The data center is one of the most dynamic and critical operations in any business.

The pursuit for a holistic metric that covers the complete data center performance is still ongoing.

Data centers are complicated, fluid, and sometimes risky places.

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A colocation data center can provide IT facilities equipment, rack space, connectivity, and environmental support facilities, including power, cooling, physical security, and physical storage.

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In today’s data center landscape, facility managers seek to operate with reliable and energy efficient equipment that produces a low total cost of own-ership.

As the cloud gains popularity among endusers, cloud providers are looking for opportunities to expand their business through data center acquisitions.

The controls industry has recognized the increased need for component, equipment, and system interrelatedness, and has moved to more open com-munication protocols that facilitate easier integration into local and/or distributed facility monitoring control systems.

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