by Upsite Technologies | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog
Buried in an appendix of ASHRAE’s Thermal Guidelines is a section on hot aisle temperatures and safety requirements. While this may be unbeknownst to most people, it is a topic that should be discussed, especially as the industry moves towards raising inlet...
by Upsite Technologies | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog
Presented by Mark Acton, Independent Consultant, Non Executive Director, EkkoSense Data center energy efficiency has been an ongoing topic and goal in the industry that has led to many innovations around how data centers are powered and cooled. The primary driver for...
by Upsite Technologies | Feb 9, 2022 | Blog
Opinions below have been contributed by Bill Kleyman (Switch), Lars Strong (Upsite Technologies), and Mark Acton (Independent Consultant/EkkoSense). We’ve learned a lot from the past couple of years. Much of it has been an eye-opening experience for many organizations...
by Upsite Technologies | Jan 26, 2022 | Blog
As we discussed in Part 1, defining true data center energy efficiency is challenging. Existing metrics examine the data center as a building, but the argument can be made that a data center is much more than that. A data center is a service that, in a general sense,...
by Upsite Technologies | Jan 12, 2022 | Blog
ASHRAE Technical Committee (TC) 9.9 published the 5th Edition of their Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments in March 2021. While there are other minor clarifications, updates and corrections, the primary updates center around the air-cooled relative...