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 If your challenges include outdated or inefficient cooling systems, then the answer could be easier and less expensive than you might think. 

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? 

Are microgrids that are not interconnected to utility grids (islanded) appropriate to power data centers? Islanded microgrids may be very beneficial to single owner data centers or other mission critical facilities. 

The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming to data center infrastructures near you.