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.

In today’s cost-conscious business climate, every facet of operations is under greater scrutiny as organizations look to increase efficiency and cut costs.

Advanced technology, expanding hardware, and more customers to serve make implementing the right data center solution criti-cal—especially where decisions can be ‘life or death.’

Consulting engineers, hospital executives, and an electrical in-spector emphasize the importance of power reliability and data centers in hospitals

California data center’s industry leading PUE rating helps re-duce the cost of 2N standby power redundancy and improve reliability.

Headlines and stories providing anecdotal examples of data center downtime caused by various power quality (PQ)-related events abound.

At a recent DCIM seminar hosted by nLyte Software, RF Code, and Server Technology, guest moderator Bruce Taylor, vice president of the Uptime Institute (part of the 451 Research Group) referenced the Institute’s 2012 Survey results

Today’s data centers are no longer just enablers to the business; they can often provide corporations with competitive advantages and are the under-pinnings to corporate success.

In today’s complex data center environment, operators must continuously juggle multiple integrated mechanical, electrical, and data systems to minimize the risk of critical failure.

Current economic conditions present the business community, large and small, with a number of challenges.