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Save Time and Money With Electrical Equipment Acceptance Testing

Ensure devices are free from defects and operating as designed

June 8, 2020

A thorough check of electrical power systems and components before startup can uncover and correct problems that otherwise would lead to larger, costly issues in the future.

Stack Infrastructure Launches Into Arizona

Company establishes flagship campus in Phoenix

June 8, 2020

The Avondale Techplex is among the fastest-growing regions in the Phoenix market, and demand for capacity to serve the area’s technology corridor continues to accelerate.

The Days of Sole Sourcing Design Are Over

Competition in the whole industry is back

Paul E. Schlattman

May 29, 2020

While both public shareholders and private investors are seeking a competitive financial advantage today, they are also seeking a new approach to doing business.

Improving Sustainability in the Circular Economy Through ITAD

Think Reuse before Recycling

Mark Dobson

March 5, 2020

More than ever, organizations of all sizes in the public and private sectors are rethinking their IT asset disposition (ITAD) strategy, putting equipment reuse first whenever possible over asset destruction and recycling.

Do You See a Future with Your Colocation Partner?

The best providers offer solutions to accommodate changes in technology

Sean Brady

February 25, 2020

The colocation site selection process has evolved dramatically. Gone are the days when prospective clients only had to consider standard Tier III site criteria in addition to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP).

Introducing the Building Commissioning Association

Members have access to numerous benefits

Terry L. Rodgers CPE, CPMP

February 25, 2020

The BCxA is committed to developing and promoting building commissioning best practices and standards applicable to most, if not all, commercial, institutional, industrial, and mission critical buildings.

The Death of the Island Fortress

Data center site selection in the 21st century

Bill Mazzetti

February 25, 2020

While they started out like lab spaces in the ’70s, data centers evolved. By the ’90s, most had transformed into enterprise-owned, purpose-built, “island fortresses” with all data held inside.

Digitize the Commissioning Process to Increase Project Value

Eight case-in-point examples to highlight the benefits of digital commissioning software

Akash Mehta, QCxP, LEED AP BD+C

February 25, 2020

One project, 10 buildings, 20 companies, 90 systems, 1,500 pieces of equipment, and 1,500 tests — that’s what Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD) managed during the commissioning (Cx) of a 28-MW mission critical project for a Fortune 500 client.

Data Center Decommissioning and ITAD

Lessons from the CommBank data breach

Mark Dobson

January 30, 2020

In one of the most advanced financial services privacy breaches ever to occur in Australia, its largest bank lost control of 10 years’ worth of customers’ financial information when a subcontractor lost several tape drives containing banking statements from 2004 through 2014.

Throwback Thursday

ASHRAE Guideline 1.6: Data Center Commissioning

There’s still time to get involved

Terry L. Rodgers CPE, CPMP

January 15, 2020

ASHRAE, a global nonprofit membership organization with more than 57,000 members in more than 130 countries worldwide, has been leading the engineering and development of facility standards and guidelines for 120-plus years.

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