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We hope you’ll find the content herein valuable and useful as you begin, or continue, your journey towards data center cooling optimization.
What Happened to Promised Airflow Management Efficiency Savings? (Part 2)
This is the second half of a series on best practices for achieving airflow management efficiency savings. If you haven’t already, read the first half of the series here.If you are operating with CRAH units and chilled water from a chiller, then you can start reaping...
What Happened to Promised Airflow Management Efficiency Savings? (Part 1)
Long-time reader Hondo Q. from data center hot bed Lihue, Kauai writes in, “What’s going on? I have plugged all the holes in my data center; I have installed blanking panels in every unused rack mount space; I have put in floor grommets in all the tile cut-out...
Finding Data Center Help in a Digital World
First of all – it’s good to be in a data center business. However, the ones finding the most success are the ones creating technology partnerships, and not just offering up data center space. That said, our industry continues to see a boom due to digital...
Cooling Efficiency Algorithms: Condensers and Temperature Differentials
Over the past few months I have presented a series of algorithms for calculating the efficiency of different elements of the data center mechanical plant. These algorithms provided a framework for establishing trigger points for initiating different elements of the...
State of the Industry: Be Prepared, The Data Center Is Getting Smarter
Latest Findings from the 2019 AFCOM State of the Data Center Report You may have heard quite a bit about cognitive systems, AI, machine learning, and advanced data analytics. What might come as more of a surprise is that these types of systems are now impacting the...
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[VIDEO] ASHRAE Data Center Guidelines: Understanding Server Classes
While raising temperatures in the data center has always been a controversial topic, it’s a strategy that has become more common in recent years. With that being said, it’s important to note that implementing airflow management best practices is a vital prerequisite...
Case in Point: Sample Applications of Data Center Economizer Algorithms
I am told there comes a time in all discussions, even academic discussions on building algorithms to forecast comparative energy use for different types of data center economization architectures, where a body finally just has to get to the point. That time would be...
Don’t Let Old Habits and Data Center Gremlins Keep You Up at Night
Very recently, I had the pleasure of leading the AFCOM Leaders Lab in Dallas. Our topic? Data Center Management and all of the wonderful things that fall under it. One of the coolest points was that this session wasn’t just about DCIM concepts. Rather, it was about...
Cooling Efficiency Algorithms: Air-Side Economizers and Temperature Differentials
I prefer the term “economizer” to “free cooling” for obvious enough reasons: It’s not free. Even air-side economization does not merely require opening the windows. Beyond fans to evacuate hot air and capture and distribute cooling air, we have humidity management and...
Top 20 Data Center Trends and Predictions to Watch for in 2019
What changes are in store for the cloud and data center industry in 2019? We set to find out by talking to industry experts Lars Strong (LS), Ian Seaton (IS), Bill Kleyman (BK), and Bob Bolz (BB). Here’s what they had to say: 1. Climate change will increasingly...
Navigating Through a Sea of Data: How Cognitive Solutions Will Impact the Data Center
It’s been often referenced that data is the new ‘oil’ of our digital lifetimes. It’s not just benign data either, it’s really important to what we do every single day. IDC estimates that by 2025, nearly 20% of the data in the datasphere will be critical to our lives...
Top 10 Data Center Cooling Stories of 2018
With 2018 officially over, we wanted to take a look back at our top stories from the The Upsite Blog. It was a busy year with many things to talk about—everything from managing airflow in colocation facilities to what to consider for when implementing data center...
Cooling Capacity Factor (CCF) Reveals Data Center Savings
Learn the importance of calculating your computer room’s CCF by downloading our free Cooling Capacity Factor white paper.