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Julius Neudorfer, CTO and founder of North American Access Technologies, is a guest blogger and columnist who offers insight on the latest topics and trends surrounding the data center industry.

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Pushing the Sustainability Envelope

Carbon-neutral data centers by 2030?
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Julius Neudorfer
April 7, 2021
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While the PUE metric clearly defines the measurement process for facility efficiency (thanks to The Green Grid!), it represents only a portion of sustainability in the overall data center eco-structure.
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Avoid a Server Meltdown

Summer cooling tips for your data center
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Julius Neudorfer
July 29, 2020
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Many times, when the actual capacity of the cooling system is not severely exceeded by the actual heat load of the equipment, optimizing the airflow may improve the situation until a new or additional cooling system is installed.
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Achieve Sustainability through Data Center Efficiency Standards and Metrics

Achieve Sustainability through Data Center Efficiency Standards and Metrics

As demands increase, measurement methods are updated
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Julius Neudorfer
May 21, 2020
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While stay-at-home orders have clearly highlighted just how much our society depends on our digital infrastructure, it’s important not to let the critically of the industry overshadow the effect it has on the environment.
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Hot Aisle Insight

Earth Day and Data Center Day

Meeting in the middle
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Julius Neudorfer
April 6, 2020
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While this is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, it is only the second annual International Data Center Day. So, how do we reconcile the Earth Day goals to mitigate climate change and pollution with the general perception that massive data centers are consuming terawatt hours of energy and creating a negative evironmental impact?


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Throwback Thursday

Redundant Rack Power Distribution Can Lead to Failure

Can redundancy create a false sense of security?
February 14, 2020
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Welcome to the new decade, where uber-scale is the new normal. I can’t even keep track of the new data centers announced last year. We seem to have mastered the art of data center power delivery systems at scales that were previously unimaginable.


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Self-Driving Data Centers for the Next Decade

Where will they be taking us?
Julius webauthor
Julius Neudorfer
December 23, 2019
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As is my usual practice for the annual predictions column, I queried the official Hot Aisle Insight virtual crystal ball for guidance on trends and developments that dominate in the coming year, especially since 2020 begins a new decade.


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The 'Rackonomics' of Liquid Cooling

Show me the money.
October 30, 2019
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In several of my past columns, I have discussed liquid cooling. It would appear my articles over the past five years have had their effect, since lately it seems like almost everyone is offering some form of liquid cooling system.


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Defining Mission Critical

Fifty years later: Apollo 11 — from the Earth to the moon — and back.
Julius webauthor
Julius Neudorfer
August 12, 2019
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In my last column, I discussed the new space race by Amazon and SpaceX to launch tens of thousands of satellites to provide internet access from anywhere on earth.


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The Impact Of 100-Megawatt Smart Speakers

The writing is on the data center cave walls.
Julius webauthor
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.
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Data Center PUE vs. ASHRAE 90.4

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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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