by Ian Seaton | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog
Data center containment is now almost universally recognized as a baseline best practice for optimizing the effectiveness and maximizing the efficiency of data center thermal management. Containment protects IT equipment from troublesome hotspots. Containment enables... 
by Ian Seaton | Jul 6, 2022 | Blog
Over the past few years, cabinet manufacturers have reported a growing percentage of their sales are for white server cabinets. In addition, it’s become commonplace to see white equipment at conference exhibit halls, where not too long ago the prime variations... 
by Ian Seaton | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog
What are the differences between passive and active airflow management? The question is not as simple as it may seem, because it actually may be more than one question. For example, active airflow management to some people means adding fans in floor tiles, cabinet... 
by Ian Seaton | May 4, 2022 | Blog
I was always a little perplexed whenever my recommendations about data center airflow management best practices were shrugged off as impractical by colocation data center builders and operators. After all, they are in that business. The story was typically some... 
by Ian Seaton | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog
Spoiler alert: data center space design and maintenance do not pit form versus function; rather, form and function conspire together so that aesthetics can actually be a relatively reliable first pass on the functional viability of a space. Granted, there is no...