencies, power distribution losses, and lighting.
Even after decades of collective efforts to simplify data center management, many IT and facilities teams still feel that they are struggling just to keep up with the rapid rates of change and staggering growth.
The digital word is growing at a frantic pace. Ninety percent of our information was created in the past decade and that information largely lives on the internet.
What’s holding you back from having a world-class data center? If your challenges include outdated or inefficient cooling systems, then the answer could be easier and less expensive than you might think.
Stopping the presses at the Chicago Sun Timesled to the rise of a one-of-a-kind mission critical powerhouse on Chicago’s South Side. The 317,000-sq-ft legacy printing facility is now a robust colocation data center, featuring low latency, high reliability, and redundant infrastructure that swaps the written word for digital content — a real sign of the times.
This is not just another article about power usage effectiveness (PUE) and how to measure or improve it. Just when you thought you were a responsible, efficiency conscious data center manager and were comfortable with your data center’s PUE, ASHRAE’s proposed new 90.4 standard may be about to move your cheese. Are you prepared to prove your power usage effectiveness (PUE)of your facility to the local building inspector?