by Ian Seaton | Jun 2, 2021 | Blog
Back at the birth of data center thermal management as a topic of discussion for only a very small circle of friends, I tried to carve out my position of expertise in a field most folks in the industry didn’t even know was a field yet with a three prong message:... 
by Ian Seaton | May 12, 2021 | Blog
Over the last few years, several of us on this blog have come at the subject of data center airflow management from a variety of directions for both new construction projects and remediation projects. We have covered just about every possible strategy and tactic for... 
by Ian Seaton | Apr 14, 2021 | Blog
This is the 3rd installment of our 3-part series titled: Airflow Management Through the Years. To read the previous installment click here. Prior to the migration of airflow management from an effectiveness booster (eliminate hot spots and support higher densities) to... 
by Ian Seaton | Apr 7, 2021 | Blog
This is the 2nd installment of our 3-part series titled: Airflow Management Through the Years. To read the first installment click here. For those of you who may not know, CFD (computational fluid dynamics) software models air velocity, temperature and pressure... 
by Ian Seaton | Mar 24, 2021 | Blog
Data center airflow management first became a conversation point back in the mid 1990’s when Robert “Dr. Bob” Sullivan recognized the futility of the then common practice of organizing computer rooms with all racks facing front, and implemented the first “intentional”...