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Increasing power density in data centers makes it important that owners, designers, and operators make efficient use of energy.

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T5 Data Centers Expands T5 Construction Services With Commercial Solar Power Capabilities

General contracting arm of T5 Data Centers adds solar array installation to growing list of general contracting support services.

July 9, 2019

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T5 Construction Services (T5CS), a subsidiary of T5 Data Centers, has announced a strategic partnership with Cherry Street Energy to provide construction services for Cherry Street’s commercial solar array portfolio.

Negotiating Power Supply Agreements For Edge Data Centers

There are many contractual considerations besides price that an EDC should consider in the course of negotiating power supply agreements.

Peter V.K. Funk Jr.

July 1, 2019

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Clients are typically, and understandably, focused upon price when evaluating proposals for the purchase of electric power from a supplier other than the local electric utility. However, price is only one of several considerations that an edge data center (EDC) purchaser should consider.

Sabey Data Centers Honored As Green Leaser Leader

Sabey achieves Gold-level standing in the national Green Lease Leader program sponsored by The Institute for Market Transformation and the U.S. Department of Energy.

June 24, 2019

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Sabey Data Center Properties has announced that the company has been designated as a Gold-level 2019 Green Lease Leader by The Institute for Market Transformation and the U.S. Department of Energy Better Building Alliance.

Digital Realty Publishes Inaugural ESG Report

June 20, 2019

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Digital Realty has published its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, covering the company's ESG performance for 2018, as well as a comprehensive overview of its clean energy commitment, resource conservation and other sustainable business practices.

The Impact Of 100-Megawatt Smart Speakers

The writing is on the data center cave walls.

Julius Neudorfer

June 10, 2019

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In my last column, I compared the data center efficiency metric power usage effectiveness (PUE) and the ASHRAE 90.4 standard.

LG Commits To Carbon Neutrality By 2030

Company plans further reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and expansion of carbon offset projects.

May 30, 2019

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LG Electronics (LG) has launched its aggressive Zero Carbon 2030 initiative, committing to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from its global operations within 12 years.

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Electrical Calculation Software from Trace Software International

elec calc™ 2019 features enhanced operational efficiency.

May 10, 2019

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Trace Software International has announced the launch of the latest version of elec calc™.

Data Center PUE vs. ASHRAE 90.4

Julius Neudorfer

April 8, 2019

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It has been almost three years since the ASHRAE 90.4 Energy Standard for Data Centers was finalized and went into effect in 2016, yet even today, many in the data center industry are not fully aware of its existence or its implications.

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Data Center Infrastructure Management: Part 3

On-Demand In this third session we will examine how DCIM can manage the ongoing challenges of moves, adds and changes, while continuous helping to optimize energy efficiency.

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On Demand This webinar will present the mechanical and electrical options for on-site energy storage for your mission critical environment. These options include grid-level battery storage, thermal energy storage, zero-net energy, solar, and critical power stored energy.

Powering Edge Data Centers

On Demand An edge data facility is still a data center. One still and must consider design, construction, and operational habits that result in high levels of system availability, maintainability, and resiliency. The disaggregation that edge poses will distribute compute and storage assets, and the challenge will be placing edge assets into sufficiently robust facilities or enclosures outside of traditional data centers where those local solutions can equally sustain those IT operations and systems.

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Mission Critical Magazine’s 2019 May/June issue takes a deep dive into controlling water damage in data centers, the art of balancing density, and using new data management tools to optimize network availability. In addition, our second annual Optimal Edge Supplement examines how far we’ve come and where we are going in edge computing.

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T5 Data Centers Expands T5 Construction Services With Commercial Solar Power Capabilities

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Negotiating Power Supply Agreements For Edge Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers Honored As Green Leaser Leader

Digital Realty Publishes Inaugural ESG Report

The Impact Of 100-Megawatt Smart Speakers

LG Commits To Carbon Neutrality By 2030

Electrical Calculation Software from Trace Software International

Top Articles on Mission Critical Magazine.com (April 2019)

Data Center PUE vs. ASHRAE 90.4

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