ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2019, Energy Standard for Data Centers, establishes the minimum energy-efficiency requirements for the design and operation of data centers, with special consideration to their unique load requirements compared to other buildings.

Building energy codes have been around for a long time and compliance is mandatory.

The addendum proposes changes to definitions for computer rooms and data centers.

I’m just back from the 7x24Exchange Fall meeting in Arizona, and I’ll admit to being very impressed by the program the organization put together.

The critical facilities industry uses service level agreements, or SLAs, extensively. SLAs vary greatly and are used both internally within corporations, between landlords and tenants—especially within colocation (“colo”) facilities

As I write this it is early July, as we are about to move into the dog days of summer, anticipating the usual issues that seem to appear when cooling systems are pushed to their limits—and sometimes beyond.

Staying abreast of best practices can lead to substantially reduced data center energy

ASHRAE’s 2011 Expanded Thermal Guidelines has caused a lot of controversy and confused many in the data center industry. Although ASHRAE released the information a year ago in May 2011, it is still highly debated and sometimes misinterpreted.