Two years ago, the worlds of energy generation and data centers were blissfully separate, for the most part. They existed mostly within their own spheres. Data center managers cared about power inside the data center. They had little interest in how it got there....

As we’ve previously discussed, cooling optimization is the process of making adjustments to the cooling system controls (such as raising temperature set points or reducing fan speeds). Therefore, the fan affinity laws (also simply referred to as “fan laws”) associated...