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Data center containment has gone mainstream over the past decade, which has led to widespread implementation and adoption by many sites. In fact, according to a recent survey by the Uptime Institute, 80% of sites have implemented either hot or cold aisle containment....

Even though technology moves at a staggering pace, it’s critical to understand how the components of data center efficiency have evolved. To that extent, let’s focus on data center airflow management. Believe it or not, it’s only until recently that real airflow best...

In my previous two pieces I made recommendations for how to use environmental data collected in the data center to control temperature and airflow settings to maximize mechanical plant efficiency. I then began diving into the eco-system of that mechanical plant to...

I’ve been attending Data Center World conferences for a few years now and have had the honor of speaking at many of them. Now, there are Data Center World local conferences focusing on specific markets. What’s been the general theme? Growth in the data center space,...

This article is the first of a 7-part series exploring the efficiency drivers of the different elements of a data center mechanical plant. Algorithms on how to calculate certain variables will be presented in each article, concluding with a final algorithm of how they...

I continue to see a revolution happening within the data center. Organizations are aiming to reduce floor space, deploy better solutions, and create innovative designs concerning density. Gartner recently pointed out that by 2020, 20% of business-critical applications...

Techopedia loosely defines bypass airflow as, a conditioned air leak that prevents properly conditioned air (usually cooled or temperature controlled air) from reaching specific computer parts (i.e. IT equipment). In a rather small nutshell, this more or less sums up...